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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1953

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Five Hurt In Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 17 August 1953 · page 1

Five people were injured when two cars collided on the Home Highway, near Fish River, at 4 p.m…

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Removing Trees At Little Hanging Rock To Avoid Accidents

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 17 August 1953 · page 5

The removal of a number of trees on the Hume Highway, just north of Little Hanging Sock, in an endeavour to minimise the number of accidents in that region, has been approved by the Department of Main Roads…

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Injured Foot

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 18 August 1953 · page 3

Mrs. J. McDonald, of the Railway. Home Settlement, attended the Base Hospital yesterday and after receiving treatment for a…

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Collision Near Marulan Had Sequel In Goulburn Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 18 August 1953 · page 1

A man who was involved in a collision which resulted in two women being injured was fined £5 on a charge of negligent driving when the case was heard in the Goulburn Court of Petty…

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Collision in Auburn St

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 20 August 1953 · page 1

When Verner A. Christie, dairy farmer, of Yass Road, Goulburn, was making a turn in Auburn Street, on…

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Motor Cyclist Injured in Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 21 August 1953 · page 1

A youth suffered facial injuries when a motor cycle he was riding along Auburn Street early this morning…

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Man Injured In Auburn Street

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 21 August 1953 · page 1

A man, who alleged he had been hit by a motor car at 11.30 list night was taken to the Base Hospital by Goulburn…

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Man Drowned

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 24 August 1953 · page 1

The father of four children was drowned yesterday when a huge wave swept him off a rock at Point Solander, Kurnell, and…

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Cyclist Injured In Auburn Street

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 24 August 1953 · page 1

A motor cyclist was injured in Auburn Street, on Saturday night, when his machine struck an objcect in…

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Car Turned Over: Yass Men Injured

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 24 August 1953 · page 2

When returning from a football match at Cootamundra a car driven by Mr. C. Privett, employed at the Commercial Hotel,…

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Six Killed; 34 Injured in London Coach Crash

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 24 August 1953 · page 3

LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.-Reuter): Six people were killed and 34 injured—23 seriously—when a motor coach crashed through a stone wall and fell 300 feet from a mountain road at Shap Fell, Westmorland, yesterday…

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Cars Damaged in Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 25 August 1953 · page 1

Both vehicles were extensively damaged, but nobody was injured when two cars collided on the Braidwood…

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Car Ran Amok: Nine Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 27 August 1953 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday: A. Woman who had both legs broken was among nine people injured, three of them…

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Inquest On Fatality Near Breadalbane

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 28 August 1953 · page 1

At an inquest held yesterday, Goulburn Mr. G. A. Goodwin, found that William Alexander Cook, 48, salesman, of Victoria, was killed accidentally when his car crashed into a…

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Three Injured In Car Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 31 August 1953 · page 1

Three people were injured on Saturday when a car left the road and overturned on the Federal Highway, about two miles from Collector…

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Two Injured in Accident Near Marulan

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 2 September 1953 · page 1

Two people were admitted to the Bowral Hospital yesterday as a result of injuries received when a car in…

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Local Manager's Father Drowned

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 2 September 1953 · page 2

Theodore Stanley., Towns, who was drowned in the Hunter River, Newcastle, on August 22, was the father of…

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Local Equestrienne Injured

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 2 September 1953 · page 3

Well-known Crookwell equestrienne, Miss Val. Mills, suffered painful incesation and bruising to the face recently when It…

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Collision Near Marulan

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 7 September 1953 · page 3

When Charles Zalan, of Cowray Avenue. Cammeray, was forced to swerve his car to the left when overtaking…

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Accident in Auburn St

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 7 September 1953 · page 1

A motor car was damaged when making a U-turn in Auburn Street, on Saturday, at 7 p.m…

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