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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1944

165 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 4 of 9

A Queensland Fatality

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 19 April 1944 · page 2

When working at a saw mill recently. in Queensland the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Smith, of Oberon met with a fatal accident…

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Level Crossing Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 19 April 1944 · page 3

ALBGRY, Wednesday: Miss Hanel, of Granya, was injured, though not seriously, when a C.C.C. much struck her at a motor level…

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Tragic Accident Schoolgirl Killed

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 25 April 1944 · page 3

A tragic accident occurred at Wildes Meadow at about 3.45 yesterday afternoon, involving the death…

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Goulburn Man Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 1 May 1944 · page 3

Mr. Leonard Kemp, for many years a well-known Goulburn business man, received serious injuries on Saturday afternoon…

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Fatality at Cooma Railway Man Killed

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 1 May 1944 · page 4

Cyril Crowder met his death by accident in the Cooma rail way goods yard on Wednesday. Mr. Crowder had resided in…

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Two Boys Wounded Accident at Harden

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 4 May 1944 · page 2
Also in Yass Tribune-Courier

The night of Anzac Day 1944, will long be remembered in the home of Constable O. T. Watts, of Harden, for during the…

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Accident at the Mill

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 2

Mr. Stan Brady, employed at Allsopp's Flour Mills, had a miraculous escape from death whilst on night shift last week. He was in the act…

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From Everywhere Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 12 May 1944 · page 2

At 5.50 p.m. yesterday a car driven. by William Clothier of Bungendore, and the Mulwaree Shire Council lorry collided at the intersection of…

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Grazier Injured Mr. A. McInnis In Serious Condition

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 17 May 1944 · page 3

Crushed by a fractious heifer against a fence post. Mr. Archibald J. Mclnnis, a well known grazier. of Roslyn, received serious injuries…

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Unusual Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 17 May 1944 · page 2

Miss Tonkin, an employee of the Telegraph Hotel, Gunning met with an unusual accident. Whilst dusting raliings of a…

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Tram Accident Mrs. Isabelle Leek Injured

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 18 May 1944 · page 2

Mrs. Isabelle Leek, of Coogee, a sister of Mrs. John Moore, of Yass, was injured in an accident yesterday in Sydney, and is now in…

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Shocking Tragedy at Railway Crossing Two Men Killed Near Milvale Third Critically Injured

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 18 May 1944 · page 3

When a stock train crashed into a motor car at the Tubbul road railway crossing, near Milvale, yesterday morning two well…

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Fatal Accident Mr. A. B. Thompson Killed Car and Train Collide

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 18 May 1944 · page 2

Mr. A. B. (Ben) Thompson, well known in Yass, we killed yesterday morning in a fatal collision between a car and a…

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Burning Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 19 May 1944 · page 2

When Horace Munro, aged 42 of Bowral Road, Mittagong, was lighting a fire at his home on Wednesday, he threw kerosene…

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Young Lad Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 23 May 1944 · page 3

John Brown, a juvenile contestant at the gymkhana held at Burradoo on Saturday afternoon, struck a tree when he was…

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Returned Man's Bad Luck Loses Hand In Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 23 May 1944 · page 3

Wounded at Tobruk, and since discharged from the New Zealand Army, former Gundagal footballer, Harold…

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Shock Saves Life of Child Remarkable Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 23 May 1944 · page 3

That severe shock caused through a fall into a creek running near the Bowral Golf Links actually saved…

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A. J. McINNES Death Follows Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 24 May 1944 · page 5

The passing of Mr. Archibald John McInnes, whose death occurred on Friday morning, has robbed the district of one of…

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Found Drowned in Dam

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 25 May 1944 · page 2

The body of Mrs W. Bryant, of Cowra, was found in a dam on a reserve near Crowther last Friday morning. The deceased lady, who…

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