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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1917

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Blasting Accident on Yass River

Young Witness · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 2

Our Burrinjuck correspondent writes —A man named Joseph Wallace, a resident of Murrumburrah, had a narrow escape of being killed by a blasting…

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Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 2

A boy named Edward Shannon, in the employ of Cr T. J. Kennedy, Cotta Walla, met with a severe accident on Thursday morning…

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80 or 90 Killed. 400 Injured. (Published in "The Times.") LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 June 1917 · page 2

In the House of Commons Mr. Bonar Law announced that 80 or 90 had been killed and 400 injured in the air raid, also that in a munitions explosion at Ashton a number had been…

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10,000, Sheep Drowned in New Zealand, Wellington

Young Witness · Friday 15 June 1917 · page 2

The damage done in Hawkes' Bay and in Poverty Bay by the floods is very consfderable. In the former province it is estimated that between…

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Big Air Raid London Bombed. 400 INJURED. (Published in "The Times.") LONDON

Young Witness · Friday 15 June 1917 · page 2

In the Commons, Mr. Bonar Law announced that between 80 and 90 persons were killed, and [?]ur hundred inlured in the air raid. There was…

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Scalding Accidents. Child Falls in Bath

Young Witness · Friday 15 June 1917 · page 2

A shocking scalding accident happened to Kenneth Mullens (aged one year and eight months), the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Mullens,…

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Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 15 June 1917 · page 2

A serious burning accident occurred on Thursday morning to Cecil Williams aged 4 years, a son of Mrs Dinah Williams. It appears to child was…

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Accident at Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 June 1917 · page 2

A railway, employee named Albert Davis to-day (Saturday) fell off a dock at the Goulburn station. When picked up and taken to the District Hospital it was found that he had…

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Driving Accident

Young Witness · Tuesday 19 June 1917 · page 2

Mrs. Stanford who resides on Moppity Station, was thrown out of a vehicle yesterday, sustaining injuries and shock which necessitated…

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A Painful Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 June 1917 · page 4

A painful accident befel Miss L. Osmond, laundress at the Kenmore Hospital. Whilst performing her duties on Thursday afternoon her right hand was drawn into a mangle and…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 June 1917 · page 2

A boy named Jack Berrell, living at Ifield, fell from a woodeart on Friday afternoon. He was taken to the public hospital, where he was seen by one of the medical staff. It was found…

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Railway Collision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 June 1917 · page 4

Five passengers were injured and several received severe shock in a collision between two trains at Jolimont Station, near Melbourne, on Saturday. The engine of a train which left…

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Fatal Collision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 June 1917 · page 2

A shocking accident occurred in William-street, Sydney, at 10.15 on Monday night, resulting in the death of a woman and the destruction of a motor car and damage to a…

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Pea Rifle Accident

Young Witness · Tuesday 26 June 1917 · page 1

William Dunn, a son of Mr. W. Dunn, of Baylis street, Wagga, was the victim of a pea rifle accident last week end and now lies in the Wagga…

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Woman Killed. Shocking Accident. a Forbes Native Mutilated. (Country Press Telegram). SYDNEY

Young Witness · Tuesday 26 June 1917 · page 2

A woman named Frances Whitely was struck by a motor car in William Street last night. The Impact is said to have locked the steering gear of…

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Collision in Auburn Street

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 June 1917 · page 2

Early on Tuesday morning a collision occurred in Auburn-street between a motor car and Mr. H. Price's four-wheeled cab. The Cab was badly damaged, and the mud-guards…

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A Mysterious Accident

Young Witness · Tuesday 3 July 1917 · page 1

Late on Wednesday evening (says "Dubbo Liberal") Mr. and, Mrs. W. Oglivle were unpleasantly surprised when their nine year old boy Frank…

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Serious Accident at Yannawah

Young Witness · Tuesday 3 July 1917 · page 1

On Wednesday evening of last week whllo Mr. Tom Briggs was returning to his home at Yannnwah, his horse shied and threw him out of his sulky,…

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Serious Accident to Steamer. Milwaukee

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 July 1917 · page 4

Eleven persons were killed and ten injured when the crowded passenger steamer, Christopher Columbus rammed a wharf, loosening the foundations of a fifty-ton water tank, which…

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Accidents

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 July 1917 · page 2

Mr. Gordon Alchin, of Dalton, near Gunning, was on Tuesday the victim of a painful accident. He was shooting with a companion, when, it is stated, the latter's rifle exploded accidentally; the…

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