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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1950

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Earthquake Lasted Four Seconds 50 Bodies And At Least 250 People Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 22 May 1950 · page 5

LIMA (Peru), Sunday: A heavy death roll was reported yesterday in a violent earthquake at Cuzco, 340 miles south-east of Lima. Rescue workers counted 50 bodies in the first few hours…

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Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure’ Breaks up Colds quickly Cowra Lad Injured by Cracker Eyesight May Be Damaged

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 22 May 1950 · page 2

With crackers now fairly plentiful and Empire Day next Wednesday, parents should warn their children not to take the slightest…

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Youths Cause Accidents

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 23 May 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY: Inexperienced youths driving heavy trucks caused many road accidents. the State Secretary of the…

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Tyre Blew Out on Bridge Utility And Taxi In Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 25 May 1950 · page 1

A puncture at Thorn's Bridge yesterday resulted in a collision between two cars, in which both drivers…

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Accident at Marulan Motor Cycle Hits Lorry

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 1

A man was injured when the motor cycle he was riding colided with a lorry near Marulan, on Saturday…

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Auburn Street Collision Motor Cyclist Is Fined By S.M.

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 1

A motor cyclist was fined £5 with 16/ costs and £1/15/4 expenses in the Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions yesterday for negligent driving. He was Keith Stanley Grant,…

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This Is What Happens.... When You Report An Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 31 May 1950 · page 1

Almost every day accident reports—in a number of cases more paragraphs appear in…

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Dog Cause of Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 31 May 1950 · page 4

A Goulburn High School teacher was injured when he was knocked from his bicycle in Auburn Street yesterday…

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Binalong Residents in Accidents

The Burrowa News · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 7

When his car overturned on the Yass-Boorowa road last Wednesday, Mr. E. Fletcher (Headmaster, Binalong Public School) had a…

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Youth Accidentally Shot

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 5 June 1950 · page 1

A woman accidentally killed a youth while out shooting near Goulburn yesterday. The billet struck, the of near the heart and is believed to have ricochetted from a rock. The youth was Jeffrey Joseph Hill, 18 farm worker, of Bidgee,…

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Mystery Bus Accident : Girl Killed

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 June 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY: A young married woman was fatally injured and her sister critically injured in a mystery bus…

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Second Fatality at Ryde

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 7 June 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY: The second of the two sisters injured in the mystery bus accident at Ryde on Monday night died early this…

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Two Injured At Work Yesterday

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 20 June 1950 · page 1

Two people were injured in the course of their work at Goulburn factories yesterday. They were: Mrs. P. McEwan,…

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Mr. J. Seiffert in Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 20 June 1950 · page 5

Bucking another Machine: Labour rebel Jack Seiffert, who won Monaro at Saturday's elections, survived a freak accident…

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Man Injured in Street

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 21 June 1950 · page 1

A man who was allegedly knocked down by a ear in Auburn Street last night was taken to the District Hospital…

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Fatal Accident at Galong Man's Body Found by Fettlers

The Burrowa News · Friday 23 June 1950 · page 2

Harry Bridger, aged about 50 years, was found dead by railway fettlers on their way to work along the railway…

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Injured Chest in Fall

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 26 June 1950 · page 5

A. B. Chaplain, navvy driver, of Berrima, suffered an injury to the chest and shock when he fell from a steam navvy at South…

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Film Executive Killed Collision Near Bookham

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 3 July 1950 · page 2

When two cars collided about 10.15 on Saturday night near Bookham, Percy James Telfer, aged 60, southern districts…

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An Accidental Death Inquest Held At Queanbeyan

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 3 July 1950 · page 1

At the Queanbeyan Court House last Wednesday, the District Coroner, Mr. F. G. Ruffles, returned a verdict that on May 14, Roger Francis Lee, 22, of Goulburn, died from…

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Two Killed in Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 5 July 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY: Two men were killed and two others injured in a head-on collision between a car and a truck on the…

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