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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1955

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Two Men Saved Girl From Drowning Ambulance Resuscitator Did Fine Job

Yass Tribune-Courier · Tuesday 11 January 1955 · page 1

But for the quick action of two men and the installation of the E. & J. Resuscitator in the Yass Ambulance a…

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Popular Football Coach Killed Yass Shocked By News Of Fatal Accident On Coolalie Road On Sunday Night

Yass Tribune-Courier · Tuesday 11 January 1955 · page 2

GEORGE GRILLS, barman at the Royal Hotel, Yass Football coach and popular sportsman, died at 3 a.m. yesterday in the District Hospital, following injuries received at 8 o’clock on Sunday night in an accident…

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Holiday Accidents Murrumbateman And Yass Men Hurt

Yass Tribune-Courier · Tuesday 11 January 1955 · page 2

Three men were involved in an accident when one of the tyres of their car blew out on the Canberra Highway about 24 miles…

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Young Boy Drowned At Gunning

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 13 January 1955 · page 2

New Year’s Day was marred at Gunning by the drowning of a 6-year-old boy, Brian Cosgrove, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cosgrove…

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Yass Hospital Doctor and X-ray Technician Injured

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 17 January 1955 · page 2

Two members of Yass District Hospital staff were injured when their car was involved in a collision at Kogarah, Sydney, on Friday afternoon. They are the resident doctor, Dr. Roma Bedford,…

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Grazier And His Wife Seriously Injured Well-known In Yass

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 27 January 1955 · page 3

A Gunnedah grazier, who is a member of the well-known McCIung family, of Murrumbateman, and was brought up…

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Accidental Death Verdict at Freeman Inquest Many Legal Representatives In Attendance

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 14 February 1955 · page 1

A verdict of accidental death was given by the Coroner, Mr. D. G. Hughes, after an enquiry at Yass Court House last Friday, into the death of Frederick Joseph Freeman…

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Cyclist Injured In Collision

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 28 February 1955 · page 2

Mr. George Cossematis, employed at the Liberty Cafe, suffered injuries to his leg, ribs and neck when the bicycle he was…

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Three Vehicles in Accident

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 17 March 1955 · page 2

A P.M.G. linesmen’s truck, a transport and a Main Roads Board water truck were involved in an unusual accident on the Hume…

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Taxi in Collision Bowning Woman Hurt

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 24 March 1955 · page 2

A Bowning woman received cuts on her head when a taxi in which she was travelling was involved in a collision…

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Methodist Minister in Accident Car Struck Guide Post

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 31 March 1955 · page 2

Rev. V Nightingale, who left Yass last Monday morning to enter Leigh College for further theological training, and Mrs. Nightingale,…

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SISTER R. BURGESS Accident On Boat

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 31 March 1955 · page 2

Sister R. Burgess who has been appointed sister-in-charge of Shannon House maternity unit, expects to arrive in Yass in about…

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Taxi and Utility in Collision

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 7 April 1955 · page 2

A taxi driven by Mr. Kevin Ryan and a utility driven by Mr. Paul Pateman, of Berremangra, collided at the intersection of…

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Head on Collision Near O’brien’s Creek

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 18 April 1955 · page 2

When two cars collided in a head-on collision near O’Brien’s Creek, two miles from Yass on the Hume Highway yesterday,…

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Road Safety Cars and New Rich Causes of Traffic Accidents

Yass Tribune-Courier · Wednesday 20 April 1955 · page 2

In a letter to the Herald, J.W.B., Sydney, writes; “I venture to suggest that two contributing factors have so far been overlooked in…

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Helped Injured Men Biala Road Accident

Yass Tribune-Courier · Tuesday 26 April 1955 · page 3

Mr. D. A. Booth, of Rossi St., came on the scene of an accident last Wednesday about 5.30 p.m., on the Biala Road, about nine…

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Yass Bank Manager Injured in Car Accident

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 5 May 1955 · page 1

Mr. J. H. Lewis, manager of the Yass branch of the A.N.Z. Bank, was injured when the car in which he was travelling ran…

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Injured Ankle When Car Struck Tree

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 30 May 1955 · page 2

Mr. P. Buchanan, of Walker Street, injured his ankle when the car he was driving ran off the Hume Highway and struck a…

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Verdict Against Yass Taxi Driver Collision With Horse On Tumut Road

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 6 June 1955 · page 4

An unusual case came before His Honor, Judge Brennan, in the Gundagai District Court, when a Tumut farmer successfully…

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Two Accidents On Gap Involve 11 Vehicles

Yass Tribune-Courier · Tuesday 14 June 1955 · page 2

Two accidents near the 12 mile peg, Jerrawa Gap, on the Hume Highway yesterday, involved one truck and ten cars, and blocked the road for…

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