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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

273 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 4 of 14

Negligent Driving Driver Fined £3 Sequel to Collision

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 26 February 1941 · page 1

As a sequel to a collision between two cars on the Crookwell-Roslyn Road on the evening of New Year's Day, Salim George…

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Gar Plunges into Creek Accident at Black Springs Ambulance's Great Work in Difficult Circumstances . Three People Taken to Gundagai Hospital

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 27 February 1941 · page 5

Failing to take a curve on the Hume Highway 18 miles on the north side of Gundagai on Sunday, a car, in which…

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Show Accident Yass Girl Falls From Horse

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 1

An accident married the early stages of the Yass Patriotic Show on Wednesday, when Miss Gloria Prentice popular assistant at the…

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Fell Off Cycle Airmen In Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 7

Aircraftsman H. A. Dawson, of the R.A.A.F., and stationed at Canberra, fell off' a motor-cycle near Bowral. which he and another man were riding, on Tuesday…

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Two Injured Taxi Out Of Control

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 3 March 1941 · page 2

When a Goulburn taxi crashed into a tree in Clinton Street early last night, the driver and a soldier passenger were injured,…

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Pea Rifle Accident

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 3 March 1941 · page 2

An accident, similar to one which occurred some weeks ago, again happened yesterday. Mr. B. Mead, of Grampian Street, North Yass, was…

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Youth's Escape Auburn Street Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 5 March 1941 · page 2

A Goulburn youth narrowly escaped serious injury in Auburn Street early this morning when his bicycle was involved in a collision…

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Fatal Collision in N.z

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 5 March 1941 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Lending Aircraftman Evan Archer was killed when two Air Force planes collided near Palmersten North and made a…

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Car And Cycle Street Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 7 March 1941 · page 5

A motor cyclist narrowly escaped serious injury in Auburn Street yesterday afternoon when his machine was involved in a…

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Collision In Air Men Escape

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 7 March 1941 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday: Two training Moths met in mid air nine miles from Narrandera this morning…

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Cycling Accident Boy Falls When Machine Skids

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 1

Sidney Clarke, 14 of 15 Albert Street, Field, narrowly escaped serious injury on Wednesday morning when he fell down his bicycle on the…

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Lorry Driver Injured

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 17 March 1941 · page 2

When driving over a bridge and gutter last Friday, in Rossi Street, the spring bolt of a lorry, owned by Mrs. Leary, carrier, and driven by…

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Young Woman Killed Collision Near Queanbeyan

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 17 March 1941 · page 3

Eileen Brown, 23, married, received fated injuries when a can and a motor-cycle collided on the Cooma Road six miles…

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Double “Black-out” Caused By Motor Vehicles Collision

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 17 March 1941 · page 1

A car and motor truck collision at Temora produced a “black out” lasting an hour at that centre and also at West…

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Motor Accident Car Overturns on Good Hope Road

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 17 March 1941 · page 2

Yesterday a motor car driven by Mr. George W. Louis, of 8 Pritchard Street, Yass, was travelling towards Good Hope. When about five miles…

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Fatal Accident at Wallendbeen Miss Kate Kildea Steps Out of Moving Train

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 1

A sad accident happened at the Wallendbeen railway station on Friday night, as the day train from Sydney was pulling in, to Miss…

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Two Injured Motorcycle Crash

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 24 March 1941 · page 3

When a motor cycle on which they were travelling to Breadalbane crashed into the post of a guard with fence a short distance…

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Queer Accidents Man Who Bit Himself On Forehead

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 24 March 1941 · page 4

Fortune indulged in some dizzy didoes in 1940. This gained emphasis recently when Paul Jones, of the National Safety Council, made public…

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Air Trainee Seriously Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 25 March 1941 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: During a solo training night from Narrandera air station this morning a Tiger Moth plane crashed and R.A.A.F…

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Inquiry Into Fatality Sydney Woman's Train Fall

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 25 March 1941 · page 2

At the Goulburn Courthouse yesterday the Deputy-Coroner Mr. J. C. Walsh, opened an inquiry into the death at the…

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