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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

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Fatal Car Accident Near Tirranna Mr. A. C. Anable Killed Three Seriously Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 1 January 1945 · page 3

At an early hour on Sunday morning a motor accident on the Braidwood Road, two miles south of the Komungla turn-off, caused the death of Alfred Clyde Anable, 37, of Joshua Street. He was a warder at the…

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50 Killed in Collision U.S. Railway Disaster

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 1 January 1945 · page 3

NEW YORK, Monday: At least 50 were killed and 150 injured when the second division of the Pacific Limited crashed into the…

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Accidental Death At Murray's Flat

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 8 January 1945 · page 1

Accidental death was the verdict returned by the Deputy Coroner, Mr. P.Jackson, at the conclusion…

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Cricketing Accidents

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 8 January 1945 · page 2

Whiles playing cricket out Saturday at North Park. W. Prigg of Colts in [?]empting to stop a ball had his right band split and had to…

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Eyes Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 3

Two patients, both suffering from eye injuries, were treated by the ambulance yesterday, and they are now patients in the Goulburn…

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Soldier Drowned

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 10 January 1945 · page 3

A soldier on leave from a northern battle front was drowned in front of his wife and eight-year-old son. He was Pte. Oliver Morell,…

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CRASHED Sergt. Ray Leeson Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 10 January 1945 · page 1

Mr. and Mrs. L. Leeson of Lagoon Street have received a telegram from R.A.A.F. Headquarters, quarters, Melbourne, stating that…

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The Post (To the Editor) Bargo Fatality

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 3

Bargo Fatality. Sir.—Mr. Allan Lyons, a railway engineman, received fatal injuries in the execution of his…

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DROWNED Youth's Death at Tarlo

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 3

Tragedy came upon a little farm at Tarlo Gap yesterday afternoon when Walter James Burgess, a youth of 17, was…

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Cloud Burst at Kingsdale: Sheep Drowned in Flood

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 3

The storm on Thursday last was most beneficial 271 points being recorded by Mr. S. Croker. About four miles north of Kigsdale Mr. P. Kennedy estimates that…

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Man and Child Drowned

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY: Two persons were drowned in New South Wales yesterday—a man in the surf at Deewhy, and a boy in a…

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Accidental Drowning at Tarlo: Coronial Inquiry

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 22 January 1945 · page 1

"Accidental death by drowning when bathing in a dam on his father's property at Tarlo," was the verdict returned by the Deputy Coroner, Mr. P. Jackson, at the conclusion of the inquest into the circumstances leading to the…

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Train Derailed 15 Persons Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 25 January 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY.: A big steel bolt put deliberately on one of the rails is believed to have caused a train smash in…

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COLLISION Man Injured in Auburn St

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 2

When a panel van came into collision with a motor cycle at the corner of Market and Auburn, Sts. at 7.35 last night. Provost. Cpl. A…

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Accident While Swimming

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 2

Gordon Eddy, of the Railway Superintendent's Office, had the misfortune to cut a tendon in his foot while swimming in the…

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Drowning Fatality

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 8 February 1945 · page 3

Word has s been received of the death by drowning of Pte. Joe Pratley, of Goulburn. The accident occurred at…

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Verdict of Drowning in Fatal Dive Tragedy

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 8 February 1945 · page 1

On Friday last, after hearing evidence concerning the death of Bert Castles, who dived from the Guudagal…

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COLLISION Boy Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 2

On Friday afternoon, George Valcott, aged 8, of Neville Street, was "dubbing" his sister Valerie home from school, when at the…

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DROWNED In New Guinea

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 15 February 1945 · page 6

Mrs. G. A. Lamont, 11 Mayor Street, Goulburn, has received word that her brother, Pte. Thomas Kennedy Shiel,…

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Man Injured in Brawl

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 15 February 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY: A civilian was seriously injured in a brawl with Allied servicemen, in which two women were involved, at a…

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