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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1917

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Coach Accident. Littue Boy Killed

Young Witness · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 2

The coach from Mount Wilson to Lithgow, in charge of J. T. Shepherd, was travelling along the road to Mount Victoria yesterday afternoon, when…

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Motoring Accidents

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 2

Grafton, Monday.—A fatal motor car accident occurred on the Glen Innes-road, near Bucke-rumbi to-day. A car, driven by Clarence Rudder, was met by a man named Winkler on…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 2

Mr. T. Ferguson, of Wingello, recently had the misfortune to sustain a fractured collarbone. He was driving a cart in a Shoalhaven gully, when it capsized in a deep rut. He…

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Vehicle Accident. Little Boy Killed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 4

The vehicle from Mount Wilson to Lithgow, in charge of J. T. Shepherd, was travelling along the road to Mount Victoria yesterday afternoon, when the leading horses took fright at a passing…

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Big Liner Lost. Sunk After Collision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 4

London, Jan. 16.—The steamer Minnesota, of 20,718 tons, belonging to tie Great Northern Steamship Company of New York, has been sunk in a collision…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 2

Mr. W. Stewart, painter, of Market-street, had a most unpleasant and dangerous experience on Sunday afternoon. He was riding a bicycle, when he collided with a large stone…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Buried Under Wheat Bags

Young Witness · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 2

An extraordinary escape from death occurred at Illabo on Saturday last. The five year old son of Mr. T. Hall, fettler, was playing in the vicinity…

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Killed on Railway. Accident in a Tunnel. (Country Press Telegram). SYDNEY

Young Witness · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 2

A goods train met with a minor accident in Woy Woy tunnel this morning. The Engine and some trucks went on to the next station. When…

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Accident at Byalla

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 6

A correspondent writes:—An accident occurred at Mr. J. Medway's (Byalla) last Saturday morning to Mr. George Bailey, an employee of Mr. J. Medway, while drawing in…

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Brave Melbourne Boy. Rescues and Revives Drowning Girl. Melbourne

Young Witness · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 4

The schoolboy who brought the two girls out of the sea at Hampton yesterday was Harry Grover (son of a resident of Sydney) Mary Crichton,…

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Awful Explosion. Munition Works in London Many Dead and Injured. Whole Area Wrecked. London

Young Witness · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 2

A tremendous explosion on Friday evening, followed the outbreak of a fire in one of the munitions establishments, used for the refining of…

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Soldier Killed. Taxi-cab Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 2

Owing to a taxi-cab in which he was seated colliding with a verandah post in Flinders-street this morning Arthur Patrick Murray, a soldier who was in camp at Liverpool and was…

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Tram Fatality. (Country Prees Telegram). SYDNEY

Young Witness · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 2

A young woman whe has not ye[?] been identified fell from a tram at Maroubra Bay last night. She died to-day…

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Fatality in Gunning District

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 January 1917 · page 2

Gunning, Monday.—Mr. John Beven, of Bevendale, an old resident of the district, was thrown from his horse and killed this afternoon. He was 77 years of age, and leaves a…

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Boy Drowned. Several Narrow Escapes. Sydney

Young Witness · Tuesday 30 January 1917 · page 3

Frederick Hunt, a boy of ten years, was the victim of a sad drowning accident in the Hawkesbury River, near Windsor, on Sunday afternoon. The…

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Sensational Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 January 1917 · page 1

A serious accident happened to Mr. and Mrs. D. Sullivan and their youngest child while travelling from Yass to Bowning on Saturday, 20th. The horse whilst on a culvert began to…

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Motor Cycle Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 January 1917 · page 2

On Monday, at about mid-day, Mr. Robert Henry McCarron, of Bronte, who was riding a motor cycle. collided with an aged man, named Joseph O'Connor, in front of Messrs. John…

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Accident To Railway Man. Foot Injured By Hand-Car

The Yass Courier · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 4

“ My husband recently met with a most distressing accident when he was work[?] way,” writes Mrs. G Bowman, Throsby street, Wickham,…

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Fatality in Dalton District. Mr. John Bevan Killed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 4

Our Dalton correspondent writes:—Mr. John Beven, of Bevendale, was thrown from his horse a few yards from his residence on Monday afternoon. His daughter witnessed…

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Accidents

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 2

Mr. Alex. Wilson, of Clinton-street, west, a respected employee of the Goulburn City Council, and who is 68 years of age, met with a painful occident on Tuesday morning. He was…

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