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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1951

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Personal Accident Insurance for Councillors

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 29 March 1951 · page 3

At the last meeting of Goodradigbee Shire Council it was decided to take out a personal accident insurance policy on behalf…

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Verdict of Accidental Death

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 3 April 1951 · page 1

Details of a collision between a 1950 model American car and a semi-trailer near Boxer's Creek last…

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Woman Injured Public Convenience Collapsed

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 5 April 1951 · page 2

Reporting to the Municipal Council on Monday night, the health inspector, Mr. D. J. Kilpatrick, stated a female tourist…

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Story of Sad Drowning Fatality Coronial Inquiry Held at Boorowa Death of Young New Australian Girl

Boorowa News · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 6

The story of the tragic ending of a picnic party which resulted in a New Australian girl being drowned on Easter Monday, was told to the District Coroner (Mr. A. P. Webb) at an inquiry held at the Boofowa…

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Accidentally Drowned Coroner's Finding Into Death of Young Girl Joy Lorraine Willis

Boorowa News · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 3

The District Coroner (Mr. A. P. Webb), gave a verdict of accidentally drowned at the inquiry…

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Local Nurse Act, Interpreter a Coroner's Inquiry Drowning Of Young Ex-Ukranian Girl

Boorowa News · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 1

A nurse at the Boorwowa. District Hospital" acted as interpreter in Boorowa Court House…

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Threw Nail Polish Into Fire Woman Seriously Injured by Explosion

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 12 April 1951 · page 5

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

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Chicquita Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 17 April 1951 · page 5

MELBOURNE: Champion mare, Chicquita, heavily backed for the Brisbane Cup, has broken down…

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Accidental Death Collision Between Motor Cycle & Utility

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 19 April 1951 · page 2

An inquiry was conducted by the District Coroner, Mr. E. A. Hickey on Tuesday, into the death of Bruce Rennie Williams…

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Girl's Struggle With Drowning Youth

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 23 April 1951 · page 4

How a, drowning youth struggled with her when she attempted to save him was told in Goulburn Coroner's Court on Saturday morning by 15-year-old Lucy Clare May. Deputy Coroner Mr. P. Jackson,…

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Sad Fatality

Boorowa News · Friday 27 April 1951 · page 4

People knowing young Leo Sligar will be shocked to hear that he was killed by a train in Sydney on Sunday. Parents of…

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Chicquita Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 27 April 1951 · page 2

Chicquita, Australia's No.1 mare, is out of racing, at least until the spring. She shied at some magpies, which…

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Inquest on Collector Fatality

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 27 April 1951 · page 4

How a truck, in which a man was killed, left the road when rounding a curve five and a half miles north of…

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Injured in Fall

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 27 April 1951 · page 1

A schoolboy suffered a probable fracture of the right elbow when he fell from a bicycle on Wednesday. He is Roger…

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Pensioner's Death Accidental

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 27 April 1951 · page 4

Evidence concerning the death of a 76-year-old pensioner on the Crookwell Road on April 3 was given…

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Two Boys Drowned

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 3 May 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: Two 9-year-old boys were drowned in a water-hole at Parramatta late yesterday while catching tadpoles…

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Fisherman Drowned

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 6

The body of Mr. Lewis Sterling Brooks, resident of Adaminaby, was found in the Eucumbene River, about six miles…

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Priest Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 1

Reverend Father G. Collins, of Cooma, injured his right leg when the car which he was driving back to Cooma was involved…

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Accident At The Caves

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 9 May 1951 · page 8

A stone quarry at Wombeyan Caves was the scene of an accident last week. Ropes holding an eight-ton block…

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Sydney Accidents

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 10 May 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: A trotting driver, H. Palmer, of Haberfield, was injured last night when a lorry crashed into his trotting gig at…

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