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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1915

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Buried Under Wheat. Accident on a Farm

Young Witness · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 1

White engaged repairing a number of bags, at a big wheat stack Messrs. Ryan Brothers, of Glen Ryan farm, Goolagong, were the victims of a…

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Goolagong Motor Accident. Over the River Bank

Young Witness · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 5

On Friday evening, 12th inst., a sensational motor accident, in which it is a miracle no lives were lost, occurred at the bridge over the Lachlan at…

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Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 2

A very painful accident occurred on Saturday afternoon last to the eight year old son of Mr. J. Maloney of Gulleo. The boy's coat became…

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Published by Special Arrangement. the Case of Lady Broadstone. Copyright. Chapter Xi.—accident or Murder ?

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 February 1915 · page 6

The news of the accident on the lake threw the whole household into a fever of excitement end confusion, and in a few minutes the gardeners, grooms, and men servants were on the…

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Serious Accident

The Yass Courier · Monday 22 February 1915 · page 2

An accident which was attended with very serious consequences happened to a young man named Theodore Cotwell on Friday last…

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East Coast Bombardment. Baby's Escape. the Killed and Injured. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 2

The narrowest escape at Braintree in the aerial raid was in a soldier's cottage, where there was a sleeping baby, whose room was shattered by shrapnel…

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Accidents

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 February 1915 · page 2

At 8.30 on Tuesday night Mr. Eli Lamb, of Mummel, was engaged in extracting the cap from a damaged cartridge, when it exploded, the fragments striking him in the ball of the left…

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Ensational Motor Accident

Young Witness · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 4

Bathurst, Feb. 24,—Five occupants. of a motor car that left Sydney on Saturday morning had a sensational accident when Hearing Deuison…

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Motor Cycle Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 March 1915 · page 2

At about 7.45 on Monday night Mr. Percy Portus, mounted on a motor cycle, was rounding the corner at the intersection of Goldsmith and Auburn streets when Mr. P. McShane…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 March 1915 · page 2

On Saturday morning Mr. Jack Chippendale, an employee in the carpenter's shop at the Per. Way works, met with a painful accident. He was working at the circular saw bench, when…

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Climbing Pyramids. Four Australians Killed, Three Injured. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 March 1915 · page 2

Reuter's Cairo correspondent states that influenza and pneumonia form the majority of cases of illness among the Australian troops. Seven men fell while climbing the Cheops…

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Accident at Railway Yards

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 March 1915 · page 2

Shortly after noon on Wednesday Mr. Vincent Patrick O'Leary, aged 23, who resides at North Goulburn, and is employed as a tube cleaner in the Goulburn railway yards, met with a…

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Motor Cycle Fatality

Young Witness · Friday 5 March 1915 · page 5

Melbourne, March 3.—Harold Allerton (20), joiner died in Melbourne hospital this evening, from the effects of a fractured skull. Me was riding…

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Drowned While Bathing

Young Witness · Friday 5 March 1915 · page 3

Robert Aubrey Leahey was drowned while bathing in the Macquarie river about two miles below Dubbo. Deceased leaves a wife and one child…

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Painful Accident

Young Witness · Friday 5 March 1915 · page 2

Mr. W. A. Anderson, of Koorawatha, met with a very painful accident on Wednesday. He was engaged putting a disc on his Sunshine cultivator when…

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Accident

The Young Chronicle · Friday 5 March 1915 · page 2

The eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Taylor, of Belleview, aged 12, has been laid up with a bad knee as the result of injuries sustained through a fall…

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Temora Mail Accident. Two Hours Delay at Marulan

The Young Chronicle · Friday 5 March 1915 · page 2

With the engine enveloped in a dense could of steam, and the driver and fireman clinging desperately to the rear of the tender, the Temora…

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Railway Fatality at Bundanoon

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 March 1915 · page 4

Miss Nora Reid, while crossing behind a train at Bundanoon on Thursday, was killed. Mrs. Pike, of Exeter, was seriously injured. Deceased had lately been employed at the Royal…

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Peculiar Turf Accident in Orange Cup. Rockfast Seriously Wounded

Young Witness · Tuesday 9 March 1915 · page 2

Orange, March 7.—A remarkable accident occurred during the running of the Orange Cup yesterday. While the horses were rounding the turn into…

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Serious Motor Accident

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 9 March 1915 · page 2

Whilst motoring to te Yarrango[?]illy Caves, Mr. H. Taylor, of Tootcol. met with an accident by which he sustained serious though fortunately…

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