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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

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From Everywhere Girl Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 1 January 1948 · page 2

Hazel Toovey, of Burragorang. who is in Goulburn on a holiday, was treated at the District-Hospital yesterday for a punctured…

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Jean Simmons In Car Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 1 January 1948 · page 1

SUVA, Thursday: The film star, Jean Simmons, and her heading man, Donald Huston, narrowly escaped serious injury…

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Auburn Street Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 3

A collision occurred in Auburn Street yesterday between vehicles driven by Mr. P. McAlister, of Myrtleville, and Mr…

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Collision at Dalton Sports

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 3

One cyclist suffered injuries yesterday when a collision occurred at the Dalton sports, carnival…

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Railway Accident Man Struck By Truck

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 1

A railwayman was injured by a moving truck while working at Goulburn yesterday. He is Mr. C. R. Weaver, who…

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Two Miners Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 5 January 1948 · page 4

A Captain's Flat miner had 23 stitches inserted in a gash to the right arm on Saturday night…

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G.-G.'s Son's Car In Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 5 January 1948 · page 5

Two persons were injured when a car owned by Mr. William McKell, son of the Governor-General, left the roadway…

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Collision In Auburn Street

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 January 1948 · page 2

A visiting motor cyclist received a heavy fall in Auburn Street, yesterday morning when his machine collided with a…

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Two Escape Injury in Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 January 1948 · page 1

No person was injured when a taxi cab and a cycle were involved in a collision in Verner Street, early this morning…

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Boy Drowned

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 7 January 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY: An eight year old boy was drowned yesterday in a well at Glenbrook, on the Blue Mountains line…

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Accidental

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 7 January 1948 · page 2

WOLLONGONG: A railway gatekeeper, aged 18, said at an inquest that he was asleep when a train struck a utility truck at…

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Hand Caught in Header Murringo Harvester's Painful Accident

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 1

When Mr. Henry Waiton, of Murringo, had one of his hands caught in a header yesterday morning, the middle and third…

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Two Children Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 7

Two Goulburn children suffered painful foot injuries in week-end mishaps. On Saturday, five-year-old…

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Tragic Accident Near Kialla Yesterday Goulburn Youth Charged With Manslaughter

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 5

Goulburn resident Laurie John Frey, 21, was killed instantly at 1.30 a.m. yesterday, when a motor lorry, in which he was travelling, overturned between Grabben Gullen and Kialla…

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Taxi-Cab And Motor Cycle In Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 13 January 1948 · page 1

A Goulburn taxi driver and a motor cyclist had miraculous escapes from injury last night when their…

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School Vacation Accidents

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 5

Two Goulburn school children received minor injuries in holiday mishaps yesterday. Gregory Croke, 5, of [?] Mundy…

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Accidentally Shot

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 7

A 15-years-old Yanco boy, who was accidentally shot by a friend at East Wantabadgery on Sunday morning, is in the Wagga…

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Fatal Truck Accident Near Kialla Manslaughter Charge Against Driver

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 1

Tragedy overtook a party of Goulburn residents, who journeyed to Grabben Gullen for a dance on Saturday night last, whilst they were returning to their homes in the early…

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Found Drowned in Dam Was Unable to Swim Youth's Tragic End

The Burrowa News · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 7

Reported missing on Monday morning, Edward John Sales, aged 18 years, was later found drowned in a…

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Injured Headmaster Leaves Hospital

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 4

Mr. A. R. Dunbar. headmaster of Newton Public School. who fractured his neck in a road accident near Marulan on…

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