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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1947

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Two Injured In Collision at Darwin

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 1

DARWIN: A shocking accident occurred at Darwin in the early hours of Sunday morning last, when a collision secured…

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Injured Men Improve

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 5

It was reported from the District Hospital this morning that the condition of Mr. Herbert Muller grazier, of "Allendale,"…

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Priest in Car Smash Street Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 1

A car which was driven by a Sydney priest overturned after colliding with a motor lorry in Clinton Street late…

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Junee Fettler Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 12 May 1947 · page 1

Joseph Codner, bf Junee, suffered facial injuries when he was flung from, a railway tricycle, which then passed over him…

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Four Players Injured During Tough League Game Rovers, End With Ten Men, Beaten by Tatts

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 12 May 1947 · page 1

Four men were injured, one seriously and Rovers were forced to finish the game with only 10 players in the Tatersalls v Rovers first grade competition game played at League Park yesterday. Tattersalls won 11-4…

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Road Smash Accidental Coroner Finds on Engineer's Death

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 12 May 1947 · page 3

A finding of accidental death was made at the inquiry into the death last month of Ernest William…

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School Children in Accidents Arms Fractured

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 13 May 1947 · page 3

The usual series of school holiday accidents has commenced and yesterday. Goulburn ambulance officers treated a…

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Railway Fatality

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 14 May 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY: Frederic Ernest Fishburn, 28, married, of Guilford, who fell under an electric train last night near Redfern…

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Sheep Killed by Express Level Crossing Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 14 May 1947 · page 7

A mob of sheep was run down by the Southern Highlands Express train at a level crossing on the outskirts of Moss Vale on Monday morning, and as a result 22 were either killed…

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Schoolteachers Injured

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 19 May 1947 · page 3

Miss Joan Couch of Sydney who is a school teacher at Jerilderie, and Miss J. Box of Goulburn, who is a schoolteacher at Finley met with an…

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Car Smash Two Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 19 May 1947 · page 3

Miss Joan Couch. schoolteacher at Jerliderie, who resides in Sydney, was travelling by car, accompanied by Miss Joan Box,…

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From Everywhere Drowning Feared

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 20 May 1947 · page 2

Roy Lawler, 27, who left Port Macquarie in a 16ft motor boat early on Sunday to fish in the open sea is believed to have been…

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Fall From Horse Man Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 20 May 1947 · page 3

A station hand on Willeroo property, in the Currawang district, suffered a neck injury when his horse…

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Serious Accident Crooked Corner Peelwood Man Severely Injured

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 21 May 1947 · page 1

Mr Robert Mills, 27, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Mills, of "Hopeful," Peelwood, suffered extensive injuries when he was thrown heavily from a bicycle while riding to work along the…

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Played with Injured Thumb

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 21 May 1947 · page 4

A member of a Goulburn hockey team played through a game with a fractured thumb last Saturday. He was N. Funnell, a member…

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Youth Injured Hand Pierced by Bullet

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 21 May 1947 · page 4

A 17-year-old Goulburn youth was shot through the left hand by a 22 rifle bullet yesterday afternoon…

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Train Crash Driver Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 22 May 1947 · page 7

SYDNEY: When his train crashed into the rear of a stationary tram in Anzac Parade, Moore Park at 3.30 a.m…

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Injured on Farm Gunning Man Hurt

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 22 May 1947 · page 5

A Gunning man received serious injuries when his right leg was caught in the wheel of a far in machine…

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Coroner's Finding "Accidental Death" 50 M.P.H. Safe Say Witnesses

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 22 May 1947 · page 4

The inquest concerning the tragic death of Victor Gordon Heyman former teller et the Commonwealth Bank, was…

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Four Injured Car Overturns on Hitting Truck Roof Had to be Cut to Release Passengers

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 26 May 1947 · page 3

The roof of an overturned car on the Sydney Road had to be cut to release four injured persons…

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