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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1914

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Motor Reliability Contest. an Unfortunate Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 2

The final of the motor cycle reliability contest from Goulburn to Braidwood and return, promoted by the Goulburn Motor Club, and the opening run of which was held last week, had…

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Fatal Accident in Goulburn. Boy Falls From Horse

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 2

A very sad accident occurred in Reynolds-street on Friday afternoon, resulting in the death of Roy Nelligan, a lad of about 18 years of age, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Nelligan, of…

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Accident

The Yass Courier · Monday 9 March 1914 · page 2

Miss N. Sidebotham met with a very painful accident on Thursday evening. She was cycling down Mount Street towards the Main…

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Accident in Auburn-street

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 4

Mr. E. H. Dudley met with an accident on Sunday evening while riding his bicycle along Auburn-street, in the vicinity of the Bridge Hotel. He was free wheeling his machine…

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Accident to Hawker's Biplane

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 4

Harry Hawker, the Australian aviator, ascended 7800ft in the air at Albury on Saturday, establishing an Australian record. When rising the engine caused trouble, and the aeroplane…

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Another Derailment. Accident Near Jerrawa

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 2

Another railway derailment occurred early this (Tuesday) morning. An engine and several trucks of a goods train left the rails near Jerrawa shortly after eight o'clock. The train…

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Double Fatality. Man and Boy Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 March 1914 · page 2

Two fatal accidents occurred at Auburn on Wednesday afternoon, when Edward Smith, 16, residing at Auburn, was drowned in a waterhole, and his great-uncle, James Smith, 16,…

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Lady Cyclist Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 March 1914 · page 4

Yass, Monday.—Miss Nellie Sidebotham, while riding a bicycle down a hill at North Yass, lost control of the machine, and ran into a fence. She was picked up 20 minutes later unconscious,…

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Railway Collision. Much Wreckage. Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 March 1914 · page 2

A collision occurred at Flemington this morning between the rear portions of two (rains, smashing an empty stock van into fragments, while two other trucks were badly broken and…

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The Suffragettes. Work of Art Injured. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 March 1914 · page 1

Mary Richardson, a well-known suffragette, who has been dealt with under the "Cat and Mouse" Act, has been committed for trial for inflicting several rents in the Velasquez Venus,…

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Shocking Railway Accident. Collision at Exeter. Fifteen People Killed. Many Others Injured. an Unfortunate Family. Two Killed and One Injured. a Journey with the Dead

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 March 1914 · page 2

A shocking railway accident occurred at the Executer railway station, forty-three miles from Goulburn, at 11.47 on Friday night through the Temora mail train from Sydney crashing into a…

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Sir Edward Hutton Injured. London, March 11

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 March 1914 · page 4

Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Hutton, formerly commander of the military forces of Australia, was thrown from his horse yesterday while hunting at Chertsey, and was much…

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Killed or injured. Latest list. KILLED

The Yass Courier · Monday 16 March 1914 · page 3

Mr. Heaver, Benr., Cootamundra Mrs. Arthur Heaver. Parramatta. Miss Alice Heaver, Sydney. Mail Guard A. Bray, Carlton…

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Accident

The Yass Courier · Monday 16 March 1914 · page 2

On Thursday last a son of Mr. Holland, C.P.S., was playing on some boxes after returning from school, one turned up, and he fell between…

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Exeter Railway Disaster. Deaths Total fourteen. Warts Accident in New South Wales. Yass People Escape injury. Two District Residents Killed

The Yass Courier · Monday 16 March 1914 · page 2

Shortly before six o’cock on Saturday morning we were startled with the sad news that a terrible railway accident had occurred near Goulburn…

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Railway Disaster. Fourteen People Killed. Twenty Injured. Heartrending Scenes

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 2

The most terrible accident that has over been recorded in the annals of the N.S. Wales railways occurred at Ex[?] on the main Southern line,…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 March 1914 · page 2

At the St. Patrick's Day sports on St. Patrick's College grounds on Tuesday a boy named Reggie Payne fell while playing with a companion, and broke his arm. The matron…

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Terrible Railway Accident. On the Southern Line. 14 Killed. Many Injured

The Burrowa News · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 3

The most terrible accident that has over been recorded in the annals of the New South Wales railways occurred at Exeter, on the main Southern line,…

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Sad Drowning Fatality. a Hearse Overturned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 21 March 1914 · page 4

A sad drowning fatality occurred at Gundary during Friday night. Mr. John Kelly, the undertaker, was proceeding with his hearse to Mr. Bowker's place at Gundary, a few miles…

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Accident to Railway Official. District Superintendent Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 21 March 1914 · page 4

Mr. Meiklejohn, Railway District Superintendent, Junee, and formerly stationmaster of Goulburn, fell from the Sydney-Albury mail train this morning near Cullarin and was…

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