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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1953

302 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 9 of 16

Local Cyclist Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 7 July 1953 · page 1

A Bourke Street resident, A. J. Mann, told Goulburn police yesterday that he suffered injuries on Friday when…

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Gunning Man Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 8 July 1953 · page 3

A man, who is believed to have been knocked down by a passing transport while he was riding a bicycle on the…

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Small Child Injured By Horse

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 8 July 1953 · page 1

Little Donald Spackman, 15 months old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Spackman, of Kialla Road, suffered…

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Car Loses Wheel: Woman Passenger Injured

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 8 July 1953 · page 2

A woman passenger suffered abrasions to the head and face and slight concussion when a rear…

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Collision At Intersection

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 9 July 1953 · page 1

A woman passenger was cut on the forehead and damage estimated at £500 was caused to two motor…

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Road Accidents Killed Six Daily Last Year

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 9 July 1953 · page 1

Six people were killed and 104 were injured for each day of 1952 in road accidents throughout Australia, according to figures issued by the Road Safety Council. This average is based on…

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Cyclist Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 10 July 1953 · page 3

Ten-year-old Brian Gulson, of Sydney Road, received a probable fracture to the left wrist yesterday in a fall from a bicycle. He…

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Two Injured When Cycle Crashed

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 3

When Superintendent R. McRobert, of Goulburn Ambulance, was returning from Sydney yesterday, he picked…

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Road Accidents Killed Six Daily Last Year

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 4

Six people were killed and 104 were injured for each day of 1952 in road accidents throughout Australia, according to figures…

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Sprinter Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 14 July 1953 · page 10

GRAFTON. Tuesday: Triclinium, Dan Lewis' good sprinter was injured in his box on the train shortly after leaving…

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Engine Driver Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 15 July 1953 · page 2

A Goulburn engine driver sustained facial injuries yesterday while working at the Loco yard…

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Five Killed, 120 Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 15 July 1953 · page 3

PARIS, Wednesday: At least five people were killed, and more than 120 injured, in heavy fighting between North Africans in Bastille Day demonstrations in Paris last night. French riot squads opened fire…

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Motor Truck Crashes Into Tree Local Citizen Seriously Injured

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 15 July 1953 · page 1

A motor truck travelling between Crookwell and Bigga on Wednesday morning last left the road at a spot approximately 30 miles from Crookwell and crashed into a large tree…

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Schoolboy Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 20 July 1953 · page 1

G. Darnay; schoolboy, of Clinton Street, Was treated at Goulburn Ambulance Centre for injuries alleged-to have been…

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Crookwell Horseman Injured

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 22 July 1953 · page 8

Well-known local horseman, Don Parker, suffered serious facial injuries at Cowra on Thursday…

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Fatal Road Accident Near Gundagai

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 22 July 1953 · page 1

A man was killed and three women were injured when a semi-trailer carrying polocrosse ponies overturned about 18 miles from Gundagai at 10.30 last night. The man killed was Ronald…

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Fettler Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 23 July 1953 · page 1

A railway fettler sustained, injuries to his big toe when a length of railway line fell on his foot while he was at work…

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Inquest Into Triple Road Fatality

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 23 July 1953 · page 2

"The wheels seemed to wobble; none of us spoke The car went off the road and I felt a bump. I don't remember any more after that stage," the sole survivor of a car smash told Goulburn Coroner, Mr. G. A. Goodwin;…

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Collision With Semi-Trailer

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 27 July 1953 · page 5

When Phillip Burton, of Vernon Street, Wentworthville, was driving a motor car in Bridge Street (Sydney Road)…

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Car Hit Tree: Two Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 27 July 1953 · page 1

Two men were injured yesterday when a lorry driven by Bede Dorsett, of Murray's Flats, ran off the…

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