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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1916

299 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 3 of 15

A Bomb Invention. Demonstrator Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 February 1916 · page 1

At the Dulwich Hill Rifle Club range (an old clay pit off New Canterbury Road) the public were invited to witness on Tuesday a demonstration with a new fuseless bomb…

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Three Men Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 February 1916 · page 4

As the result of a rope breaking at Mr. A. B. Pyke's furniture warehouse, in 55 Market-street, city, at about 2.40 on Thursday afternoon, a goods lift at the rear of the premises…

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Two Boys Drowned. Nurse's Gallant Action

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 February 1916 · page 2

Casino, Friday.—Yesterday afternoon a drowning fatality occurred at Rappville. Two boys, Keith M'Kenzie Readman, 11, and Thomas Murray, 9, went, in company with Nurse…

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Young Woman Injured. Unconscious for Hours

Young Witness · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 1

TEMORA, Saturday.—A remarkable occurrence has bofallen Miss Mary Kiley. Yesterday afternoon she went riding, and not returnig at a late hour…

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Drowned in Bath

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 February 1916 · page 1

Peter Anderson, aged 55, was found drowned in a bath at Liverpool Hospital to-day with his hands tied together…

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Injured Men’s Progress

The Yass Courier · Thursday 17 February 1916 · page 2

The men who were wounded in the affray at the railway station on Monday night last were taken to the Garrison Hospital. Private…

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Marengo. Accident

Young Witness · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 3

Whilst shoeing a horse Mr. James Bristol had the bad fortune to have his head and face severely injured. It seems the horse, which was rather a…

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Accidentally Shot

Young Witness · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 6

EDEN, Tuesday.—Edwin Smith, a settler, went out shooting with a winChester rifle, And when he did not return at night a search party was…

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Tasmanian Railway Accident. Five Deaths. Heroic Driver Succumbs

Young Witness · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 2

HOBART, Thursday.—The cause of the derailment of the Launceston to Hobart express train has not yet been defined. Mr. E. F. Boult an…

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Rejected Man Drowned

Young Witness · Tuesday 22 February 1916 · page 4

It was reported to Sergeant Hamilton at Henty on Wednesday that a man camped at the railway dam was missing. The man who was about 22…

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Fell Oh Stripper Comb. Little Girl's Shocking Accident

Young Witness · Tuesday 22 February 1916 · page 1

Rita Woodburn (aged 8), daughter of Mr. anil Mrs George Woodburn, of Currawang street West, met with a very serious accident on Saturday last…

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Woman and Child Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 February 1916 · page 1

Melbourne, Tuesday.—A double drowning accident occurred to-night in Broken River, at Benalla. Nellie Conway, 12 years of age, while bathing, got into difficulties, and Mrs…

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Fatal Railway Accident Ex-goulburn Man Cut to Pieces

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 February 1916 · page 2

Mr. Henry (Harry) Heath, son of Mr. Heath, late of Goulburn, but now of Yass, a fettler residing at Derain siding, was run down by a fast goods train and cut to pieces last…

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Sad Shooting Fatality. the Deadly Pea Rifle Again a Fourteen-year-old Boy the Victim

Young Witness · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 1

A sad shooting accident occurcd at "Springfield," Mount McDonald on Sunday, whereby a lad named Sidney Conn, aged 14 years and 9 months…

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A Sad Accident. Man Killed at Cowra. Through Colliding with a Sulky

Young Witness · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 5

A frightful accident happened in Kendall street at about 7 o'clock on Monday evening, when an unknown man received such terrible injuries…

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Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 2

While Mr. Robert Gay was engaged ploughing at his place at Grabben Gullen on Monday last, he was thrown from his disc plough and received some severe…

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German Brutality. British Sailors Drowned. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 February 1916 · page 4

Captain Cargill, captain of the Liverpool steamer Belle of France. has arrived home with a tragic story of German callousness. His vessel was torpedoed without warning 120 miles…

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Shunting Accident

Young Witness · Tuesday 29 February 1916 · page 2

Early on Friday morning three out of about 30 trucks containing sheep wore deralled and completely over at the Cowra rallway station owing to a…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 February 1916 · page 2

Mr. Tom Daniel had the ill-luck this (Tuesday) morning to meet with an accident. He was driving a motor car, and as he was about to adjust the wind-screen a gust of wind caught…

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Sheep Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 March 1916 · page 1

Yass, Tuesday.—Mr. Charles Buckmaster was a heavy loser by the recent rainstorm. The water rose with remarkable rapidity in a paddock in which there was a large number of…

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