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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1951

221 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 10 of 12

Young Man Drowned

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 2 October 1951 · page 3

Jack Carr, 21, of Balmain, was one of several truck drivers who went to Barrailier for the holidays…

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No Serious Accidents Reported

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 2 October 1951 · page 2

Although traffic was heavy through Goulburn over the holiday week-end, only minor accidents were…

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Escape From Drowning

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 3 October 1951 · page 2

Mrs. A. Apps, of "Glenellen," Federal Highway, had an escape from drowning when she fell into a flooded…

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Goulburn Drowning Woman Often Said She "Would Go For Swim"

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 10 October 1951 · page 1

Seventy-year-old widow Jessie Fielding used to say she would "go for a swim", though she was afraid of the water, her son said in Goulburn Coroner's Court yesterday…

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Neighbours' Help For Injured Man

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 11 October 1951 · page 3

Mr. Eddie Hill. of Braidwood, who is in St., John of God Hospital suffering from the effects of a serious fall,…

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Tried to Light a Cigarette Fatal Motor Accident To Young Frogmore Man

Boorowa News · Friday 12 October 1951 · page 5

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Cowra Coroner, Mr. F. Arnold, at the conclusion of an inquest held last week into the death of Brian Seymour Gibbons, of Frogmore…

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Police Allege: Man Broke Into Shop, Fell 14Ft., Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 16 October 1951 · page 2

A 31-year-old man who broke into an Auburn Street store though a sky-light fell 14 feet from a beam and was seriously injured. Detective Sgt. B. T. Catt alleged…

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Man Injured in Head-on Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 17 October 1951 · page 3

A motor cyclist was seriously injured when lie was involved in a head-on, collision with a truck on the…

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Injured by Guillotine

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 24 October 1951 · page 3

A guillotine operator employed by Gardner Gaskets, Sloane Street, severed the tips of three fingers while at work…

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Victim Of Moruya Boat Fatality Well-known Here

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 24 October 1951 · page 2

A recent Moruya boat fatality, when a woman lost her life as a result of a rowing boat capsizing in a sudden storm…

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Two Lose Legs in Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 24 October 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: A woman and her seven years old grandchild both had their leg severed when the car in which…

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Accident Near Gunning Injured Man Applied Torniquet To Leg

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 26 October 1951 · page 1

Though in great pain, a 32-year-old transport driver crushed in the cabin of a semi-trailer near Gunning to-day, applied a torniquet to his badly mangled right leg…

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Transports And Accidents

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 26 October 1951 · page 1

Two transport drivers claimed in Goulburn to-day that heavy interstate vehicles were rarely responsible for…

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Woman Driver Is Fatally Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 29 October 1951 · page 4

A Sydney woman died half an hour after admission to Goulburn Base Hospital yesterday following a road accident near Marulan. She was Miss Alice F. Parry,…

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Injured Man Applied Torniquet to Leg

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 November 1951 · page 1

Though in great pain, a 32-year old transport driver crushed in the cabin of a semi-trailer at Fish River, near Gunning last week,…

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Child's Fingers Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 2 November 1951 · page 5

Gwen Roberts. aged six years, of 40 Wayo Street, injured four fingers with a piece of wire. yesterday. She was treated at the…

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Car Damaged In Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 9 November 1951 · page 5

The front portion of a car was severely damaged folowing a collision with the rear of a lorry near…

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Minor Accidents

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 9 November 1951 · page 4

A man and a youth sustained lacerations, which required stitches, in Goulburn in the last 24 hours…

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Picture Bus and Trailer in Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 12 November 1951 · page 3

Twenty passengers, in a picture bus escaped with a shaking, when it collided with a semi-trailer late Saturday…

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Hospital Chairman Injured Utility Crashed Into Tree

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 12 November 1951 · page 2

MR. TED GLOVER, chairman of the District Hospital Board, was injured in the left thigh and erm when the utility in which he…

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