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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

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Bale of Wool Hits Federal City Express Man Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 23 November 1945 · page 3

Two passengers on the Federal City, Express were injured this morning by flying glass when a bale of wool…

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Accidents

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 23 November 1945 · page 1

Following the desire of most young boys at this time to possess a "locust," Bobby Heath, 13, of 14 Ruby Street, on…

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Four Killed in Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 26 November 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: Two young men and two girls were killed and six persons were injured, three critically, when a car and a bus collided in…

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Shocking Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 27 November 1945 · page 1

A 12-year-old boy, Maxwell Brown son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Brown, of "Trafalgar" a few miles from Young, was shock…

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A Series of Accidents

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 27 November 1945 · page 3

The two picture theatres had a picnic on Sunday and the employees had if very enjoyable day, although it might have been a…

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Gun Accident Man’s Eye Injured

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 29 November 1945 · page 2

When Mr. Eric Whitbread was out shooting yesterday morning the breach of his gun burst and his eye was…

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Shocking Accident Boy Caught in Binder

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 29 November 1945 · page 5

A 12-year-old boy, Maxwell Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Brown, of "Trafalgar," a few miles from Young, was shockingly…

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Painters Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 4 December 1945 · page 1

Two brothers, "Snow" and Don Polsen, of Gundagai, were involved in an accident, which meant fractured limbs for both…

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Gun Explodes Man's Eye Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 4 December 1945 · page 2

When Eric Whitbread was cut shooting on Wednesday morning the breach of his gun burst and list eye was injured…

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Another Accident at Black Bob's Creek

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 4 December 1945 · page 2

The bridge over Black Bob's Creek Hume Highway claimed yet another victim recently, the sequel being heard in the Moss Vale Police Court on Wednesday when David Charles Brewster was charged with failure to, report the…

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Two Injured In Truck Smash

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 5 December 1945 · page 4

On Sunday last, about noon, Frank Druett son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Druett, of "Normanton," Crookwell, and…

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Gun Accident at Yass Man's Eye Injured When Breech Gives Way

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 6 December 1945 · page 4

When Mr Eric Whitbread who resides near Yass, was put shooting last week the breech of his gun burst and his eye was…

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Naval Rating Drowned

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 10 December 1945 · page 1

MISS VALE: Jock Macauley, 22, a naval rating from the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Implacable, was drowned in the Bong Bong…

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Boy Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 10 December 1945 · page 2

When the bicycle he was riding collided with a truck at the intersection of Verner and Auburn Streets on Saturday…

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Gen. Patton Badly Injured FRANKFURT, Monday

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 10 December 1945 · page 1

FRANKFURT, Monday: American Army Commander General Patton has been admitted to hospital in a serious…

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Drowning Bong Bong River Rating Off Implacable

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 11 December 1945 · page 2

A naval rating off the aircraft carrier Implacable, now in Sydney Harbour, was drowned in the Bong…

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ELECTROCUTED Shocking Accident Death of Two Children

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

A shocking accident occurred on Tuesday, causing the death of two young children, who were electrocuted…

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Failed to Report Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 18 December 1945 · page 2

On the night of October 5 a motor vehicle driven by Kevin William Brogan, of Goulburn, collided with the cable fittings of a…

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Fatal Car Accident Man Killed on Tarago Road

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 26 December 1945 · page 3

As the result of a car accident on the Tarago-Bungendore Road on Monday night, a Sydney man…

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From EVERYWHERE Injured at Baths

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 28 December 1945 · page 2

June Berrell, 1S, of 40 Deccan Street, suffered an extensive laceration near the left eye yesterday afternoon when she…

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