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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1953

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Man’s Quick Action Saved Boy From Drowning

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 10 December 1953 · page 2

Mr. Jack Pearson, of Gum Flat Cottage, Narrengullen Station, saved a boy from drowning in the Goodradigbee River last…

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Cyclist Fractured Nose in Collision with Car

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 10 December 1953 · page 2

Travelling home for lunch on Monday, Mr. Noel Kemp, Glebe Street, North Yass, employed at Messrs Whalan & Bryson’s Garage…

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Accident in Auburn St

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 11 December 1953 · page 1

When a youth was struck by a motor car yesterday while he was crossing Auburn Street, near the Post…

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Injured Man's Rough Trip

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 14 December 1953 · page 1

BRAIDWOOD: A man was carried more than a mile through rough country after he had been injured in…

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Father Took Every Care, Says Coroner East-Goulburn Fatality

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 14 December 1953 · page 2

"This sort of accident appears to have been frequent recently and to have resulted in people being killed, but in this case I am satisfied that Mr. Hands exercised every care to see that there was no person behind his vehicle…

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Accident In Fog

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 14 December 1953 · page 1

TARALGA: Five ocupants of a car were injured when it ran off the road in dense fog. The car—driven by Mr. Bert…

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Tommy Trinder In Accident Near Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 15 December 1953 · page 3

English comedian Tommy Trinder and an actress, who was driving his car, escaped injury in a collision near…

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Injured Hand

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 16 December 1953 · page 1

K. J. White, of 139 Grafton Street, sustained an injury to his hand yesterday while working at Joppa Abattoirs…

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Cyclist Hurt in Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 18 December 1953 · page 8

A 12-year-old cyclist was seriously injured when he collided with a car in Cowper Street to-day…

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Taralga Man Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 18 December 1953 · page 3

TARALGA: While he was unloading sheep at the local trucking yards, C. M. Bradbury carrier, was seriously…

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Young Girl Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 18 December 1953 · page 7

Fay Beer, 8, of Ada Street, received treatment at the Base Hospital yesterday for an injury to her thumb, received while…

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Slight Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 21 December 1953 · page 5

Only slight damage was caused and nobody was injured, when two cars were involved in an accident in Auburn Street…

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Porter Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 21 December 1953 · page 5

R. Mathieson, porter, of Hume Street, hurt his back whilst working in the railway goods shed on Saturday. Goulburn…

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Carrier Injured

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 23 December 1953 · page 6

Mr. C. M. Bradbury, carrier, of Taralga, suffered severe injuries last week when portion of a sheep carrying crate fell on…

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Unusual Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 23 December 1953 · page 1

A man Suffered cuts to his right hand when he caught it in the handle of a milk pail while milking a cow yesterday…

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Local Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 24 December 1953 · page 1

Two motorists with an aggregate driving experience of 63 years were involved in a collision at the intersection…

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Goulburn Free of Accidents Over Holidays

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 28 December 1953 · page 1

Notwithstanding the very heavy traffic on the roads in they Goulburn district during the holiday week-end, not one serious accident was reported to the local…

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Train Fatality: Police Inquiries

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 30 December 1953 · page 3

Goulburn and Sydney police are still conducting inquiries into the death of Brian Arthur Wilks, who was found dead on…

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Road Accidents

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 30 December 1953 · page 1

One man was killed and 11 others were injured in two road accidents near Sydney yesterday…

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Ex-goulburn Man's Death Accidental

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 30 December 1953 · page 1

At an inquest into the accidental death of former Goulburn man, John Gerald O'Brien, the Casino district…

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