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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

231 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 4 of 12

Boy Drowned

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 14 April 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY: A 14-year-old boy was drowned while swimming in a rough sea at Port Kembla beach yesterday…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 18 April 1949 · page 3

Ray Hollis, of 11 Bishop Street, was injured on Saturday then he fell from his motor cycle on Governor's Hill…

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Seriously Injured Near Yass

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 18 April 1949 · page 2

Ronald Mitchell, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Mitchell, of Copland Farm, Bradfordville, is in a serious…

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Injured By Oxy Torch

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 19 April 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY: A young welder had a lucky escape from serious injury to-day when an oxyacetylene torch blew up in his…

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Front Wheel of Cycle Collapsed Goulburn Man Seriously Injured

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 21 April 1949 · page 2

Mr. Ronald Mitchell, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Mitchell, of Copeland Farm, Bradfordville, near Goulburn, was seriously…

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Police Officer Injured in Fall

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 2

An unfortunate accident occurred to a police officer whilst he was-making inquiries at the scene of a…

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Horseman Drowned

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 25 April 1949 · page 3

Police believe Lancelot Killen; 23,' of Jerry's Plains, was washed from his horse, and drowned in the Hunter River,…

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Eye Seriously Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 26 April 1949 · page 1

William Martin, a well known resident of Bungendore was repairing a fence last Thursday afternoon when a wire which he…

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Accident on Railway Bridge

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 26 April 1949 · page 1

Three persons were injured in a collision between a car and a motor lorry yesterday afternoon at the…

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Three Trucks in Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 5 May 1949 · page 8

In a triple accident on River Lett hill, Lithgow, this week, three drivers had fortunate escapes from injury when their…

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Accidents at the Flat

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 1

Roy Pratt, son of Mrs. J. Pratt, of Kurrajong Street, Captain's Flat, was bitten on the right arm by a dog. He was treated…

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Seaman Believed to Be Drowned

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY: A 29-year-old seaman. Dennis Harlan, is believed to have been washed overboard and drowned from the steamer…

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Yass Priest’s Car Injures Boy Accident at Canberra

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 2

A car driven by Father Paterson, of Yass, seriously injured a pupil of the Canberra Convent, on Saturday afternoon…

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Apprentice in Fall at Work Back Is Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 11 May 1949 · page 4

A 19-year-old apprentice carpenter suffered a serious back injury yesterday when he fell from a scaffold…

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Cyclist Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 16 May 1949 · page 4

Edward Weston, of Yarra was injured when the bicycle he was riding collided with a car on the Hume Highway last…

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Claim For Damages Outcome Of Car Accident In Bourke St

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 17 May 1949 · page 1

Damages for injuries received on the corner of Bourke and Verner Streets, Goulburn, were claimed by James Henry Parkinson, 69, farmer, of New Zealand, from James Thomas Hazelwood, taxi driver…

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£5000 CLAIM Outcome Of Car Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 18 May 1949 · page 4

Five thousand pounds is claimed by James Henry Parkinson, 69 farmer, of New Zealand, from James Hazelwood, taxi driver of Goulburn, for injuries received on the corner of Bourke and…

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Train Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 5

OSLO, Friday: At least three persons, were killed, and man injured last night When an express train collided with a single…

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Boy Injured In Fall From Bus

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 2

Injuries were sustained yesterday by a schoolboy, Desmond Wilson, aged nine years, of Addison Street, when he fell from…

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Taralga Man Hurt In Road Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 5

When the truck he was driving from Crookwell to Taralga, struck a white post on the side of the road early…

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