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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1951

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Motor Cycle Accidents Police Should Closely Supervise Motor Cyclists

The Burrowa News · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 3

"There is no substitute for obedience of the law, and no way of teaching young fellows their public obligations unless their behaviour is closely scrutinised."…

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Threw Nail Polish Into-fire Woman Seriously Injured By Explosion

Boorowa News · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 4

Mrs. J. H. Commins, of Junee. was involved in an extraordinary accident at her home recently. It was one of those simple…

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Woman Injured in Heavy Rain

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 22 January 1951 · page 1

A 42-year-old woman was admitted to the district Hospital for observation after an accident at the corner of…

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Local Accidents: Three Boys Hurt

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 23 January 1951 · page 3

Three children were injured in accidents in the Goulburn district yesterday. Four-year old Spencer Evans,…

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Girl Drowned

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: A young girl was drowned at Woodburn, on the Richmond River, this morning The punt was conveying cattle…

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Man Loses Arm In Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 29 January 1951 · page 3

A man has his arm severed above the elbow, and two other men were injure when a car and truck collided 18…

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Two Injured: Cut By Flyiing Glass

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 29 January 1951 · page 3

A Goulburn man and his young son were injured by flying glass in a collision on Friday night…

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Gunning News Fatal Accident Near Gunning

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 7

A youth, Robert Alfred Benson, formerly of Sackville Street, Bexley, Sydney, was fatally injured when a motor lorry in which he was…

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Driver Fined Did Not Give Way To Vehicle on Right Collision with Police Cycle

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 6

Before Mr. Wm. Pinlay, S.M., at Yass Court of Petty Sessions last week, Albert Allen Fitzgerald, Marchmont Station, Yass,…

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Collision Near Post Office

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 1

A 10-year-old boy was slightly injured when the bicycle he was riding collided with a car near the Post Office yesterday…

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ACCIDENTS Ran in Front of Car

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 2

Freda Rochford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Rochford, near Hall, was returning from school at Murrumbateman on Friday,…

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Freak Accident Causes Motor Cycle To Go Up In Flames

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 2

A brand new motor cycle was completely destroyed by fire in West Street, Gundagai. The accident was one of those freaks—…

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From Everywhere Boy Drowned

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 14 February 1951 · page 2

Two young boys made desperate. but vain efforts to save a playmate from drowning in a cam near Dubbo yesterday…

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Baby Escapes First Car Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 15 February 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: A young woman gave birth to a baby in a car which skidded off the road and crashed through the fence of a…

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Local Youths Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 2

Two Goulburn youths were injured when a motor cycle and side car in which they were travelling…

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New Australians in Accident

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 3

Two new Australians, Tony Valiorius and his brother, Frank, of Goondah, came into collision with a land rover driven by Mr. John…

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Brilliant Colt's Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 6

MELBOURNE: The outstanding Victorian colt, Bahadur, broke a sesamoid bone in the off fore-leg and will not race…

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Young Migrant Drowned Learning to Swim

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 26 February 1951 · page 2

James Torrance, a young Scottish migrant, aged about 21 years, was drowned in the Murrumbidgee near Good Mope about…

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Collector Accident: Man Injured At Week-end Dies

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 27 February 1951 · page 3

A 43-year-old man died in Goulburn District Hospital yesterday from injuries received in a road accident at Collector at the week-end. He was William Maskell, of…

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Court Sequel To Factory Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 27 February 1951 · page 1

A woman who received injuries when she was drawn into a warping machine last year gave evidence in Goulburn Industrial Magistrate's Court yesterday when Amalgamated Textiles (Aust.) Ltd. pleaded not guilty to a charge of…

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