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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

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Accidental Death Coroner’s Verdict at. Lawliss Inquest

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 4

At an inquest held at the Gunning Police Court on Friday, the Coroner, Mr. Clive Wood, returned a verdict that Claire Lawliss died from the…

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Minor Accidents Number During The Week-End

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 2

Several persons suffered minor injuries in Goulburn during the weekend. Alan Hogan, of 8 Ruby Street, sprained his left ankle while…

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Low Level in Road Accidents

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 4

There were fewer fatal road accidents in New South Wales during the month of December than there were for the Christmas /New Year…

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Girl Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 14 January 1941 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: While Elvy Coles, of Narrabeen, was riding down a hill she lost control of her bicycle and crashed into the rear yard of a…

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Gashed Shin in Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 14 January 1941 · page 2

When the motor bike he was riding collided with a bus in Auburn Street yesterday afternoon, an employee of Kenmore Mental Hospital sustained…

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Road Safety Accidents Show Decline

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 1

There were fewer fatal road accidents in N.S.W. during December than there were for the Christmas—New Year holidays of…

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Low Level in Road Accidents (Issued by the Road Safely Council of New South Wales)

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 1

There were fewer fatal road accidents in New South Wales during the month of December than there were for the Christmas--New Year…

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Man Drowned Caught In Whirlpool

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 22 January 1941 · page 2

MOREE, Wednesday: When a boy's fishing line was twisted round and round his body in a whirlpool, Keith George…

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From Everywhere Injured Eye

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 22 January 1941 · page 2

W. Roberts, railway porter of 192 Addison Street, received an injury to the eye yesterday when he was struck in the face by the end of a…

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Level Crossing Fatality at Cunningar Coroner Returns a Verdict of Accidental Death

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 6

At the Murrumburrah Court House on Friday last, the District Coroner (Mr. W. H. Powell) concluded the adjourned Inquiry into the deaths of Mrs. Alexia Knight Gregson, her son, Henry Delayel Knight Gregson, and Miss Annie Nora Cook,…

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Priest and Boy Drowned River Tragedy At Canberra

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 31 January 1941 · page 4

In a vain effort to save the life of a boy, Rev. Fr. John McCusker, 41, parish priest at Bungendore, was drowned in the Cotter River at Canberra yesterday. The other victim of the tragedy…

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Traffic Charge Accident at Intersection

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 3 February 1941 · page 4

William James Elliott, general carrier, of Camden, was charged at the Gunning Police Court on Tuesday last with having failed…

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Car And Cycle Street Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 2

A Goulburn schoolgirl narrowly escaped serious injury yesterday when the bicycle she was riding was involved in a collision with…

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Rev. Fr. McCUSKER Drowned in Cotter River Whilst Attempting Rescue

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 1

Rev. John McCusker, who will be affectionately remembered as a parish priest stationed at Crookwell some years ago, lost his…

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Small Slips-- Serious Accidents

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 3

The road accident figures for January show an unusually high percentage of accidents caused by motorists failing to signal their…

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New London Game Mid-Air Collision

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 6 February 1941 · page 2

The other day I was walking up a London street a few steps behind a stout old lady. Round the corner quick as light…

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Priest and Boy Drowned River Tragedy at Canberra Self-sacrifice of Father John McCUSKER

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 6 February 1941 · page 1

In a vain effort to save the life of a boy, the Rev, Father John McCusker, 41, parish priest at Bungendore, was drowned in the…

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They Came by Accident Strella Wilson's Big Chances Chosen By Noel Coward For "Cavalcade"

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 6 February 1941 · page 2

But for family illness, which brought Strella Wilson back several years ago from England, where she was playing principal…

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Cotter River Tragedy Rescuers Praised by Coroner Verdict of Accidental Death

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 6 February 1941 · page 3

A verdict of drowning while at tempting to save the lives of two boys in the Cotter river was returned by the Coroner (Lieut. Colonel…

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From Everywhere Injured Thigh

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 4

When he Slipped in the yard of his home in Grafton Street yesterday, Mr. McKenny, 82, retired, received a probable fracture of the thigh. He…

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