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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

160 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 7 of 8

Cycling Accidents

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 12 October 1945 · page 5

Two cyclists, Miss Alma Cooke, of 138 Coromandel St., and Christopher Davenport, 11, of 31 Hurst St.. met with accidents…

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Four Die Drowned in Dam

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 15 October 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE: A woman and her three children were found drowned yesterday in a dam near Hamilton, about…

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30 Drowned in Bus Tragedy

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 17 October 1945 · page 2

CAIRO Wednesday: Thirty persons were drowned ,when a bus in which they were travelling skidded and fell into a canal…

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Drowned in Prison Ship

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 18 October 1945 · page 3

Mr. and Mrs. Heriot, of Langueville, have received advice that their, son,. F. J. Heriot, N271613. A.I.F., who was taken…

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Claim Fails Collision on Sydney Road

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 18 October 1945 · page 3

George Bush and others, trading as Kleratext Carbons, failed in an action at the District Court yesterday to…

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From EVERYWHERE Gilder Fatality

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 22 October 1945 · page 2

Victor Irvine Dawson, 30. of Enfield, whose glider nose-dived about 70 feet near Lakemba on, Saturday, died in hospital…

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Injured Boy's Long Wait

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 30 October 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY: After falling from his bicycle in Florida Road, Palm Beach, last night, a boy of 14 lay on the roadway, seriously…

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Young Jim Fahey Accidentally Killed

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 31 October 1945 · page 4

Mr. and Mrs. Jim Fahey, of Binda, have been officially notified by the Minister for the Army to the effect that…

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Car Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 2 November 1945 · page 2

When returning from the wedding of a close relative, which took place at Bowral on Saturday, a, party from…

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Rye Park Fatality

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 November 1945 · page 1

A shocking accident occurred at Rye Park, resulting in the death of James William Pitches who was working on the top of…

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Mr. Roy Harper Injured in Car Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 November 1945 · page 3

Mr. Roy Harper, District Telephone Officer, was the victim of an accident when his car ran down an embankment 10 miles;…

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Successful Compensation Claim by Motorist Collision with a Police Truck Lengthy Hearing at Young District Court

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 8 November 1945 · page 3

A collision between a heavily- loaded private car (about 17 years old) and a utility, truck driven by a member of the police force, on…

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Shocking Accident Man Falls 40 Feet Dies in Ambulance on Way to Young Hospital

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

A shocking accident occurred at at Rye Park last Wednesday morning, resulting in the death of the victim…

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Twin Child Drowned At Roslyn

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 9 November 1945 · page 2

A sad fatality occurred at Rosiyn yesterday evening, when a child named David Innes Branch, aged 3½ years…

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Sap Fatality Child Drowned in Dam

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 12 November 1945 · page 2

Yass residents were shocked to learn of the death of David Innes Branch, twin ion of Dr. and Mrs. A. I. Branch, late of…

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Sad Fatality at Roslyn Twin Son Drowned in Dam

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 14 November 1945 · page 1

A sad fatality occurred at "Rosslyn" (the property of Dr. Alexander Branch, Roslyn), late on Thursday afternoon, when a twin son of Dr. and Mrs. Branch, David Innes, 3 12 years…

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Truck Hits a Tree Remarkable Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 16 November 1945 · page 1

With a strinoybark tree, Whose girth measured about six feet, standing inside the chassis where the engine…

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Train Accident Schoolboy Hurt

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 16 November 1945 · page 3

Standing near a window of a carriage on the school train on Tuesday morning, Jack Tuckworth, was struck by a…

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Serious Accident on Railway Crushed Between Buffers

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 22 November 1945 · page 2

Whilst engaged in shunting operations at Moss Vale on Tuesday afternoon, Mr Jack Shea, son of Mr and Mrs M. J. Shea, of…

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Foot Cut Off By Binder Nasty Accident Near Young

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 22 November 1945 · page 1

About 5 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, a 12 year old boy, Maxwell Brown, son of Mr and Mrs, Cecil Brown, of "Trafalgar,'' a few miles…

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