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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1953

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Accidents In U.S. Killed 96,000

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 2 February 1953 · page 8

CHICAGO, Sun.: Americans paid a high price in lives and cash for accidents 1952. The National Safety…

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Couple Injured In Jeep Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 3 February 1953 · page 2

A man and his wife on Saturday afternoon were admitted to tile Base Hospital suffering from injuries…

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Girl Fatally Injured Near Yass

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 3 February 1953 · page 1

A 14-year-old schoolgirl was fatally injured When a car driven by her mother, Mrs Ivy Catherine Scurry, of…

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Hospital Worker Injured

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 4 February 1953 · page 1

Mr. Mev. Skelly suffered a painful injury to the hand while working on the chimney stack at the new…

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Two Killed, 37 Injured in Carrier Explosion

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 4 February 1953 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday: Two men were killed, 37 injured and one is missing as a result of a petrol explosion aboard the 29,000-ton British aircraft carrier, H.M.S. Indomitable, off Malta to-day…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 1

Gunther Alt, of Victoria Street. suffered injuries when a motor cycle he was riding struck some loose gravel on Braidwood Road…

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Marulan Man Hurt In Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 1

Koitchou Koef, 24, of Marulan, suffered extensive injuries when his motor cycle collided with a car on the…

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Collision With Girl In Auburn Street Had Court Sequel

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 10 February 1953 · page 1

"I am going to sell the bike and I'll never ride it again," said Arthur Blackburn in the Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions yesterday when he was fined £7 for pushing a bicycle while under the influence of…

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Child Injured Wrist

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 12 February 1953 · page 2

Five-year-old Sabina Smith, of Beppo Street, injured her wrist when she fell over yesterday afternoon. She was taken to…

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Back Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 1

Mr. Jack Cahill, 87 of Gannon Street. suffered injuries to his back when he fell while returning to his home on Friday…

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36 Killed, 55 Injured In Two Bus Accidents

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 3

MANILLA, Monday: 36 persons were reported killed and 55 injured in two bus accidents in the Philippines…

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Court Sequel: Collision of Four Vehicles

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 2

A collision, involving four vehicles, which occurred near Marulan last April, had a sequel in the Goulburn District Court on Friday when Judge McKillop gave judgment against two men for an amount of £224/11/0. The men were Regmaid…

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Vehicles Damaged In Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 17 February 1953 · page 1

A collision occurred at 6 p m. yesterday, between a Goulburn Electricity Supply lorry, driven by Albert E. Buss, of Wayo…

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Local Party In Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 17 February 1953 · page 3

In the early hours of Sunday morning, four local victims of an accident on the Federal Highway waited…

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Goulburn Sequel to A.C.T. STIR Prisoner Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 18 February 1953 · page 1

A migrant who was before Canberra Court of Petty Sessions last week, on a charge of having wilfully and maliciously damaged a glass door in Parliament House, was admitted to Goulburn Base Hospital on Monday…

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Accident Week at Peelwood

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 18 February 1953 · page 1

The normal tranquility of Peelwood has been seriously upset during the past week by an unusual crop…

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Accidents to Children

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 3

Accidents to young children frequently occur when they run, carrying breakable objects such as bottles or glasses: also when…

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Thrown Out of Car Burrinjuck Man Seriously Injured

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 23 February 1953 · page 2

Max Edward Bancroft, employed by the Water and Irrigation Commission at Burrinjuck, was seriously injured when he…

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Elderly Man Thrown Onto Bonnet Of Car Auburn St. Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 23 February 1953 · page 3

An elderly man is said to have been hit with the front of a car, thrown onto the bonnet, and then fallen to the ground when he was struck by a car in Auburn Street on Friday night…

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Two Injured Near Gunning

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 24 February 1953 · page 2

Two people were injured when a car overturned near Gunning on Saturday. They were: Bell Murray, of…

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