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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

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Accidents

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 7

TAXI AND CAR COLLIDE.-- The corner of Denison and Spring Streets was the scene of a collision between a taxi and a private car…

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Man Drowned

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 14 February 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY: A man who died after being rescued from Cook's' River, Earlwood, on Saturday; is believed to have attempted…

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Motor-cyclist Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 14 February 1949 · page 2

A motor-cyclist suffered severe lacerations to head and face and probable concussion when he fell from his…

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Boxing Day Accident On Hume Highway

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 14 February 1949 · page 3

That the accident was caused through the blinding effect of heavy clouds of dust created by motor traffic on the section of gravelled surface about a mile north of Berrima, was the verdict returned by…

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Queensland Cyclone Man Believed Drowned

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 16 February 1949 · page 5

BRISBANE: It was reported to-day that the cyclone which is moving down Queensland is unlikely to cause serious damage…

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Man Drowned

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 5

TOWNSVILLE: Stewart Irving Morgan, 26, gaol warder, was drowned because he refused to abandon his motor-cycle on a…

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Cyclist Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 2

William Murray, machinist, of Grafton Street, suffered probablle concussion and abrasions when the bicycle he was riding…

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Critically Injured Young Girl In Freak Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 21 February 1949 · page 1

A 17-year-old girl was critically injured in a freak traffic accident on Saturday morning…

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Girl in Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 21 February 1949 · page 7

A late inquiry this afternoon reduced that the condition of Zenith Bill involved in the accident reported on Page One…

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Trams Hit Head-on 11 Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 24 February 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY: Eleven people were severely injured this morning when two trams collide head-on while…

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Brothers Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 28 February 1949 · page 4

Two young brothers were injured yesterday when their cycle was involved in a collision with a motor cycle at the…

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Fitter Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 28 February 1949 · page 5

Gregory Leary, 30, fitter, of 11 Cooma Avenue, was injured on Saturday when his cycle collided with a utility truck at the…

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Two Children Drowned at Taemas

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 28 February 1949 · page 2

Sisters aged 12 and 10 years were drowned in the Murrumbidgee river on Saturday afternoon in front of their distracted parents. The body of die youngest girl was not recovered till yesterday…

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Four Children Lost In Four Years Tragedy Strikes Local Parents Yass Drowning

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 28 February 1949 · page 1

Death has claimed all four children of Mr. and Mrs. Michael McG[?]gan, of Bourke Street, whose daughters were drowned in the Murrumbidgee on Saturday…

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Motor Bike Struck Sheep Two Men Injured Near Murrumbateman

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 28 February 1949 · page 2

When the motor bike they were riding collided with sheep near Murrumbateman this morning, two men were…

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Man Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 2 March 1949 · page 4

A 22-year-old labourer was injured as the result it is understood of being struck on the head by a falling girder at the…

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Double Drowning Fatality Coroner’s Inquiry Finding of Accidental Death

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 2

A finding of accidental death from drowning was the result of an inquiry conducted by the district coroner, Mr. E…

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Head-on Collision Mrs. Noel Eedy Injured

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 2

When two cars collided on the overhead railway crossing below Cook’s Hill on the Pudman road, on Monday…

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Collision in Cooma Street

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 1

Cars driven by Mr. Merv. Minter, Yass, and Dr. Malouf, of Parramatta, collided in front of the Club House Hotel on Sunday…

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Yass Inquest On Double Drowning At Good Hope

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 1

A father's desperate but unsuccessful efforts to save his two young daughters from drowning were described to the Coroner (Mr. Hickey), at Yass Court yesterday. Mr. Hickey found that the…

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