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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1915

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Accident to Mr E [?]mes

The Yass Courier · Thursday 11 March 1915 · page 2

Last week as Mr. Hicks of the Bank of New South Wales was proceeding to Barren Jack with his family by motor, they passed Mr.Loomes…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 March 1915 · page 2

Constable Beck, of the mounted force, was hurt internally while exercising a horse on Monday. He did not regard the accident as serious at the time, but on Wednesday his…

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Woman Accidentally Shot

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 March 1915 · page 4

Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Chinnery, 38, died on Sunday afternoon at the Sydney Hospital as the result of a bullet wound received at her home, North Leura. The police report states…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 March 1915 · page 4

Mr. James Bevin, a boilermaker employed at the Goulburn railway yards, was on Wednesday morning engaged in riveting a boiler when he met with a nasty accident. He was holding a…

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Shocking Railway Fatality. Man Killed at Junee. Crushed Between Engines

Young Witness · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 6

A shocking accident occurred in the Junee railway yards on Wednesday afternoon, resulting in a young man nam ed Roy Jones losing his life…

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Health in the Home. How to Move Injured Persons

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 4

An attempt to move accidentally injured persons will often increase the injury unless the persons, who endeavour to do this, understand a little…

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Fatality at Binda

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 2

On Thursday last a young man named Joseph Thomas Holohan, eldest son of Mrs. Jas. Holohan, Granville (late of Minto), was accidentally killed at Binda. Deceased was 29 years of age…

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Motor Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 4

Mr. J. Nosworthy's car, with 6 passengers aboard, had an accident on Thursday morning near the Tarlo bridge, hut as it was moving at a slow pace and just topping a dusty rise, the…

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Cycling Collision Near Towrang

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 4

Al about 11 o'clock on Saturday night Mr. Cecil Morphett was cycling at a good pace towards Towrang, when he collided with Mr. Walter Nobes, who was wheeling at a…

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Accident

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 3

Miss M[?] with a painful accident at for home, the Great Eastern Hotel, this morning. She appears to have been looking for something in the pantry,…

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Accident to Guard Large

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 4

Guard Large, who was on duty on a ballast train at Gunning on Saturday, met with a painful accident. The train was at a standstill, and the guard was making out his time-sheets…

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Binda Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 1

Mr. S. L. Cox, district coroner, held an inquiry at Mulgowrie on Friday last, touching the death of a young man, aged 80 years, named Joseph Holohan, a labourer, who succumbed on…

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Shocking Railway Accident. a Goulburn Victim. Guard Has Both Legs Severed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 2

A shocking accident occurred this (Thursday) morning between Moss Vale and Werai to Guard Duggan, of the Goulburn railway staff. The guard was employed on a metal…

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Street Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 3

This (Thursday) morning one-of Wright, Heaton, and Co.'s carts collided with a tree guard near Mrs. Oliver's residence in Bradley-street. The guard was broken and the tree…

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Two Men Drowned

Young Witness · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 3

Two men named Ryan and Cann were drowned at Purua Bay, New Zealand through the capsizing of a dinghy. A third occupant was rescued…

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A Collision with Tram

Young Witness · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 3

Chong Sun, a Chinese market gardener, living at Fairfield, was driving his cart along Bannerong-road, Kensington (Sydney) on Saturday, when…

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A Railway Porter Injured

Young Witness · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 3

George Hanna, railway porter at Emu Plains, was engaged propelling trucks, and was riding on the last one when he fell face downwards on…

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Drowned in the Surf. Carried Out in Undertow. Two Lives Lost

Young Witness · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 2

Sydney, March 19.—Two men, Wm. Dobbs (40) and Thoa Keernan (35), warder at the Manly hospital, were In the surf at Manly yesterday, when…

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Racing Accident

Young Witness · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 3

Lithgow, March 16. While racing on Saturday afternoon at the show ground, F. Riddell collided with C. Horn, and both riders came down…

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Third Contingent. Arrival in Egypt. the Pyramid Accident

Young Witness · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 2

Melbourne, March 19.—The official Press correspondent with the Australian troops has cabled that the third contingent from Australia has arrived…

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