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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

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Man and Son in Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 3

A man and his young son were injured in a, collision between a motor cycle and a utility truck at the corner of Addison…

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New Facts on the Road Toll Fifty per cent of Australia’s fatal road accidents occur in rural districts—on straight roads

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 3

This is revealed in a new Current Affairs Bulletin on Road Safety published by the Sydney University for tutorial classes…

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That Car Accident! Why Did It Happen to You? Does The Wile Nag, Or Does The Boss Get You Down?

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 3

If the facts and figures could ever to compiled, it would be found that most traffic accidents are not the result of speed, lack of judgment, drinking, or driving with one arm around your wife, writes Relman Morin, in a New York paper…

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Volcano Claims 25 People in Java: Many Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 3

THE HAGUE, Tuesday (A.A.P.-Reuter): An eruption yesterday of the notorious volcano, Merapi, in Central Java, killed 25 people and injured 66 others, according to Djakarta messages reaching the Hague…

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Three Children Drowned

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 7

A sudden gust of wind and heavy waves' yesterday drowned three children. The children drowned at Carrum beach, 20…

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Cyclist Injured In Auburn St

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 1

A cyclist was injured in Auburn Street yesterday when he was involved in a collision with a car backing…

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28 U.S. Marines Drowned

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 3

INCHON, Friday: Twenty-eight United States Marines were drowned yesterday when a vessel carrying…

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Two Dead In Sutton Forest Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 3

Two youths died yesterday as a result of a collision between their motor cycle and a lorry at Sutton Forest…

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Man Seriously Injured Near Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 3

A man was seriously injured when he was thrown from a horse on a Goulburn district propert yesterday…

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That Car Accident! Why Did It Happen to You? Does The Wife Nag, Or Does The Boss Get You Down?

Boorowa News · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 3

If the facts and figures could ever be compiled, it would be found that most traffic accidents are not the result of speed, lack of judgment, drinking, or driving with one arm around your wife, writes Relman Morin, in a New York paper…

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Railway Fatality

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 3

A train Killed an old man at a Liverpool level crossing yesterday He was Peter Duncan, 77, an inmate of the Liverpool State…

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Man Drowned

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Monday; A New Australian was drowned at Alice Springs-in the parched, dead heart of the…

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Drowned in Snowy

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 6

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A 24-year-old man was drowned in the Snowy River late yesterday afternoon…

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Boy's Arm Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 6

Peter McLaughlin, aged 12, of 33 George Street, was treated at Goulburn Base Hospital yesterday for lacerations to the…

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Injured Man in Laneway

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Police believe that a man, who was found unconscious and bleeding from head wounds early…

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"Australia's Most Injured Man" in Goulburn Hospital

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 1

"Australia's most injured man," Mr. William Backhouse, 36, of Nelligen, expects to be discharged from Goulburn Base Hospital within the next two months. Mr. Backhouse was the…

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Golf Course Fatality

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: A young boy who was looking for golf bal's on Long Reef Golf Course early to-day…

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Crookwell Resident in Serious Highway Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 1

A resident of Crookwell who has been working in Canberra in recent months was the driver of a car which was badly damaged in a collision with another vehicle on the Hume…

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Rain, But Big Sports Fixtures Proceeded No Major Accidents Here

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 1

More than half an inch of welcome rain, which did not interfere unduly with the main sporting fixtures, and the absence of major accidents have been the main features of the Australia Day holiday week-end in Goulburn…

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Foot Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 2 February 1954 · page 7

Gordon Barton, aged 12 years, of 72, Bourke Street, was treated at Goulburn Base Hospital over the holiday week-end for an…

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