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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1915

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Accidents

The Burrowa News · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 2

Mr. J. Poplin, son of Mr. James Poplin, of Brial, Burrowa, met with a serious accident on Christmas Eve. He Was driving home from town, and…

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Railway Accident. LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 2

An express train ran through a local train at the crossing of the points at [?]ford (England) station and was overturned down an embankment. A number of carriages were smashed. Team…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 3

At one o'clock this (Saturday) afternoon an accident. which was fortunately not attended with serious results, occurred in front of the Agyle pharmacy, in Auburn-street. Mrs, Hudson, o[?]…

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Racehorse Owner Injured. Adelong

Young Witness · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 2

Mr. T. Crowe, a well known racehorse owner, fell oft the balcony of the Royal Hotel on Friday night, and sustained a brgkeu jaw and the loss…

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Shocking Burning Fatality. Four Children Roasted Alive Mother's Sad Discovery. Melbourne

Young Witness · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 2

A shocking burning fatality occurred at Wonthaggi. Four children named Lovell, aged 3, 4, 4 and 6 respectively, were put to bed by the mother…

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Two Brothers Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 4

Texas (Queensland), Tuesday.—Two brothers, John and James Ryan, were drowned here this afternoon whilst attempting to swim across the river. One of the men was carried down the…

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Man Drowned at Coolalie

The Yass Courier · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 4

Information was brought to town Sunday last that a laborer named James Graham who was working in the railway gang at Coolalie was…

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Coolalie Man Found Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 1

Yass, Tuesday.—After a search of two days James Graham (50), lately employed on the railway works at Coolalie, was discovered dead in a dam of water, 3It. deep, in Kelly's paddock…

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Four Killed—five Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 4

Kalgoorlie, Tuesday.—An accident in which four men lost their lives and live others were seriously injured, happened on the transcontinental railway line to-day. From the meagre…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 2

Mr. F. Simons, a carpenter in the employ of Messrs. Ibbotson and Portue, and a resident of Coromandel-street, was the victim of a nasty accident on Wednesday afternoon, and wilt be…

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Found Drowned

Young Witness · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 5

After a search of two days James Graham (26) lately employed on the railway works at Coolalie, was discovered dead in a dam of water, 3ft. deep…

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Marengo News. Painful Accident

The Burrowa News · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 4

The fourteen year old son of Mr. Tom O'Counor met with a painful accident whilst adjusting a belt on his father's harvester, one day last week…

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Railway Smash. the Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 4

Kalgoorlie. Thursday.—The victims of tile railway accident on tilt Trans-Australian railway were brought into Kalgoorlie, and the injured men were conveyed to tile hospital. At the time…

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Motor Bike Accident

The Yass Courier · Monday 11 January 1915 · page 2

While proceeding along Cooma Street on his motor bike on Sunday afternoon last. Mr. Glen Barber had the misfortune to meet with a nasty…

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Cycle Accident

Young Witness · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 1

On Christmas Day an unpleasant accident befell Mr. James Houliston, sou of Mrs. M. Houliston, of Wattawondara. It appears from meagre…

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Fatality at Kenmore. Patient Falls From Plank

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 2

The Coroner (Mr. Harold O'Brien) held on inquiry at the Kenmore Hospital for Insane to-day (Thursday) touching the death of a patient named George Barker, who died on Wednesday…

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The Bungonia Fatality. Inquest on the Victim

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 2

An inquiry into the death of the late Harold Lee Frost was opened at the Goulburn Court-house on Wednesday night, before the city coroner, Mr. H. O'Brien…

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Fatal Accident at Bungonia. Young Man Killed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 4

Mr. Harold Lee Frost, a nephew of Mr. R. A. Wood, of Jacqua, was the victim of a terrible accident at Bungonia on Saturday afternoon, and was brought to Goulburn on…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 4

On Tuesday evening Constable Kennedy met with a nasty accident, and is now lying in the Goulburn Hospital with a broken leg. The constable was engaged in wrestling with another…

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Accident at Goulburn Railway Station

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 2

A young man named Percy Blackett, a carriage examiner, living in Grafton-street, was injured while in the discharge of his duties at the Goulburn railway station at…

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