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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1955

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Municipal Council Old Posts And Wire Blamed For Accidents To Children

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 23 June 1955 · page 4

Wire netting and posts in a very bad condition around the basketball court in Victoria Park have caused…

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Two Cars Damaged in Collision

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 4 July 1955 · page 2

Cars driven by Mr. Edgar Lucas “Wantagong” Hall, and Mr. Donald A. Pollack, of Yass, collided at the Intersection of Cooma and…

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Boy Injured At School

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 7 July 1955 · page 6

Eric, the young son of Mr. and Mrs. Eric Bayley of Pollux St . North Yass, and a pupil of the Yass Central School, fell at school…

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Hospital Receptionist Seriously Injured in Accident

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 11 July 1955 · page 2

Two members of die Yass District Hospital staff were involved in a car accident on the Hume Highway, near the Jerrawa turnoff about eight miles from Yass, at about 10 o’clock last night…

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Accident Insurance for P.P. DIRECTORS Cover For £2000

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 18 July 1955 · page 4

Yass P.P. Board will take out an accident insurance cover up to £2,000 in the case of the death of director while on Board duty…

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Car Badly Damaged in Collision

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 21 July 1955 · page 2

When a car driven by Mr. J. Carey, of Victoria Street, Yass, and a transport driven, by Mr. T. C. Firth, of Bellambi, collided…

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Man Killed in Car Accident

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 28 July 1955 · page 2

A 70-year-old Sydney man was killed in a collision between a car and a utility on Hume Highway, about 11 mils from Yass, at 2…

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Driver Convicted Accident Involved Car Owned By Yass Man

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 4 August 1955 · page 4

A Laurel Hill labourer was found guilty, at last Tumut Court of Petty Sessions, of negligent driving and failure to stop after…

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Accidental Death Inquest On Yass Man’s Nephew

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 8 August 1955 · page 4

A finding of accidental death was brought in by the Cootamundra Coroner,, Mr. M. F[?]ar, following evidence at an inquiry…

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Three Men Injured Collision in Cooma Street Last Night

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 15 August 1955 · page 2

When a car and a transport collided in Cooma Street opposite Dr. F. A. Powell's residence last night three men were injured, and…

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Accidental Death—Coroner’s Finding Receptionist Had Brain Damaged and Injury to Spinal Cord

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 15 August 1955 · page 4

AT THE YASS COURT HOUSE, MR. J. B. RUSSELL, DISTRICT CORONER, FOUND THAT MISS LAIL HENRY DIED AT YASS HOSPITAL ON JULY 14 FROM THE EFFECTS OF INJURIES ACCIDENTALLY RECEIVED ON JULY 10 WHEN…

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Transport Driver Charged After Accident

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 15 August 1955 · page 3

Following an accident at Pearce’s bridge on the Hume Highway about 4.30 this morning, the driver of a transport, Raymond…

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School Boy Drowned in Yass River Intensive Search for 1½ Hours by Police and Volunteers to Find Body

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 18 August 1955 · page 1

KENNETH LLOYD, 8, WAS DROWNED ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN THE COVE OF CHINAMAN’S CREEK WHERE IT EMPTIES INTO THE YASS RIVER 200 YARDS UPSTREAM FROM…

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Police at Drowning Tragedy

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 22 August 1955 · page 2

Sgt. M. Morrissey was in charge of the Police who worked so strenuously on Tuesday afternoon in an effort to save the life of…

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Drowning Tragedy Warning to Children No Water in Death Creek Now

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 22 August 1955 · page 1

This is the scene of last Tuesday’s drowning tragedy. It is a photo of the mouth of China man’s Creek where it empties into the Yass River The arrow indicates the approximate position in the channel of the creek 15 to 18 feet below the level of the flood water where Kenneth Lloyd’s , body was hooked with a grapping iron by Senior Constable Watts who was standing on the bank…

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Main Road’s Man Injured Admitted To Hospital

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 25 August 1955 · page 2

A lorry driver employed by the Department of Main Roads received severe head injuries in an accident on…

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Child Dies After Accident

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 29 August 1955 · page 2

A four-year-old Yass girl died in Yass District Hospital on Friday night as the result of severe head injuries received when a car…

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Accidental Drowning Parents Thank Police and Public

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 September 1955 · page 7

Mr. J. J. Russell, District Coroner, who found that Kenneth Lloyd was accidentally drowned in Chainman’s Creek on August…

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Semi-trailer, Truck, Two Cars and Caravan in Accident Yass Police Vehicle Damaged

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 September 1955 · page 2

In a motor mix-up near the Gunning Gap on Hume Highway, nine miles from Yass, on Tuesday afternoon a Yass police car was damaged extensively. The damage was done when the…

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Accidental Death Verdict On Child

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 5 September 1955 · page 1

A verdict of accidental death was given by the Coroner, Mr. J. J. Russell, when he held an inquest…

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