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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1953

302 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 7 of 16

Driver Given Bond: Accident Sequel

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 22 May 1953 · page 2

A man who gave an undertaking to Mr. C. N. Finlay, S.M., that he would abstain from taking intoxicating liquor before driving, was placed on a three- years' bond in Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday…

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Two Injured in Collision Near Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 25 May 1953 · page 1

A youth and a young woman were injured in a collision between two motor car on Hume Highway,…

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Woman Injured By Fall

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 25 May 1953 · page 2

Mrs. A. Davis, North Yass, [?] at her home yesterday and [?] her leg and face. She [?] taken to the District Hospital…

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Three Ships Lost in Accidents

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 25 May 1953 · page 3

Three [?] a series of marine accidents yesterday— [?] England's…

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Injured Man Is Improving

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 26 May 1953 · page 1

The condition of Kevin Humphrey, seriously injured in a collision between a motor cycle and a car on the…

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Railway Man Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 29 May 1953 · page 3

A local railway employee was taken to hospital yesterday after an accident in the North Goulburn Railway…

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Woman Shot : Police Find Man Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 29 May 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: A woman was seriously injured by shotgun pellets shortly after she had kissed her grandson goodbye at her home in Trafalgar St., Annandale, early this morning…

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Taralga Accident: Court Sequel

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 1 June 1953 · page 6

An accident in the main street of Taralga in 1951 had its sequel in Goulburn District Court on Friday, when a former Goulburn man was awarded £206/15/2 damages. He is Richard B. Marmont, of…

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Goulburn Girl's Death: Accidental Finding

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 2 June 1953 · page 1

Deputy Coroner, Mr. M. J. Heffernan, found on Saturday that a 17-year-old Goulburn girl had died from injuries accidentally received on Hume Highway, nine miles from Goulburn, on May 15…

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Cyclist Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 1

D. White, a 14-year-old boy, who lives at Bungonia Road, Goulburn, was treated for facial injuries after he had fallen…

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Three Injured, One Seriously: Car Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 1

Three people were injured one seriously, when a car ran off the Bungonia Road, near Bungonia, at 11 o'clock last…

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Cycle And Car In Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 2

When the brakes failed on a cycle on Monday morning, the machine collided with a motor car near the corner of Cowper…

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Child Thrown Out of Utility Collision With Semi-Trailer

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 4 June 1953 · page 14

A boy about 2½ years old escaped serious injury when Tie was thrown out of a utility driven by Mr. Bernard L. Robinson, of…

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Council Lorry in Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 7

A motor lorry owned by the Mulwaree Shire Council was struck by a semi-trailer when both vehicles were travelling on…

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Double Burning Fatality — Soot Believed Cause

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 1

In the Goulburn Police Court yesterday, the Coroner, Mr. G. A. Goodwin, found that Eliza Emily Lansdown, 83, and her son, Demple, 50, met their death accidentally when their home at Federal Park, Rosemonte, near Goulburn, was destroyed by fire on May 12…

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Railwaymen Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 7

Two Goulburn Railway empleyees were Injured in accidents at work yesterday. They are R. G. Ison, a fitter,…

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Collision Had Court Sequel

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 2

A man, whose car was in volved in a colision at the intersection of Combermere Street and the Yass Road,…

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Young Footballer Injured

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 10 June 1953 · page 1

Youthful Henry Selmes, who was playing his first representative match on Sunday last at Captain's…

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Kempton Man Injured in Car Crash Telephone Pole Snapped Off

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 10 June 1953 · page 1

A Kempton resident, Mr. Orb O'Connor, suffered serious injuries when the car he was driving along the Bathurst-Goulburn Road last Thursday left the roadway and…

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Finding Of Accidental Death

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 10 June 1953 · page 2

After hearing evidence from five witnesses, the Yass Coroner, Mr. E. A. Hickey, found that James…

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