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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1953

302 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 13 of 16

Concussion After Car Accident

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 8 October 1953 · page 1

Mrs. Marie Larkin, Edgecliff Road, Woollahra, Sydney, was admitted to the Yass District Hospital late on Thursday afternoon,…

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Gunning Inquest On Road Fatality

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 9 October 1953 · page 2

At an inquest held at Gunning on Wednesday the Deputy Coroner for Goulburn, Mr. G. A. Goodwin, found that Ronald Powley, 38, of Bankstown, and Alfred Marsh, 63, of Annandale, died as a result of injuries received…

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Motor Cyclists Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 12 October 1953 · page 1

Two motor cyclists, who were in Goulburn for the Boxer's Creek motor cycle races, were injured while…

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Week-end Road Accidents

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 12 October 1953 · page 1

Although there were a number of accidents on Goulburn roads during the week-end, there were no…

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Fatal Shooting Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 19 October 1953 · page 3

A man was fatally injured When, a .22 rifle he was carrying went off as he was getting through a fence…

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Slight Damage in Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 21 October 1953 · page 3

When E. B. Corkhill, of Clifford Street, was backing a truck out from the kerb in Auburn Street yesterday…

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Child Injured At Railway Yards

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 21 October 1953 · page 1

A seven year old child, Colin Henderson, son of Rev. and Mrs. A. G. Henderson, of The Parsonage,…

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£100 Damage Utility in Collision

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 22 October 1953 · page 1

Repairs costing more than £100 will be necessary to a utility which was in a collision with a car on the Hume Park…

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Four Admitted to Hospital After Collision

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 22 October 1953 · page 2

Four people were admitted to Yass District Hospital last night, suffering extensive injuries following a head-on collision on the…

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Maddrell Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 26 October 1953 · page 8

Rugby Union enthusiasts will be sorry to learn that the star half-back of the Braidwood team, Garry Maddrell, was injured when…

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Grazier's Son Fatally Injured in Tragic Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 28 October 1953 · page 1

A young resident of the McAlister district, Vincent Gerard Cunningham, was killed instantly on Saturday afternoon last when struck by a heavy log which hp was hauling…

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Injured in Fall

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 2 November 1953 · page 1

When Mrs. M. Emmerton of Greenwich Park, fell in Bourke Street, yesterday, she fractured her right thigh bone…

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Injured Motorist Fell Through Plate Glass Window

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 2 November 1953 · page 2

An injured motorist had an unusual accident when he fell through a Cooma Street plate glass window on Friday afternoon…

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Rose Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 3 November 1953 · page 1

BRISBANE, Tuesday: Davis Cup player, Mervyn Rose, may have to withdraw from the Queensland championships unless…

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Injured Riders Fund

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 9 November 1953 · page 8

Goulburn's League Cycle Club has started an injured riders' fund, which will provide insurance for club…

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Coronial Enquiry Into McALISTER Tragedy Verdict of Accidental Death

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 11 November 1953 · page 1

Following his enquiry last Wednesday into the circumstances surrounding the tragic death, of McAlister farmer, Vincent Gerard Cunningham, on October 24 last, the District…

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“Sent Round Hat” For Their Injured Workmate

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 12 November 1953 · page 4

Admiration for a man who showed fortitiude and worked efficiently and uncomplainingly despite a serious leg…

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Gun Discharged At Inquest Into Tarago Fatality Accident Theory

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 16 November 1953 · page 2

In the Coroner's Court on Friday, the Deputy Coroner, Mr. G. A. Goodwin, was given a demonstration of how easily a gun could be discharged when Sergeant G. A. Crick, assisting the Coroner, cocked the gun and bumping it on the floor of the court caused it to go off…

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Two Schoolboys Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 16 November 1953 · page 1

Two Goulburn Schoolboys suffered injuries while playing at school on Friday. They are: Gregory McDonald,…

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Small Boys Cut in Unusual Accident

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 16 November 1953 · page 2

A sudden gust of wind caught door at Mr. Ron Pye’s home in Orion Street, North Yass, yesterday morning, and his two small…

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