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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

231 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 5 of 12

From Everywhere Fireman Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 24 May 1949 · page 4

Mr. Pat O'Grady, fireman, of Chatsbury Street, lacerated a foot while cutting wood yesterday. He was treated at hospital…

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Accident-Free Empire Night In Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 25 May 1949 · page 5

No outbreaks of fire or serious accidents resulted from Empire Day celebrations in Goulburn last night. Fire Brigade officials…

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12 Injured in Melbourne

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 30 May 1949 · page 4

MELBOURNE: Twelve people including the driver and two conductors, were injured in a collision between two trams at…

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Cyclist Hit by Car Braidwood Rd. Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 30 May 1949 · page 4

Edward Kercher, railway-man, of Park Street, was seriously injured Braid-wood Road on Friday night…

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Horseman Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 31 May 1949 · page 2

Mr. Max Chalker, employee of P.J.B. Osborne, of Currandooley Station, Bungendore injured his left leg when he fell…

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Found Drowned

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 1 June 1949 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon last the body of a well-known Gundagai resident Robert. ("Bob") Paine, was found in the…

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Verdict Given For Plaintiff In Car Collision Case

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 1 June 1949 · page 4

In the District Court at Goulburn yesterday before Judge Berne, Herbert Alexander McKenzie was awarded £57/4/6 damages and 41 loss involved as a result of his car being out of commission for a…

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Accident to Sydney Bus Spit Route Well-known To Yass Residents

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 2 June 1949 · page 2

Many Yass residents are in the habit of spending their annual holidays at Manly, and are conversant with the route travelled…

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Boy Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 3 June 1949 · page 1

Bruce Croker, aged 12 years, son of Mr. Sidney Croker, of Little Addison Street, received abrasions to his left knee,…

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Two Men Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 3 June 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY: Two men were injured and a house was burnt to the ground in, Smithfield Road, St John's Park, during a brawl…

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Three Footballers Injured

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 6 June 1949 · page 2

Playing on Victoria Park yesterday afternoon, three footballers were injured. Joseph Neilson and E. Mullies,…

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Furniture Van Tipped Over Melbourne Man Injured

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 6 June 1949 · page 3

About lunch time on Thursday, a large furniture van ran off the road, about ten miles on the other side of Bookham, and tipped…

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Car Radio Used In Recent Sp[?] Rd. Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 6 June 1949 · page 7

The valuable use to which ratio telephony in motor vehicles can be put was seen on the occasion of the tragic…

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Player Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 5

J. Drysdale, front row forward of the Captain's Flat football team, sustained a severe knock on the left hip in Sunday's…

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10 Killed in N.z. Accidents

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 7

Ten lives were lost in New Zealand in week-end accidents. Four were killed in an Invercargill crash. Three Maoris…

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Hockey Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 4

Barry Maher, 14, son of Mr. L. Maher, of the Fire Station sustained a cut above his left eye while he was playing…

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From Everywhere Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 9 June 1949 · page 4

A lorry driven by J. McArdle, of Sloane Street, Goulburn, and owned by Wright Heaton's, collided with a car parked…

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Yass Lad Tried to Save Drowning Man

Yass Tribune-Courier · Tuesday 14 June 1949 · page 2

Mr. Gordon Marshall, [?]on of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Marshall, Shaw St., Yass, made a gallant attempt to rescue, a…

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Car Fatality: Death Due To Heart Failure

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 14 June 1949 · page 5

At the Goulburn Coroner's Court yesterday, Mr. M. Heffernan, Deputy Coroner, found that Andrew James Morgan, whose car plunged into four feet of water at Run-o-Water, died from heart disease. Dr. R. Hoy said that as a…

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Motor Bike Hits Cow Two Men Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 15 June 1949 · page 7

Straying cattle caused an accident at Captain's Flat on Friday night that could have been serious…

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