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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

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Swept Out to Sea Two Young People Are Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday: Miss Eva Phillimore 19 of Dailey Street, Naremburn, and Arthur Louis Thele, 20, of Kenthurs, who were…

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Nasty Accident

The Burrowa News · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 1

Mr. F. J. Watson, an Armidale, dairyman, cranked his car on Tuesday when it was in gear. It started, and pushed him through the wall of…

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Accident to Mr. Widdy

The Burrowa News · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 7

As Mr. J. Widdy, of Hurringo, was going to Young about 7.30 on Sunday night one of the tyres of his car blew out, causing the vehicle to…

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COLLISION Goulburn Man Seriously Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 13 March 1939 · page 7

Bruce Wilkie, 23, of Goulburn, was seriously injured when the motor cycle he was riding collided with another in Woodville Road,…

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Three Drowned Near Orange

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 13 March 1939 · page 7

ORANGE, Monday: The bodies of the three victims trapped in a car in a flooded creek on Friday have been recovered…

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Constable Would Not Shoot Dog Animal Injured By Car And In Pain On Footpath

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 13 March 1939 · page 1

YASS: Although a fox terrier was run over by a car at the top end of Cooma Street and had its back broken, it was not till late in the…

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Airliner Hits Snag Accident At Batavia

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 13 March 1939 · page 5

SINGAPORE, Sunday: The flying boat Capella struck a submerged object when approaching the mooring buoy at…

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Thumb Cut Off Captain's Flat Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 13 March 1939 · page 4

Arthur Gainsford, 33, a trucker employed at the Lake George Mining Company's mines at Captain's Flat, had a…

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Child Killed In Motor Accident Tragedy Overtakes Family On Trip To Melbourne

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 13 March 1939 · page 5

As a result of a motor accident about four miles north of Marulan on Saturday morning, a three-year-old girl was killed outright and her mother was critically injured. Three others were more or less seriously injured…

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Marulan Fatality Death Of Mrs. Edith Grieves

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 4

Mrs. Edith Alexandra Grieves; mother of the three-year-old girl killed in Saturday's road accident near Marulan, died at…

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Bridge Collision Car Hits Cyclist Man in Hospital

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 15 March 1939 · page 4

A collision between a car and a cycle occurred on the sonth-eastern approach to the bridge at the foot of Goulburn-Btreet at about…

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Accident Claim Verdict for Plaintiff Lorry Driver to Pay

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 15 March 1939 · page 6

In the District Court last Thursday, Norman Walter Robinson, of Gunning (manager for the G. W. Merriman Estate at Biroon) proceeded against George Harold…

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Constable Would Not Shoot Dog Animal Injured by Car and in Pain on Footpath

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 3

YASS: Although a fox terrier was run over by a car at the top end of Cooma Street land had its back broken, it was not till late in the…

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Taxi Accidents During Storm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 4

During last night's heavy rain two Golbnurn taxi-cabs were involved in minor accidents, but in both cases tile occupants…

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19 Natives Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 20 March 1939 · page 7

AUCKLAND, Monday: Caught in a cyclone between Eua and Kologa islands in the Tonga Tanu group, a canoe containing, 29 natives…

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ELECTROCUTED Power Station Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 4

Brushing against gear charged with 2200 volts, Joseph Painter, 49, a shift electrician at the City Council's power…

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The Wyangala Drowning Fatality Marsh's Body Recovered

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 3

After an unremitting search, which extended for 15 days, the body of Norman Marsh, of Cowra, who was drowned at…

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Girl Injured Runaway Bicycle Terrifying Experience

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 8

A terrifying few seconds on a runway bicycles resulted in a badly broken left arm for Jessie, the 13-year-old daughter of…

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Road Safety Issued by the Road Safety Council of New Sooth Wales Death Rate Falls , Attack on Road Accidents

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 9

The Minister for Transport Colonel Bruxner, who is President of the Road Safety Council of New South Wales, announces…

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Inquest Into Death Of Mr. J. Painter Deputy Coroner States Cause Was Accidental

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 29 March 1939 · page 1

At the inquiry concerning the death of Joseph Painter, an electrician at the Goulburn Power House, on March 21, the Deputy Coroner, Mr. E. F. Thomas, yesterday returned a finding of accidental death through electrocution…

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