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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1943

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Serious Accident

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 12 April 1943 · page 3

Little Helen Ryan, aged 3, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ryan, of “Melford,” suffered a serious accident yesterday morning, when her…

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From Everywhere Killed In Motor Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 15 April 1943 · page 2

One of the victims of the motor accident at Orange, when a military vehicle containing eight soldiers [?]sized Private Charles…

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Tram Accident

The Burrowa News · Friday 16 April 1943 · page 2

Mr. Lindsay Cranston, son of Mrs J. Cranston, Boorowa, met with a painful accident at Rozelle during the week. "Burl," as he is…

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Thrown From Sulky Accident at “Longaroo”

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 19 April 1943 · page 3

Whilst driving a pony in a sulky early last week at “Longaroo,” Cavan, Mrs. E. W. Longley had the misfortune to meet with a…

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Man Loses Leg Ploughing Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 19 April 1943 · page 3

Whlist ploughing, Keith Mayberry, 22, of Braidwood, had his leg badly crushed and cut when it became entangled in a plough…

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Burrinjuck Tragedy Two Men Drowned

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 22 April 1943 · page 3

Two men were drowned and a third narrowly escaped death on Burrinjuck Dam, last night. It is understood that the two men…

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Two Men Missing Believed Drowned in Burrinjuck Dam

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 22 April 1943 · page 2

Two men are believed to have been drowned when a. small motor boat was swamped late yesterday afternoon in the…

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Death After Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 2

Alan, Kenneth Mayberry, who met with an accident while ploughing at Bushy Hill, Braidwood, and was admitted to the Goulburn District…

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Five Soldiers Drowned

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 28 April 1943 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: For three days Alexandra and Jaanleson police have been dragging the Goulburn River between Darlingford and…

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Pilot Killed in Air Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 28 April 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Sergeant Raymond Jack Blackie, pilot, of North Bondi was killed when two planes callided during training exercises on the north coast…

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Railwayman Badly Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 29 April 1943 · page 1

Bert McConnell, aged about 43, a railway employee, living at Bathurst, was run over by an engine in the Bathurst railway yards at night and…

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From Everywhere Injured Eye

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 29 April 1943 · page 2

James Ferguson, of Young, was found wandering in Auburn Street last night in a dazed condition suffering from serious injury to the right eye. He was treated…

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Two Men Drowned Tragedy at Burrinjuck Boat Sank in Dam

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 29 April 1943 · page 2

As - briefly reported in our last issue a sad fatality occurred at Burrinjuck, about 6.30 p.m. on Wednesday week,…

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Two Men Drowned. Tragedy At Burrinjuck. Boat Sank in Dam

The Burrowa News · Friday 30 April 1943 · page 2

A sad fatality occurred at Burrinjuck, about 6.30 P.m. on Wednesday last week, when two residents of Cowra were…

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Mine Accidents

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 3 May 1943 · page 3

On Wednesday morning last, G. Craig, a fitter's labourer at Captain's Flat mine, working on the notation cells, was caught by the foot by one…

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Burning Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 4 May 1943 · page 3

Hazel Eldridge, the 11-years-old victim of the terrible burring accident at Cootamundra, is making progress towards recovery in the Royal…

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Jockey Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 5 May 1943 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: R. Sweetcabam was taken to hospital for observation after a spill from Trent Bridge in the steeplechase school at Flemington this…

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Youth Injured in Fall

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 5 May 1943 · page 3

Harry Evans, a 11-year-old youth, [?]fered extensive injuries when he fall from a motor lorry owned by Mr. H. Hill. Municipal Council contractor, in…

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Fatal Car Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 5 May 1943 · page 2

Mr. Percy Wallace, of Ingalara Plain, well known throughout the Jindabyne and Monaro districts, met his death in a car accident…

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Fatal Accident at Junee Railwayman Killed by Train

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 6 May 1943 · page 3

A fatal accident occurred in the Junee railway yards about 11.40 on Thursday night, when Mr John Newman, a railway porter. aged 24 years…

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