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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

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Sequel to Accident at Lilac Time

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 3

A bread carter was fined £5 in Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions yesterday for leaving his horse unattended. Colin McGuigan, of Sloane Street, pleaded guilty to the…

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Boy's Arm Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 24 February 1954 · page 2

Lesley Gray, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Gray, of 97 Coromandel Street, was treated at Goulburn Base Hospital yestrday for an…

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Queanbeyan Fatality

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 2

A linesman was electrocuted and two other linesmen were injured at Queanbeyan yesterday. The dead man Was Anthony…

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Double Funeral: Boys Drowned

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 3

BRISBANE, Friday:'" The bodies of two two-year-old boys, who wandered into a dam on Wednesday will be…

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Sequel To Car Collision At Street Intersection Taxi Cab Man Convicted At Boorowa Court

Boorowa News · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 4

"All I can say is that I have never heard a weaker defence of this kind. It was an intersection, and the defendant did not look to the right."…

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Young Man Dies After Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 1

A 21-year-old man badly injured in an accident near Yass over a week ago, died at the week-end…

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Highway Accidents

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 1

The driver of a semi-trailer was choked to death between the back of the seat and the dash-board in a smash on Hume…

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Three Hurt In Accident Near Gunning

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 3

Three people were treated at Goulburn Base Hospital after an accident on the Hume Highway near…

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Boy Drowned

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A three-year-old boy was drowned to-day when he fell from a jetty into deep water at Connell's Point…

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Hectic Carnival: 1500 Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 3

LIMA (PERU), Tuesday: More than 1500 persons received first aid treatment during the first 24 hours of the carnival celebrations…

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Six Killed in Air Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 3

NEW YORK, Tuesday: Two Navy helicopters. collided over an ammunition dump near Key West Florida. to-day, killing all…

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Alleged Hit-Run Accident In Auburn Street

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 1

A local mother told Goulburn Police yesterday a car had knocked down her small son in Auburn Street and…

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Rugby Resident's Nasty Accident

Boorowa News · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 1

Mr. Reg. Gorham, of "Hillview," Rugby, had the misfortune to meet with a nasty accident at his home last…

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Motor Cyclist's Death Was Accidental

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 2

Goulburn Deputy Coroner, Mr. G. A. Goodwin, returned turned a verdict on Thursday that Lawrence Bede King, 21, of Nicholson Street, Goulburn, had died in Goulburn Base Hospital on February 6 from injuries accidentally…

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Fatal Accident Near Braidwood

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 1

A Braidwood chemist was killed and two others were injured in road accidents in the Gotlburn district during the week-end. The chemist was Mr. Horace…

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Two Hurt in Traffic Accidents Yesterday

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 9 March 1954 · page 6

Two people were injured in traffic accidents in Goulburn and district yesterday Mr. Patrick Hammond, of 12 Edwal Street, suffered a probable…

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Binda Shooting Fatality Coroner Returns Open Finding

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 10 March 1954 · page 4

Stating that the evidence before him did not enable him to determine the actual cause of the shooting which resulted in the death of James Joseph Treacy, of Binda, on February 5…

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Train Fatality Near Breadalbane Goulburn Inquest

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 2

Goulburn Deputy Coroner, Mr. G. A. Goodwin, found in Goulburn Coroner's Court yesterday that a 13-year-old Melbourne boy was killed instantly when struck by a diesel locomotive after falling from a Sydney-bound mail…

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Sydney Cup Entry Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 15 March 1954 · page 3

AUCKLAND, Monday: New Zealand Sydney Cup entry, M Denby has been injured while galloping and will not contest…

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Two Hurt in Accidents

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 15 March 1954 · page 1

Two people were slightly inured in traffic accidents in the Goulburn district during the past two days…

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