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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1951

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One Killed, One Hurt in Southern Shooting Accidents

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 1 January 1951 · page 1

A youth was killed and another injured in two shooting accidents near Goulburn at the week-end. They are: KILLED: Brian Gazzard, 16,…

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Two Players Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 2 January 1951 · page 6

Two South Australian players suffered serious injury during the Sheffield Shield match against Victoria yesterday…

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New Australian Run Over by Horse and Cart: Accidents

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 2 January 1951 · page 1

A 54-year-old New Australian was injured when he was run over by a horse and cart in Braidwood Road, near Goulburn, yesterday. He was one of three people injured in accidents in and…

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Drowning At Illawarra Tragedy Hits Local Family

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 3 January 1951 · page 1

Doctors and Illawarra ambulance officers worked unsuccessfully for three hours yesterday to revive, a 13-year-old Goulburn girl who was drowned in the surf at Lake Illawarra…

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Police Think Youth Shot by Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 3 January 1951 · page 1

Police investigating the shooting of a youth near Goulburn on Saturday night believe he was shot by some person ignorant of the fact that he had inflicted the wound…

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From Everywhere Two Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 4 January 1951 · page 2

Two men were injured last night when a locomotive crashed in to the back of a stock train standing near Cowan. nine…

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Truck Crashes Near Goulburn Man, 26, Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 1

A young man received extensive injuries when a utility he was driving crashed over a bank at Boxer's Creek, four miles from Goulburn, early last night…

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Two Men Injured on Hume Highway

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 1

Two young men were yesterday injured in road accidents, which occurred within two miles of each other on Hume Highway, near Goulburn. The men were:…

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Fireman Injured in Fall

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 3

BRISBANE: A fireman was seriously injured when he fell through the of the Sherwood Theatre while fighting a…

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Crookwell Man Badly Injured in

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 1

Hugh McGuirk, about 50, Shire Council employee, of Brooklands, Crookwell, received extensive abdominal injuries when he fell on a mobile wood saw in his back yard yesterday…

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Crookwell Man Succumbs To Injuries Received In Monday's Saw Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 10 January 1951 · page 1

Hughie James McGuirk, 52, passed away at the Crookwell Hospital this afternoon, as a result of shocking abdominal wounds received when he fell on a mobile…

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Illawarra Drowning

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 11 January 1951 · page 2

Referring to a recent report on the drowning of a 13-year-old Goulburn girl at Illawarra, Mr. F. Brown. of Avoca Street,…

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Car Damaged in Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 2

All the passengers escaped injury when a tourist bus collided with a car near Goulburn yesterday…

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Fears Accident At Rail Bridge

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 1

Cr. S. Sieler told Mulwaree Shire Council yesterday that he could visualise "a very nasty accident" on Hume Highway at…

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Taxi, Cycle In Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 15 January 1951 · page 1

A cyclist suffered shock and probable concussion when he was struck by a taxi in Lagoon Street early On Sunday morning…

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“We Take Over Country in Two Years”- New Australian’s Alleged Boast Yass Constable Severely Injured

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 15 January 1951 · page 2

Michael Kovac, a new Australian, 28, labourer, Coolalie, appeared at Yass Police Court last Thursday, before Mr. Wm. Finlay…

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Accidental Death Finding in Recent Saw Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 17 January 1951 · page 1

The Coroner, Mr. C. J. McLaren, returned a finding of accidental death as a result of last week's fatal saw…

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Lucky Escape From Drowning at Burrinjuck Boat Upset in Big Storm

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 1

A party of Cootamundra fishermen which visited Burrinjuck on the week-end (January 6-7) had a very lucky escape from…

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Collier Hits Reef in Gale Man Drowned

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: It is known that one man was drowned when the 5OO-ton collier, Kiama,…

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Man Found Dead with Bullet Wound in Forehead Fatality at Breakfast Creek Station

The Burrowa News · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 1

WILLIAM JOHN TAYLOR. AGED 83 YEARS, WAS FOUND DEAD EARLY ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AT BREAKFAST CREEK STATION, 30 MILES FROM BOOROWA, WITH A BULLET WOUND IN HIS FOREHEAD…

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