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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

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Seaman Drowned

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A Scottish second engineer was drowned when he fell overboard from a freighter in Sydney…

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Railwayman Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 3

A man was taken to Goulburn Base Hospital yesterday with chest injuries after he had been caught between en engine and…

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Court Sequel To Auburn Street Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 5

At Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, a Taralga man pleaded guilty to a charge of driving under the influence…

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Drover Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 3

Mr. Harold Fenton, a drover, of 53 Hovell Street, was treated at Goulburn Base Hospital yesterday for an injury to the left…

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Street Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 2

Slight damage was caused to two vehicles which collided at the intersection of Auburn and Clifford Streets yesterday…

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Road Fatality Near Marulan Sydney Man Killed

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 3

A Sydney man was killed near Marulan early last night the heavy truck he was driving was involved in a collision with a semi-trailer vehicle travelling in the opposite direction…

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Accidental Finding At Inquest

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 3

Deputy Coroner, Mr. G. A. Goodwin found yesterday that John Weaver Llewellyn died from injuries…

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Footballer Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 8

Peter Wood of Newacres, Windellarra Road injured at League Park yesterday while playing football. He suffered a…

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Accident in Wheat Yards

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 1

Mr. M. J. Youngberry, of 101 Bourke Street, suffered lacerations to the head when he was allegedly struck by a railway…

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Woman Suffers Shock In Car Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 3

A woman suffered shock in an accident at the corner of Citizen and Victoria Streets yesterday afternoon…

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Monga Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 3

A man received slight injuries at Monga timber mill on Friday when he was caught in a drive belt and thrown against…

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New Bridge Wanted Derringullen Creek Too Many Accidents

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 2

Goodradigbee Shire is cooperating with the Municipal Council in representations to the Department of Main Roads to…

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District Road Toll: 18 DEAD, 30 INJURED Figures For Nine Months

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 2

Figures For Nine Months Eighteen people have been killed and 30 injured-15 of them seriously-in motor accidents in the Goulburn district during the past nine months. Of those killed, three were in…

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Collision Led to Stealing Charge Twelve Months’ Sentence

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 3

Because they were involved in a collision about 13 miles from Yass two men were charged with stealing, in Yass Quarter Sessions…

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Youth Injured In Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 7

A 16-year-old motor cyclist was taken to Goulburn Base Hospital yesterday following a collision in Auburn…

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Inquiry on Drowning

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 1

NEW DELHI, Tuesday: It is officially announced here that a court of inquiry has been set up td investigate a tragedy on…

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Woman's Nose Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 1

Mrs. Dudley, of 4 Sloane Street, was treated at Goulburn Base Hospital yesterday for an injury to her nose, which she received…

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Accidental Death

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 6

The District Coroner, Mr. D. G. Hughes, returned a finding of accidental death, after an inquiry on Monday into the death of…

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Six Killed, Three Injured, In Week-End Accidents

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 5 April 1954 · page 1

Six people have been killed in road tragedies during one of the worst weekends of traffic accidents in the history of the Goulburn district. There of those killed were local residents and the other three…

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Wee Jasper Man in Collision

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 5 April 1954 · page 2

Mr. M. McAlister, 21, of Wee Jasper, received abrasions to the face when the car he was driving came into collision with a…

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