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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1953

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 25 February 1953 · page 2

A motor cyclist was injured during the week-end when his vehicle skidded on the wet road and he was…

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Local Radio Man Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 25 February 1953 · page 1

John Egan Cleary, 57, local radio station technician sustained Injuries when he was knocked from his…

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Four Men Missing in Thames Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 2 March 1953 · page 3

LONDON, Monday: Four men are missing from an anti-aircraft fort in the Thames Estuary, which collepsed when the Norwegian motor vessel Baalbek (2160 tons) hit it in dense fog yesterday…

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Man Injured In Car Capsize

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 2 March 1953 · page 1

Harry George Dowsing, of Coogee, was admitted to Goulburn Base Hospital on Saturday as a result of injuries sustained…

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Six People Injured In Car Accidents

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 3 March 1953 · page 1

Four people were injured when a car was involved in a collision near Governor's Hill last night. They are: Julie Charmon, 20, of Clinton Street, abrasions and…

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Fitter Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 1

A railway fitter, O. Burgess, of 19 Union Street, sustained a crushed thumb when he was hit by a hammer at the South…

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Fettler Injured In Fall From Trike

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 1

A local railway fettler, Richard Dare, of Roslyn Road, suffered an injured ankle and probable…

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Lachlan River Drowning

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 5 March 1953 · page 1

The body of a woman, identified by police as that of Louisa Howarth, 61, of Frogmore, was recovered from the Lachlan…

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Reid's Flat Woman Found Drowned Mrs. Louisa Howarth

Boorowa News · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 2

Mrs. Louisa Howarth, aged 61 years, a well-known resident of Reid's Flat, was found drowned in the Lachlan River…

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Three Hurt In Car Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 9 March 1953 · page 3

A man and two young women were hurt when a motor car lent the road and ran into a creek about three…

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Tennis Player Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 10 March 1953 · page 3

A 17-year-old carpenter, LesGuihot, of Taralga, yesterday fell down an embankment while playing tennis…

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Street Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 1

A motor car owned by Arthur W. Davis, of Mundy Street, was travelling along Montague Street last night, when a motor lorry,…

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Reid's Flat Woman Drowned

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 1

Mrs. Louisa Howarth, aged 61 years, a well-known resident of Reid's Flat, was found drowned in…

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S.a. Police Search for Injured Man's Parents

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 1

Goulburn police have asked Adelaide police to assist them to find the parents of a young man who was seriously injured when his motor cycle crashed into a motor lorry in Cowper Street on Monday night…

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Couple's Lucky Escape In Car Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 4

A married couple had a remarkable escape from death when they were in which they were travelling turned over on the…

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Cyclist Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 16 March 1953 · page 1

Greg Calven, 15,. of Edward Street, was injured when he fell from his cycle at the Sports ground track on Saturday…

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Potato Judge Injured

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 18 March 1953 · page 1

Mr. W. Winterbottom, of P.D.S., Sydney, met with an accident while travelling to Crookwell to judge the…

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Boy's Foot Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 2

Rodney Devlin, 10, of Victoria Parade, had a spike run into his left foot while playing yesterday afternoon. Goulburn Ambulance…

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Children Injured in Collision

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

Four children aged 8 to 11 years were injured in a collision between a station waggon and car at the…

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Gardener Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 23 March 1953 · page 8

An elderly woman, Mrs. S. E. McGregor 71, of George Street, Goulburn, sustained lacerations to her left forearm while she was…

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