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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1940

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Road Safety Child Accidents on Road

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 20 March 1940 · page 2

Request has been made by several country branches of the Road Safety Council that a Statewide appeal should be made to all…

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Level Crossing Smash Two Men Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 7

Two men were injured and a motor lorry smashed almost beyond repair when a train crashed into the stationary vehicle on a…

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Motor Cycle Accident

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 1

Mr. Bob Greig, of Burrowa, met with a painful accident near Mr K. Armstrong's home on the Young Burrowa road, when his motor bike…

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Two Killed In Collision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 25 March 1940 · page 2

WOLLONGONG: Two cyclists were killed instantly when they collided with a motor car in Illawarra Road, Port Kembla…

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Two Drowned Fatalities At Newcastle

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 25 March 1940 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Monday: Two men were drowned one in the surf and the other in the harbour, at Newcastle…

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Heavy Easter Traffic Freedom From Accidents

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 25 March 1940 · page 3

Despite the heavy tourist traffic through Goulburn at the week end, the holidays period was exceptionally free from accidents…

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Drowned In Baths

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 March 1940 · page 5

Eileen Lorna Abrook, 9, of Rocky Point Road, Kogarah, was drowned in the Sans Souci baths yesterday. About 300 swimmers…

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Injured In Cycle Falls

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 March 1940 · page 1

A man, two boys and a girl were slightly injured in bicycle accidents in Goulburn during the holidays. Each received…

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Fourteen Injured Bus Falls Into Creek

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 March 1940 · page 1

BATHURST, Tuesday: Fourteen people were injured when a bus, with 25 passengers on board, plunged over a bridge at…

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Woman Driver Advised Police of Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 March 1940 · page 4

It was officially stated this morning that the woman driver involved in an accident near Moss Vale on Friday, when a small boy…

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Drowning Their Worries Germans Drinking Hard

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 28 March 1940 · page 3

The demand for alcoholic liquors in Germany this year is probably the greatest in history, according to a survey by the…

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Fourteen injured Bus Falls Into Creek

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 28 March 1940 · page 1

Fourteen people were injured when a bus, with 25 passengers on board, plunged over a bridge at Rocks Hill, on the Orange…

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Head-on Collision Two Men Admitted to Hospital and Discharged

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 28 March 1940 · page 2

About 4 o’clock on Tuesday afternoon two cars were involved in a head-on collision on the Derringullen bridge. One car was driven by…

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Woman Killed Shocking Accident on Highway Mother of Four Children

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 28 March 1940 · page 2

An unusual and shocking fatal accident occurred on the Hume Highway 16 miles east of Yass and 9 miles west of Gunning,…

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Powder Blast Fatality Cause Remains Unknown

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 4

Further evidence was taken by the District Coroner (Mr. A. P. Webb) at Harden District Hospital into the death of Michael…

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Ran Into Sheep Motor Cyclist Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 4

Norman Wannell, a labourer, residing at Dulwich Hill, Sydney received severe injuries when a motor cycle he was…

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Simple Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 6

Mrs. C. A. Cameron, of Railway House, Bargo, tripped and fell over a dog at Bargo during the week-end and suffered a fractured left thigh…

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Collision in Sydney Omnibus Hits Ice-Cream Waggon

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 3 April 1940 · page 7

SYDNEY, Wednesday: When a two-decker motor omnibus, carrying 50 children, collided with an ice-cream waggon at Queenscliff four…

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Gunning Lad's Death Accident At Wallgrove

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 3 April 1940 · page 4

Injured in an accident at the Wallgrove Light Horse Camp, Trooper Samuel Chapple, a member of the Gunning troop of the 7th Light…

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Cyclist Injured In Collision With Truck

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 April 1940 · page 7

A Goulburn schoolboy, was critically injured late yesterday afternoon when the bicycle he was riding collided with a…

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