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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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Schoolgirl Injured in Fall From Horse

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 27 February 1946 · page 3

Shirley Williamson, seven-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Williamson, of Wombeyan Caves Road, suffered a probable…

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Children Injured In Car Accident Car Over Embankment

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 4 March 1946 · page 2

On Saturday evening Mr. Gordon Ball who resides at Mrs. Clarke’s boarding house, Rossi Street, and is employed by the P.M.G…

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Fatal Accident On Burrinjuck Road Death of R.A.A.F. MAN

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 4 March 1946 · page 1

At an inquest held at the Court House on Friday, the District Coroner, Mr. E. A. Hickey, found that William…

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Floods Still a Threat to Two Towns Six Drowned and Much Damage

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 5 March 1946 · page 3

BRISBANE, Tuesday: Although the flood waters are still menacing Home Hill and Ayr, reports reaching Brisbane suggest that the floods appear to be receding slightly, but it is not clear that both…

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Britishers Beaten to Death in Egypt 299 Injured in Wild Riots in Alexandria

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 5 March 1946 · page 3

CAIRO, Tuesday: Ritfs in Alexandria yesterday caused the deaths of 17 persons including two Biritish soldiers who were beaten to death by the mob. The number injured was 299. These figures were given in the first official statement after the day of confuison,…

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Car Overturns Two Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 3

Two people were injured, when a car in which they were travelling along the Hume Highway, near…

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Children Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 7 March 1946 · page 3

At Yass, Mr. Gordon Ball, employed by the P.M.G.'S Department, took several children for a drive along the Hume Highway…

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Runaway Bike Woman Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 7 March 1946 · page 2

When a pushbike she was riding got out of control going down Kangaloo Road, Bowral, on Saturday last. and crashed into a…

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Woman Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 8 March 1946 · page 1

Meeting with an accident, at her home yesterday, Mrs. B. Bromley, of 58 Mulwaree Street, suffered a fractured left fore-arm…

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Three Injured Breadalbane Road Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 11 March 1946 · page 2

Three Goulburn people were injured when a car ran off the Goulburn-Breadalbane Road late on Saturday night,…

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Two Injured by Fire Husband and Wife Suffer

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 11 March 1946 · page 3

Mr. George D'Ornay, of 25 Clinton Street, suffered extensive burns to both hands and his wife, Beatrice…

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Jockey Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 4

MELBOURNE: Jockey V. Hartney injured his elbow and may not be able to ride at Moonce [?] on Saturday as a result of a fail…

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Ganger Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 4

John Dunbar, 46, extra ganger on the railway, had the toes of his right foot crushed yesterday whilst working near Marulan…

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Bitumen Burns Three Men Injured At Burrinjuck

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 2

Three men suffered injury at Burrinjuck yesterday morning from burns, and were admitted to hosopital…

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Motor Car Accidents

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 2

After visiting the Gunning Show on Friday and returning home to Dalton a motor car driven by Mr. Reg. Heffernan met with a mishap…

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Youth Injured Train Hits Truck

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 18 March 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY: Ross Clark, 18, of Ermington, suffered a probable fracture of the skull and of the right arm and lacerations when…

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Car Over Cutting Miraculous Escape Accident at Taemas

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 18 March 1946 · page 2

Mr. R. R. Walker, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Money-Walker, of Worth Street, and hit wife, had a miraculous escape when…

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Flood Waters Recede in Victoria Five Persons Are Drowned Many Amazing Escapes

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 19 March 1946 · page 3

MELBOURNE: While many isolated from house are still surrounded by flood waters, all road and rail traffic is still held up. The majority of towns ravaged by the floods in the western area of the a State…

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Unusual Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 19 March 1946 · page 3

Miss Mollie Sheekev of Knowl man's staff, suffered slight injury as a result of an unusual accident yesterday. She bum[?]ed her face…

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170 DROWNED In Overloaded Jap Launch

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 25 March 1946 · page 3

TOKYO, Monday: One hundred and seventy persons are reported to have lost their lives when a.20 ten ferry capsized near Onagawa,…

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