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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1914

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The Latest. Sydney, Tuesday. Accident at Central Station

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 June 1914 · page 2

Guy Sullivan, a labourer, fell in frost of an incoming- train at the central railway station this morning, and had his right leg cut off. He was conveyed to a hospital in a critical…

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Fatality at [?]. [?]

The Yass Courier · Thursday 2 July 1914 · page 3

An inquest ([?]rited our Gunning correspondent) was held on Saturday last before., Mr. F.A. Ridley, P.M. touching the death of John…

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Pea-rifle Accident. Fatality at Collector

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 July 1914 · page 2

A sad shooting fatality occurred at Lake George, near Collector, on Monday, resulting in the death of a boy named Donald Ranger, the seventeen-year-old son of Mr. James John…

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Accident at Quarry

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 July 1914 · page 2

At the Government Quarry at North Goulburn on Monday a man named Frederick Moore sustained painful injuries through an accident. It appears' that while engaged at his work…

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Motor Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 July 1914 · page 1

Cootamundra, Tuesday.—Mr. Raymond Cruickshank, aged 26 years, son of D. Cruickshank, of Barmedman, was killed yesterday on the road near Jugiong by a motor car overturning…

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The Collector Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 July 1914 · page 2

The Coroner (Mr. Harold O'Brien) on Monday morning at Collector conducted an inquiry touching the death of the boy, Sampson Donald Ranger, who was shot accidentally by a pea…

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Accident Near Bungonia

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 July 1914 · page 2

Our Bungonia correspondent writes:—Mr. J. H. Moore, while prospecting in the Shoalhaven Gullies, met with rather a serious accident. As he was tracing a lode along a very steep gorge…

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The Latest. Sydney, Saturday. Found Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 July 1914 · page 4

Mrs. Lothrop, a masseuse, aged 50, was found drowned in the bore baths at Moree to-day. It is presumed she took cramps while in the water. VISIT OF GOVERNOR-GENERAL…

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Telegrams Shocking Accident. Leg Torn Off. Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 July 1914 · page 6

While riding in a temporary lift in a building in course of erection at the rear of Hamilton-street this morning Thomas O'Brien, labourer, had his left leg jambed between the floor of…

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Hot Time in the States. Drowning Fatalities. New York

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 July 1914 · page 2

A heat wave is spreading over New York and Missouri and the middle west generally. Hundreds are sleeping on Coney Island benches. Ten persons. were drowned during Sunday's…

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The Exeter Railway Accident. To the Editor

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 July 1914 · page 2

Sir,—"Southern Line" in Saturday's issue complains of the letter signed H. Terrett, in which is stated clearly enough the gross injustice that appears to have been meted out to him by tile…

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Railway Worker Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 July 1914 · page 4

Bowral, Tuesday.—Henry Jeffery, an employee on the railway duplication works at Exeter, was admitted to Berrima District Hospital this afternoon, suffering from a broken leg, oustained…

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Accident at Per. Way Works

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 July 1914 · page 4

An accident happened at the Per. Way works on Tuesday, resulting in Tom O'Shea losing two of his fingers. He was working at a grindstone alone. It is surmised that he was…

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Collision Averted

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 July 1914 · page 4

Culcairn, Friday.—An accident was narrowly averted at Culcairn station on Wednesday night. The first express arrived to time at about 11.30, and while it was at the platform the second…

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Euryalus in Collision. Calcutta, July 16

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 July 1914 · page 4

The British-India Co.'s steamer Euryalus, while bound for Australia, came into collision with the steamer Orissa, bound for Java, near Achipur…

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Telegrams Sydney, Wednesday. Shocking Accident to Guard

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 July 1914 · page 4

A Shocking accident occurred at the Ashfield railway station early this morning, when William Watson, a guard, was run over by a string of 21 trucks and had his right leg severed below…

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Accident in Auburn-street

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 July 1914 · page 4

At about four o'clock on Tuesday afternoon an accident occurred near the intersection of Auburn and Goldsmith streets, which ended in Miss Williams, daughter of the Rev. W. A…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 July 1914 · page 2

Mr. Laurie Trompp, who a short time ago left Goulburn to take up on appointment at the Grafton Land Board Office, was skating at Bondi on Friday night, when he fell and broke…

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Railway Collision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 July 1914 · page 2

Wellington, Monday.—A collision occurred this morning between the engine of the second mail from Sydney, which was shunting, and had attached to it a brake-van, second-class carriage,…

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Football Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 July 1914 · page 2

As reported elsewhere Saturday's football match between Waratah and South Goulburn was marred by a mishap to one of the South players—Joseph O'Keefe, who fell when tackled…

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