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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

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Young Man's Death Killed in Lorry Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 17 August 1945 · page 1

A fatal accident marred the Victory celebrations on Wednesday, when Laurie Howard, aged 17, of Mundy…

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Footballers Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 21 August 1945 · page 3

Two footballers, members of Railway team, were injured in the Railway v Bexley-Waratah match held at League Park last Sunday…

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DALTON Shooting Accident

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 23 August 1945 · page 3

Roy Pye, 17, a son of Mrs. J. Pye, of Dalton, met with an accident while out shooting at a farm near Blakney Creek last Saturday…

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Breadalbane Road Fatality

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 27 August 1945 · page 1

Following the submission of evidence at an inquest held on Saturday concerning the death of Laurence Howard aged 17, the Deputy Corner found that he died on the Hume Highway, about 11 miles from Goulburn, on…

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Fatal Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 29 August 1945 · page 3

GUNNEDAH: Alexander Watson Hunt, 36, of Bellata, was killed last night and five other persons injured in a head-on collision…

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Fatal Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 4 September 1945 · page 6

A woman was killed outright and her husband and 18 year-old daughter slightly injured when a motor car overturned near Cowabbie, 20…

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Stock Train Hits Bus Fatal Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 12 September 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: When a fast-moving stock train crashed into a bus on the Melbourne Road crossing at Arthurville,…

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Fell From Horse Accident to Mr. W. Davis

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 13 September 1945 · page 2

Mr. W. Davis, of Esdale, Yass, bad a fail from his horse on Tuesday morning and in falling his head struck the rail of a…

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Passenger Injured Thrown From Sidecar

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 14 September 1945 · page 3

A resident of Loftus Street, Westmead, John Edward Hay, was thrown heavily to the side of the road when the cycle and sidecar in which he…

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Serious Injury Young Girl Rider Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 14 September 1945 · page 3

Rosemary Patrick, of "Greenbills." Moss Vale, is in the Garryowen Private Hospital in a serious condition as…

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Plane Crash Wartime Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 14 September 1945 · page 5

On March 20 an aircraft engaged on ferry flight crashed down on a clearing between Exeter and the…

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Child Cyclist Injured Collision With Motor Lorry

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 17 September 1945 · page 3

On Monday afternoon last, a child, 9 years of age, Neville Edward Wilesmith, riding a push bicycle without a brake in Cooma…

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Freak Accident

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 17 September 1945 · page 4

A freak accident occurred four miles from Pilliga, when a bullet embedded in a tyre exploded, shattering the tyre and wrecking the…

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Accident on Highway Motor Cycle Crashed

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 17 September 1945 · page 2

John Biggs, aged 23, of Melbourne, was riding a motor cycle on Hume Highway, about six miles on the Sydney side of…

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Motor Cycle Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 18 September 1945 · page 5

John Biggs, aged 23, of Melboure, was riding a motor cycle on Hume Highway, about six miles on the Sydney side of Yass…

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Accidents on Highway Car : Motor Cycle

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 21 September 1945 · page 3

While lying on a stretcher awaiting transfer to hospital an Air Force lad adjured his mate, with whom he was…

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Pte. Jack Hill Injured During Air Raid--tokyo

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 26 September 1945 · page 6

Pte. John Hill brother of Messrs. Henry C. and Emil Hill, of Mittagong (formerly at Crookwell), who sailed with the 8th Division for…

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517 Prisoners Drowned in Bombing at Rabaul

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 1 October 1945 · page 3

BRISBANE: Five hundred and seventeen British prisoners of war were drowned in Rabaul Harbour in February. 1943, when United States aircraft bombed the ship in which they were being taken to the Solomons…

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Collision in Auburn St

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 3 October 1945 · page 3

A collision occurred in Auburn Street a little before 1 o'clock to-day. Backing out from the kerb and right across the street,…

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Three Men Drowned?

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 9 October 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE: Three men are missing from a 60ft. shark-fishing boat which was wrecked on the Rip at the entrance to Port…

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