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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1914

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Two Boys Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 January 1914 · page 1

Wagga, Tuesday.—Two boys. [?] Forguson, aged 12 years, and [?] Lewis, aged 10 years, were drov.[?] Murray at Yarrawonga on Saturday. At [?]…

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Telegrams Sydney, Wednesday. Street Collision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 January 1914 · page 4

As a result of a collision in King-street this morning a tram was considerably damaged, while two large ice waggons were almost completely wrecked. One of the drivers narrowly…

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Surf Tragedy. Three People Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 January 1914 · page 4

On Tuesday there came from Cronulla news of one of the most pathetic and tragic surfing fatalities over enacted on the ocean beaches. It was a triple tragedy, three young lives…

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Pea Rifle Accident at North Goulburn. Boy's Narrow Escape

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 January 1914 · page 4

A boy named James Eady, four years of age, was admitted to the Goulburn Hospital yesterday morning from the North . Goulburn duplication works, having been. shot by another…

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Sad Fatality at Reid's Flat

The Burrowa News · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 2

The sad news reached Burrowa on Christmas Eve that Mr George Sligar, of 'The Tomers,' near Reid's Flat, had met with a fatal accident, through…

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A Welsh Miner Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 2

Wollongong, Friday.—A surf-bathing fatality occurred at Towrodgi Beach yesterday afternoon. Three men, John Humphy Hughes, Ebenezer Rees, and John Davis, all of Corrimal,…

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Clergyman Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 4

Deniliquin, Sunday,—On Friday night the Rev. F. A. Wenborn, of St. Paul's Church; who had been an inmate of the hospital,. suffering from pneumonia, was drowned. About 10.30 p.m.,…

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Drowned in a Tub

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 2

Wee Waa.—A drowning case occurred at Burren Junction on Saturday evening, the victim being a little son of Mr. and Mrs. Colin M'Kenzie, Glenburnia, Burren Junction. A tub of…

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Two More Persons Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 4

Melbourne, Sunday.—A drowning accident occurred on Back Beach at Point Lonsdale yesterday afternoon. In the heavy surf driven upon the beach by a southerly wind, two bathers, a…

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Canterbury Park Races.—saturday. Goulburn Boy Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 4

At Canterbury Park on Saturday the sport was marred by an accident in the Juvenile Handicap, in which Tau fell when a furlong had been travelled, and was responsible for…

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Street Accident Averted

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 2

This (Tuesday) afternoon in Auburn-street a portion of the harness on the horse attached to Mr. W. Donoghue's delivery van broke, and the animal began turning round and round…

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Boy Drowned at Harden

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 1

A lad named Carney, 15. was drowned in the Murrumburrah dam on New Year's Day. It had been arranged to hold a swimming carnival…

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Motor Fatality. Cooma Pastoralist Charged with Manslaughter

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 6

Melbourne, Thursday.—As the result of the fatality which occurred on the Sydney Road on December 20, when Gordon Campbell March, 19, wool-classer, of Ascotvale, was knocked off…

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Serious Motor Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 2

Brisbane, Friday.—A motor accident took place at Mount Coot-tha, otherwise known as One Tree Hill, a suburb of Brisbane, this afternoon. noon. A party of about 25 Christian students,…

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Telegrams Sydney, Monday. Nearly a Serious Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 1

While the northern express was rounding a curve near Fassifern at a speed of about 40 miles an hour yesterday afternoon the passengers were alarmed at receiving a sharp bump…

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saved from Drowning

The Yass Courier · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 2

The Corowa “Free Press” reports an heroic act by Mr. Les. Hanna, son of Senior-sergeant Hanna of Corowa, and late of Yass “Les” was out…

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A Missioner Injured. Accident Near Tallong

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 4

On Tuesday afternoon Mr. William Edward Smart, a Methodist Missioner, met with an accident while riding his bicycle near Talloug, and he now lies in the Goulburn Hospital…

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Nasty Accident. Finger Cut Off

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 2

At half-past two on Wednesday afternoon while Paddy Spillane, a young man, was working at the buffer press at Gillespie and Co. s boot factory in Auburn-street he met with an…

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Terrible Burning Accident

The Burrowa News · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 2

On Saturday last (says the 'Cowra Free Press,' as Mrs Howard, cook at the Royal Hotel, Woodstock, was engaged at her duties, the flame from…

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Brother and Sister Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 January 1914 · page 4

Melbourne, Thursday.—A double drowning case occurred to-day in a lagoon at the farm of C. Godfrey, seven miles from Rochester. The victims were Mary Gadfrey, aged 16 years, and…

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