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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

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Minor Accidents Over Holiday Week-End

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 2 February 1954 · page 1

Several minor traffic accidents occurred in the Goulburn district during the long holiday week-end…

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Police Seek Local Accident Witnesses

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 2 February 1954 · page 1

Police are anxious to interview any witnesses of a serious accident near Goulburn Migrant Hostel on January 21…

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Accident on Caves Road

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 3

Two men and a boy had a remarkable escape from serious in-jury on Sunday, when a side-car broke away from a motor cycle…

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Famous Express In Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 4 February 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday: Six persons were injured, end seriously, when the famous express, the Royal Scot,…

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Braidwood Drowning

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 1

A Braidwood man was drowned in the Shoalhaven River, near Braidwood, on Saturday afternoon…

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Two Cyclists Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 1

Two young cyclists received hospital treatment after a crash in the last race at a cycling carnival on…

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102 Believed Drowned in Boat Capsize

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 1

SURAT, INDIA, Monday (A.A.P.): One hundred and two people are believed to have been drowned when a…

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Two Killed in Road Accidents

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 1

Two local men were killed in road tragedies in the Goulburn district on Saturday night and this morning…

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Collision in Cowper Street

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 1

A utility collided with a taxi cab in Cowper Street, near Addison Street, early this morning. The utility, driven by Mervyn…

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Driver Unconcious After Accident: Fined £15

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 7

A transport driver charged with driving negligently told Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions yesterday he had been unconscious for several days after the accident which resulted in the charge…

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Collision On Highway

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 1

A lorry was damaged when it Was involved in a collision with a car on Sydney Road last night. Driver of the lorry, John Henry…

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Child Cyclist Injured

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 1

A pupil of the Convent School was injured while riding her bicycle along Colyer Street on Friday…

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Collision at Intersection

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 7

A car collided with an Army transport at the intersection of Sloane and Mundy Streets yesterday afternoon…

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Injured Man Treated In Main Street

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 3

A man suffering from facial injuries and shock was treated by ambulance men at the corner of Montague and Auburn Streets…

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Three Vehicles In Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 3

There vehicles were involved in a collision on the Hume Highway, 11 miles from Goulburn early this morning…

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Accident Rate Up In Britain

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 5

LONDON, Monday: The accident rate on British roads rose again in 1953, despite a big improvement in…

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Police Charge Follows Car Accident

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 3

Following a motor accident on the Hume Highway yesterday about 12 miles from Yass, two men were charged with being in…

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Accidents on Hume Highway

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 1

One person was injured and others narrowly escaped serious injury in accidents on the rain-washed Hume…

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Lawn Mower Fatality

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: A man has been found dead and o woman is critically ill in hospital following…

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Accident at Abattoir

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 1

Arthur Rowlands, of 7 Opal Street was treated at Goulburn Base Hospital on Friday after an accident at Goulburn…

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