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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1953

302 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 16

Motor Cyclist Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 2 January 1953 · page 1

Oscar H. Oxenbridge of School Lane, Balgowlah, suffered head and facial injures when he was thrown…

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Yass Man Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 2 January 1953 · page 3

An 18-year-old upholsterer, Neil Pollard, of Yass, sustained a broken left leg when a motor cycle he was riding collided with…

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Soldier Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 5 January 1953 · page 5

Private Harold Birdsall, 27, of Wagga, suffered a fractured arm and lacerations to both knees when he was involved in a motor…

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Man Drowned in Baths

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 5 January 1953 · page 1

The body of a limbless ex-serviceman, whose marriage had been arranged for next month, was recovered from five feet of water at Goulburn City Baths on…

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Soldier Fatally Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 5 January 1953 · page 1

A pillion passenger was fatally injured and the rider seriously hurt when a motor cycle skidded on the Tarago…

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Accident Free Holiday Season

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 1

Not one accident of any description was reported from the town of Crookwell or the surrounding…

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Two Cyclists Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 1

Two men were hurt, when they fell from their bicycles at the cycle meeting at the Sportsground on Friday…

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Shooting Fatality Marred New Year’s Eve

Yass Tribune-Courier · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 1

YASS police will not know whether the bullet which killed a young hairdresser during the holidays came from the rifle of his companion or another shooting party, until they get die report from the ballistics…

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Tragic Accident on Kiamma Creek Bridge Two Young Men Lose Lives

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 1

Two young local men lost their lives last Friday evening in one of the worst and most tragic road accidents in the history of Crookwell. They were catapulted to their death when the motor cycle on which they were travelling got out of control and crashed…

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Boorowa Women Critically Injured In Car Smash

Boorowa News · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 1

Six people—three of them Boorowa residents—were injur[?]stance critically, when a car got out of [?] last Tuesday and crashed head into a…

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Man Admitted Speed Caused Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 5

A man was fined £7 with 12/ costs on a charge of negligent driving, in Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions…

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Accident In Black-Out Has Court Sequel

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 1

An accident—during a black-out—at the intersection of Auburn and Goldsmith Streets in which two pedestrians were injured had its sequel in Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions yesterday…

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Accident In Auburn St

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 1

A 15-year-old schoolgirl received minor injuries to the face and body in an accident in Auburn Street…

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Two Injured In Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 26 January 1953 · page 2

Two men were injured when a utility truck collided with a motor cycle at the intersection of Hume and Mary…

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Skid Marks Were Only Trace Of Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 1

Goulburn Ambulance yesterday went to the scene of an accident on the Bungendore Road to find that the injured and practically all trace of the occurrence had disappeared…

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Eye Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 3

E. A. Smith, of Glenelg Street, was treated at the Base Hospital early this morning for eye injuries sustained from an…

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Local Inquest Believed Fit Caused Man's Drowning

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 1

In Goulburn Coroner's Court yesterday, Deputy Coroner, Mr. G. A. Goodwin, said there was little doubt that a fit had caused the death of a 26-year-old ex-serviceman at the Goulburn baths this month…

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Collision in Auburn St

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 2 February 1953 · page 2

Edward Zagoawski, 23, suffered lacerations to his upper lip when his motor cycle collided with a council lorry outside the…

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Man Injured: Car Overturned Three Times

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 2 February 1953 · page 1

William Henry Sivious. 26, of "Rose Cottage," Britannia Street Temora, sustained abrasions to his leg, arm and shoulder and…

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Hurt in Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 2 February 1953 · page 1

Mrs. R. G. Ewert, of Bradley Street, suffered lacerations to the left knee when a car driven by a friend met with an accident…

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