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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

303 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 6 of 16

Unusual Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 14 May 1948 · page 1

Graham Ricketts, of Young, was riding on the side of his father's truck, out on their farm, at the foot of the Black Range…

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From Everywhere Injured Toe

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 18 May 1948 · page 2

Rex Nelson, 15, of 61 Montague Street, injured a toe when a log of wood fell onto his foot yesterday. He was treated by…

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Player Injured

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 19 May 1948 · page 6

IN a most regrettable accident during the Grabben Gullen--Gunning match at Gunning on…

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No Bed for Injured Man

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 19 May 1948 · page 1

Because no bed was available at Maitland Hospital, a man with multiple fractures of the spine had to be transported by…

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Accident at Taralga Man Seriously Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 25 May 1948 · page 2

A Taralga man was seriously injured yesterday afternoon when the truck in which he was travelling…

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Bus And Car In Collision

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 26 May 1948 · page 1

The Bathurst Goulburn Bus and a car driven by Mrs P. E. Campbell, of "Stonebrook." Crookwell…

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Amazing Escape Goulburn Man Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 1

A Goulburn railwayman had an amazing escape from death while working on a Goulburn-Enfield goods…

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22 U.s. Marines Drowned

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 2 June 1948 · page 5

NORFOLK (Virginia), Tuesday : Twenty-two marines and [?] from the aircraft carrier…

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Nasty Accident Lorry Overturns At Stonequarry

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 2 June 1948 · page 7

Late on Monday afternoon of last week an accident occurred on the Stonequarry Road, opposite Mr J. J…

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Eight Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 4 June 1948 · page 3

NARRABRI. Three adults and five children were injured when a car overturned on the Gunnedah Road, eight miles…

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37 Hurt When Trams Meet Collision Near Show Ground

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 4 June 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY: Thirty-sever persons, on their way to work, were injured when two crowded trams collided,…

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Fire And Confusion After Collision Between Car And Transport Lorry

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 4 June 1948 · page 5

Traffic on the Hume Highway at Gundagai' was blocked for two" hours on Thursday night last, following a collision between a big semi-trailer transport and a car says the Guidagal Independent." When the vehicles…

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Greatest Cause of Accidents

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 4 June 1948 · page 3

Official road accident statistics show that the most frequent cause of accidents recorded so far this year is not giving right…

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Shoalhaven River Fatality

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 7 June 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY: A man was trapped and drowned in the driver's cabin of a lorry in the Shoal-haven River at Bomaderry…

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Footballer Injured

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 7 June 1948 · page 3

[?]arry Goode, of Mount street, [?]th Yass, whilst playing foot[?] [?] yesterday, sustained head in[?]es. He was taken to Yass…

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Footballers Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 7 June 1948 · page 5

Three Goulburn footballers suffered injury in matches at the week-end. Ron Penning of 389 Auburn…

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Man Killed Four Injured In Car Smash

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 9 June 1948 · page 1

One man was killed and four injured when a motor car ran off the road four miles from Boorowa on the Young Road…

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Newcastle Line Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 10 June 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY: Commenting on the collision on the Newcastle line. Mr. O'Sullivan said the Commissioner of Railways, Mr. T. J…

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Collision at Oberon

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 10 June 1948 · page 3

OBERON: What could have been a fatal accident occurred on the Bathurst Road on Monday when a car driven by Mr…

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Four-Year-Old Girl Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 10 June 1948 · page 1

A four-year-old Gunning girl suffered abrasions to her face and hands last night when the car in which she was travelling…

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