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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1947

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Truck Hits House Man Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 7 April 1947 · page 3

A Goulburn man was injured and the brickwork of a Clifford Street house damaged when two vehicles…

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ACCIDENTS Busy Time for Ambulance

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 7 April 1947 · page 3

Twenty people were transported to hospital by the Goulburn District Ambulance over the Easter holiday…

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Goulburn Man Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 8 April 1947 · page 1

Found wandering along the roadside in the precincts of his upturned car on Thursday afternoon, a…

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Killed Near Marulan Cars Meet in Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 8 April 1947 · page 1

Ernest Torrington Pencombe, 62, mining engineer, of Wollongong, was thrown from his car and…

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Mayor's Car in Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 11 April 1947 · page 1

The Mayor, Ald. P. R. D. Hollis, was Involved in a collision with a motor cyclist at the in ersection of Auburn and…

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Accidents to Elderly Residents

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 14 April 1947 · page 4

Two unfortunate accidents happened last week to two of Gunning's oldest residents. Mrs M. A. Wheatley “Woolrange,” Collector road,…

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Explosion in Sydney Six Men Injured Resin Plant Blows Up

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 17 April 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY: Six men were injured when melted resin exploded at a Rosebery factory last night…

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Texas City Almost Wrecked by Explosion Death Roll Estimated at "Around 1200": Injured 3500

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 17 April 1947 · page 5

NEW YORK, Wednesday: An unofficial report places the deathroll in a series of explosions, which almost wrecked Texas City, as "around 1200." The disaster, which followed an explosion in a ship carrying fertilizers, is ranked as America's greatest. The city, which has a normal population of about 48,000, is being evacuated because of spreading fumes…

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Collision Victim Dies

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 3

Raymond Grindrod, 23, of Orange, died In the Base Hospital after receiving sever internal internal injuries in a motor…

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Old Man Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 3

A 70-year-old man lost the sight of his left eye, and two other passengers were injured in a collision between two cars…

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Claim Outcome of Accident Railwayman Hurt on Way to Work

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 2

A claim by a former Goulburn burn railway employee for compensation resulting from an accident in which he…

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Street Crash Car Spun Around in Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 28 April 1947 · page 3

Force of impact turned a car almost 180 degrees when two vehicles collided in Auburn Street early this…

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Express Fatality

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 2 May 1947 · page 5

An inquest into the death of Harold James Smith, aged 34 yrs, of 29 Victoria Street, who died as a result of injuries received…

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Accidental Death Inquest Into Goulburn Railway Fatality

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 5 May 1947 · page 2

A finding of accidental death was made at the inquiry into the death last month of Harold James Smith, 34, railway employee, which was held at the Goulburn Courthouse on Saturday…

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Mr. Gordon Heyman Killed in Car Accident Shire Engineer Injured and in Hospital Shocking Fatality on Yass-canberra Road This Morning

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 5 May 1947 · page 2

Mr. Gordon Heyman, teller at the Commonwealth Bank, one of the finest and most likeable young men in Yass, was killed instantly in a shocking car accident on the Yass-Canberra road, 16 miles from Yass…

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Injured League Player Improves

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 May 1947 · page 3

It was reported from St. John of God Hospital this afternoon that the condition of Ray McLauglin Goulburn League…

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Man Falls 100-ft. Down Cliff-face Injured, Walks Home

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 May 1947 · page 3

A 53-year-old man weighing 17 stone, narrowly escaped death yesterday morning when he fell over a 100 ft. cliff at Meadow Creek, Gunning. He is Herbert Muller grazier…

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Wheel Torn Off in Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 7 May 1947 · page 4

When a car travelling in the opposite direction tore off one of its front wheels, a utility truck veer d across the road and was…

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Accident Victim Died at Carcoar

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 8 May 1947 · page 4

Mrs. Elizabeth: O'Brien, 46, of Blayney, who was seriously injured in a car accident at Carcoar, died at tile Carcoar…

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Farmer Stunned by Fall Accident at Cliff

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 8 May 1947 · page 5

A 53-year-old farmer, Herbert Muller, was seriously injured when he fell 30 feet down a cliff at Meadow Creek, Gunning, on…

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