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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1943

141 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 4 of 8

Serious Accident Knocked Over By Dogs

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 6 May 1943 · page 1

Yesterday morning Mrs. E. Sheekey was walking along Auburn Street neat Lowe's Garage when she was knocked over by two large sized dogs which came…

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Three Women Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 11 May 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: When two trams collided at a Martin Place corner shortly before 8 a.m. to-day three women were injured. They were Miss Annie Pearce,…

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Dies From Injuries in Bicycle Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 14 May 1943 · page 2

An unfortunate accident, resulting in the death of an eight-year-old girl Patricia Thomas, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Leslie Thomas, of…

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Accidental Death Marulan Double Tragedy

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 18 May 1943 · page 1

At the Goulburn Police Court yesterday afternoon the District Coroner. Mr. M. J. Ryan, inquired, into the circumstances surrounding the death of two Southern…

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Four Soldiers Drowned

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 19 May 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Struck by a huge waye, four Australian soldiers who were standing on rocks at a point on the south coast on Sunday were…

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Gunning News Lad Injured Thrown From Bicycle

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 20 May 1943 · page 4

Reporting for early morning duty at the Canberra Post Office, Sid Collins met with a Serious accident on Thursday morning last and is…

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Yass Men Lost on Torpedoed Hospital Ship Missing Believed Drowned

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 20 May 1943 · page 2

TWO NATIVES OF YASS, TWO EX-RESIDENTS AND A SISTER OF AN EX-RESIDENT WERE AMONG THE…

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Nasty Accident

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 20 May 1943 · page 3

While engaged in his duties in his butcher shop on Saturday morning, Mr Ern Wennerbom, of Young, met with a nasty accident, which will…

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Alleged Hit-run Fatality

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 21 May 1943 · page 3

Found staggering along the Great Western Highway, Lithgow, by a driver of a military truck, on Sunday night— and giving evidence of Horious…

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Soldier Drowned

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 26 May 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Jack Oliver Sullivan, 19 a soldier was drowned last-night when he fell into a canal at Kogarah He was recompanied by his…

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Serious Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 27 May 1943 · page 3

N. Clarke Milland Was caught in a conveyor belt at Captain's Flat mine last night about 7 o'clock and received injuries of a critical character…

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Costly Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 7 June 1943 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Sunday: The Navy Department announces the loss of a merchant ship laden with ammunition, also a tanker, as the result of a…

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Motor Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 7 June 1943 · page 3

At about 5.30 on Saturday evening George Buekley, of Hrafton Street, was being driven by his friend, George Myton, to St. John of God Hospital to visit his…

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Mr. Jacob Knopp Meets with Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 8 June 1943 · page 3

Mr. Jacob Knopp, for many years schoolmaster at North Goulburn, and a well-known revered identity in the community, yesterday suffered…

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Items of Interest Collision in Tumut

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 17 June 1943 · page 4

A collision between a car driven by Mr Wm Cookson, of Blowering, and a horse drawn baker's delivery cart, driven by Mr Jack Hegarty,…

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Firearm Accident

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 17 June 1943 · page 4

William Glover, son of the Carrier at Brady's bricksworks Cootamundra met with an accident on Wednesday while driving the motor lorry. He…

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Damages Put at £60 Outcome Of Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 18 June 1943 · page 3

At the District Court yesterday, before His Honour Judge Kinsella, Rosemary Vandenbergh, by her next friend, Reginald…

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Exeter Man Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 25 June 1943 · page 3

Whlist working on the railway line ` near Murulan on Tuesday, Mr. Walter Taylor, of "Heatherbrao," Exeter, reanived injuries which necess[?]ated his…

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From Everywhere Level Crossing Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 25 June 1943 · page 2

Level Crossing Collision. Six passengers were injured and the main northern line was blocked for two hours as the result of a…

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Serious Cycle Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 5 July 1943 · page 3

At 5.30 a.m. on Sunday morning George Cambridge, engine-driver, signed. off at the. round-house and proceeded home on his. bicycle. , At the same time…

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