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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1918

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Crushed by Waggon. Serious Accident Near Greenethorpe

Young Witness · Tuesday 19 February 1918 · page 2

Our Greenethorpe correspondent writes:—Shortly after 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon a painful accident occurred…

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Shocking Motor Accident. Young Woman Killed. Two Men in Critical Condition. Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 February 1918 · page 2

As a result of injuries received from a motor accident this morning, Ivy Allen, one of the occupants of the car, died several hours later, her skull having been fractured. The smash…

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Bathurst Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 February 1918 · page 2

Bathurst, Wednesday.—The inquest concerning the circumstances surrounding the deaths of Charles E. Bradley and Walter Hochkins, who were killed instantaneously in the…

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Goulburn and the War. Lieut Clyde Baxter Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 February 1918 · page 4

A cable message was received in Goulburn last week, stating that Lieut. Clyde Baxter, son of Mr. Harry Baxter, of this city, met with an accident on February 1st, and…

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Fatal Motor Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 February 1918 · page 4

The motor smash in Sydney on Tuesday, when Miss Ivy Allen received fatal injuries, occurred at 1.30 in the morning. Miss Allen and another young lady (Miss Egan) were…

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A Temora Fatality

Young Witness · Friday 22 February 1918 · page 1

Mr. John Suttle, who met with a serious accident at the Temora Flour mill last week, as a result of which his left arm was torn off, died in the…

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Collision with Sulky

Young Witness · Friday 22 February 1918 · page 2

At the Grenfell District Court this week, before Judge Bevan, Michael Augustus Quirk claimed £50 from Edmund Burgo for damage to horse and…

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Returned Soldier Drowned Three Other People Missing

Young Witness · Tuesday 26 February 1918 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday. — George Rudge, a returned soldier, who lived at Kew, was sailing on 'Hobson's Day in a yacht on Saturday afternoon with…

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Accidentally Choked

Young Witness · Tuesday 26 February 1918 · page 2

PARKES, 'Monday.—Mrs. Gawthorn aged 77, an old resident, was found dead in a small cottage on the Forbes road yesterday. She had…

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American Steamer Founders Thirty Sailors Drowned. WASHINGTON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 February 1918 · page 2

Thirty sailors were drowned when the naval steamer Cherokee foundered off the Atlantic coast on Tuesday…

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In Case of Accident

The Yass Courier · Thursday 28 February 1918 · page 3

If a child has got burnt or scalded immediately cover the injured with cotton wadding, lay on this some salt, and pour whisky over…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 February 1918 · page 2

Mr. Douglas, railway porter, met with a painful accident on Monday whilst loading a coop of turkeys at the Goulburn goods shed. One of the crates fell from the top of the…

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Drowning Tragedy

Young Witness · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 5

Last week, George Pickering (35) eft the boring plant camp on Mr. Hubert Connolly's estate, with the intention of proceeding to Mandurama…

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Farmer Injured. Thrown From Sulky

Young Witness · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 5

Mr. Robert Hinton, a well-known farmer, and his son Fred were thrown from a sulky yesterday morning, as a result of which the father is now being…

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Fishing Boat Capsizes. Balmain Resident Drowned. (Country Press Telegram) SYDNEY

Young Witness · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 2

Three men were fishing in a motor aunch last night near the bar at the entrance to Broken Day, when the [?]oat overturned. One man, Alfred…

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Teeth Torn Out. a Singular Accident

Young Witness · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 2

Mr. Thomas Bleasdale, health officer for the Municipality of Young, considers he is a lucky man to to alive after his encounter with a wire clothes…

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Asiatics Incinerated. Horrible Accident at Hongkong. Hongkong

Young Witness · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 2

A bamboo booth on the racecourse, on which several thousand persons were seated, collapsed and took fire. There were frightful scenes One…

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Train Accident. Trucks and Carriages Off Line. (Country Press Telegram). SYDNEY

Young Witness · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 2

Four trucks two passenger carriages and a breakvan of the Grafton-Lismore train ran off the line at Leeville, tearing up the permanent way for 20…

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"Drowned Man" Arrested Constable's Surprise

Young Witness · Tuesday 5 March 1918 · page 4

"For the reason that he believed that this man had been drowned near the pier two hours earlier. Constable G. S. Legge, with the greatest…

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Injured in Train

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 March 1918 · page 2

While a Parramatta train was passing through Petersham yesterday afternoon a piece of metal was thrown at it, presumably by boys. Harry Tovey, aged 17, who was sitting at a window,…

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