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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1944

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Tragic Accident at Batlow Mr. Harold Quarmby Found Dead

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 3 August 1944 · page 2

The tragic death occurred late on Friday morning of Mr. Harold Quarmby, aged about 40 years, youngest son of Mrs. Jane…

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Fatal Lorry Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 9 August 1944 · page 6

A sensational motor lorry accident occurred on the Gulgong road in the early hours of the morning as a result of which…

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Injured Man Guarded by Dog for 12 Hours

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 11 August 1944 · page 1

Searchers who, scoured the rough scrub country a few miles from Little Hartley on Tuesday night for Louis Duff, a 64…

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Missionary and Wife Drowned

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 14 August 1944 · page 2

Word has been received in Blayney that Mr. Cyril Moore, a former Lyndhurst resident, and his wife, have been drowned in…

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Two Injured When Car Strikes Horse

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 14 August 1944 · page 3

Morris James Hazelwood, aged 18, of Bathurst Street, East-grove, and John Thomas Funnell, aged 23, of Kingsdale Post…

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Train Fatality

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 15 August 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY: Attempting to alight from a moving train at Campbelltown early this morning, Warrant Officer Harry George Grimstead,…

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Two Horse Accidents

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 16 August 1944 · page 5

Two peculiar horse accidents are reported from down Riverina way. When one "Tib" Flanagan, of Corowa, was working a lively…

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12 INJURED Bus and Train Collide

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 17 August 1944 · page 3

NEWCASTLE: When a bus bound for Wallsend came into collision at the Toronto railway crossing with a Toronto-bound…

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Unusual Accident Shot in Legs Through Wall

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 17 August 1944 · page 4

Mr. Les. Douglas, of “Hillview,” Muttama, was the victim of an unusual accident last week, and, as a result is a patient in the…

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Fatal Accident Man Killed: Another Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 25 August 1944 · page 3

The Berrima Ambulance, at 9 o'clock this morning, received a call to at accident at Wingello, It is reported that a man was…

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Lost Speech After Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 29 August 1944 · page 3

LISMORE: William Packham, 13, lost his power of speech after a road accident, it was stated it the Lismore Court to-day…

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Serious Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 1 September 1944 · page 3

Injured in an accident at the S.P.C. works early on Tuesday morning, Mr. Tom Aynsley, aged 24, Moss Vale,…

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More Child Victims of Road Accidents

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 14 September 1944 · page 5

Although there was a substantial reduction in the number of persons killed and injured in road accidents last year, the figures for…

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Collision at Sea

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 19 September 1944 · page 3

An Australian freighter, which was involved in a collision with an Allied ship off the N.S.W coast last night, had her engines put out…

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Truck Overturns Soldier Seriously Injured

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 21 September 1944 · page 2

As briefly reported in last issue, a military truck overturned on the Hume Highway on Sunday night and two…

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Official Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 29 September 1944 · page 3

When Mr. Ern. Guymer, of the Moss Vale Railway staff, became involved in an accident at work last week he sustained injuries to…

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Hayride Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 29 September 1944 · page 3

As the result of a mishap when returning from the hayride and barbecue at Bundanoon on Tuesday night last,…

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L.A.C. Colin Hillier Injured in Plane Accident

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 2 October 1944 · page 3

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hillier, of Walker Street, received word last Thursday afternoon that their son, L.A.C. Colin Leslie, had been admitted…

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Goulburn Youth Badly Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 2 October 1944 · page 3

Thrown from his motor cycle while returning from Canberra, Ron Mitchell, of Bradfordville, was admitted to Canberra Hospital…

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Accidents to Children Drivers Should Exercise Care

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 2 October 1944 · page 4

The reports on road accidents to children in New South Wales during the last few months contain few fresh features. It' is the old,…

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