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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

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Charge Denied "Injured Man Not Neglected"

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 1 January 1941 · page 1

The Acting-Secretary of Railways, Mr. S. R. Nicholas, to-day refuted allegations that a man injured in a railway…

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Prominent Citizen Drowned In River MR. C. MARSDEN

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 1 January 1941 · page 2

A well-known business man in Goulburn, Mr. Christy Marsden was found drowned this morning…

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McMENAMIN INJURED Thrown From Skerries

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 5

The Jockey, E. McMenamin, had a painful accident at Randwick yesterday. when his mount, Skerries, [?]avourite for the Nursery Handicap,…

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Motor Collision Unusual Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 5

Two motor vehicles were involved in an unusual collision on the Hume Highway, about six form Goulburn, at 6.50…

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Man Injured Struck By Girder

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 5

Harold J. Costello, aged about 35, employed by the Glen innes Dredging Company at Araluen, had his right leg broken in two…

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Accidental Death Coroner's Finding

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 2

A verdict of accidental death by drowning was returned by the Coroner, Mr. M. J. Ryan, at the Courthouse this…

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Chapter of Accidents Three In Few Days

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 5

Mr. Jim McAndrew, of Moss Vale Motors, and his partner, Mr. C. Parker, are having more than their share of accidents lately…

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Train Hits Car Three Persons Killed Fatality Near Harden

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 1

Three people were killed instantly when an express train crashed into their car at Cunningar level-crossing near Harden…

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Motor Car Capsizes and Bursts Into Flame Accident Near Bowning

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 2

Last Friday morning a car, driven by Percy Lapthorne Taggart, of ’Canterbury, Victoria, when negotiating a bend on the Hume Highway a…

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No Accident Resolution

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 5

When the final road accident figures are available for 1940 it is certain that a substantial reduction will be shown for New South Wales,…

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Coroner's Inquest Hume Highway Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 5

Evidence of visits to hotels and definite statements both by a police constable and a publican that the members of the party…

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ACCIDENT Car Overturns

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 5

Mr. Ramsey Khan, of Mittagong, was lucky to escape injury when the car he was driving crashed into two panels of the safety fence on the…

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Unusual Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 3

While swimming leisurely in the Municipal Baths last night William Sharman, 22, of 63 Grafton Street, dislocated his right shoulder…

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Fettler Killed Another Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 8 January 1941 · page 1

DUBBO: Allan James Patterson (35), fettler, of Ballymore, was killed instantly, and James Henry Hedger, also of Ballymore, was slightly…

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Two Injured When Car Overturns

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 8 January 1941 · page 3

WAGGA, Wednesday: While they were on their way from Griffith to Sydney James Benjamin Prior, 60, and his wife Bridget Prior, were…

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Two Drowned in Floods Devastation In Molong District

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 8 January 1941 · page 3

WELLINGTON, Wednesday: Flooded by continuous rain, rivers and creeks have brought death and devastation to the Wellington-Molong-Orange district. An aged woman and her son have been drowned;…

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Motor Collision Unusual Accident

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 2

Two motor vehicles were involved in an unusual collision on the Hume Highway, about six miles from Goulburn, at 6.50 last Thursday night…

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Injured When Cranking Tractor

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 2

Mr. W. Turner, of Old Junee, met with a somewhat remarkable accident during the course of his farming operations and as a result he…

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Shocking Car Accident Occupants Killed Instantly When Struck by Train at Cunningar Level Crossing

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 5

Local residents were horrified to learn on Christmas morning that a sedan car driven by Mrs. Alexa Knight Gregson, of "Low Lynn,"…

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Railway Crossing Accident

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 3

Cunningar people received a great shock when they heard of the fatal accident which occurred at the Railway Crossing on Christmas morning,…

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