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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1919

285 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 12 of 15

Fatality in a Quarry

Young Witness · Friday 17 October 1919 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday, While working on the face of a quarry at Ballina on Tuesday, Percy Paugh, 22, was killed by a quantity of earth falling on him…

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Drowned in a Lagoon

Young Witness · Friday 17 October 1919 · page 1

ALBURY, Friday.—On Tuesday afernoon a drowning fatality occurred in a lagoon at Hawksview homestead, the victom being Mr. John Potter 18,…

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Extraordinary Fatality. Husband and Wife Accidentally Killed by One Bullet

Young Witness · Friday 17 October 1919 · page 2

At the coronial inquiry at Grafton on Wednesday, Sydney Drew, master of the steamer Tintenbar, was committed for trial on a charge of…

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A Painful Accident

Young Witness · Friday 17 October 1919 · page 2

While assisting in erecting a building for the Rev. S. North, at Thuddungra on Tuesday afternoon, Mr. John McAlister had his leg badly cut…

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Locomotive Driver Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 October 1919 · page 2

Mr. R. Lander, of Victoria Parade, the well-known locomotive driver, had a painfull experience on Saturday night while between Junco and…

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Burned to Death. Shocking Fatality in Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 October 1919 · page 4

Mrs. Cummins was found at her residence Bradley-street, on Monday morning burned to death. As a result of information received,…

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Sad Burning Fatality in Goulburn. the Inquest

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 October 1919 · page 2

Mr. Arnett, city. coroner, hell an inquiry on Monday into the circumstaces surrounding the- death of Mrs. Bridget Cummins who was found dead…

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How Cosmo Neels Died. Poison Accidentally Administered. Coroner's Condemnation of Official's

Young Witness · Tuesday 21 October 1919 · page 2

It is most regrettable that this death should have taken place at Sydney.Hospital, espectally in view of the fact that another death had taken…

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Sad Burning Fatality at Crookwell

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 October 1919 · page 4

About midnight on Saturday (reports the Gazette) the residents of the town were awakened by the alarm of fire, and it was discovered that a small tenement…

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Mining Accident. Many Fatalities. (Published in "The Times.") PENZANCE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 October 1919 · page 2

A cage in a mine fell 300 fathoms. Ten bodies have been recovered, some so terribly crushed as to be unrecognisable. Twenty-one are missing, and it is…

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Accident to Rev. R. Elliott

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 October 1919 · page 4

The Queanbeyun Advocate states:—An accident of a serious nature betell the Rev. R. Elliott on Wednesday He was cranking his car when it suddenly ran…

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Baby Drowned. Murder Charge Fails

Young Witness · Tuesday 28 October 1919 · page 1

Catherine Olive Clancy, a young woman, was charged at the Bathurat Circuit Court on Friday, before Judge Ferguson with having murdered her…

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Railway Fatality. Trolly Run Down. SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 October 1919 · page 1

Peter O'Shea and William Davies were returning home from Gundagai to Coolae on a railway trolley, when it was overtaken by a water train. O'Shen was…

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Run Down by Train. Fettler Terribly Injured. Gundagal

Young Witness · Tuesday 28 October 1919 · page 2

Peter Shea, fettler, was returning from Upper Coolae on a [?] on Saturday night, when he was run down by the water train…

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Rescued From Drowning. Incident at Robert's Park

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 October 1919 · page 2

An exciting incident occurred at Robort's Park, North Goulburn, on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. A. Woods, Clifford-street, and a…

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Accident to Stage Villian

The Yass Courier · Thursday 30 October 1919 · page 6

Mr. Rutland Beckett, who plays the villain in “ The Death or Glory Boys” at the Grand Opera House, Sydney, on Saturday night followed…

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Shocking Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 October 1919 · page 4

A Berlin message states that a passen Paris, Oct. 26.— Torrential rains at Kranowitz (Silesia). Some carriages and waggons caught fire, while smuggled…

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Accident and Sensation

The Yass Courier · Monday 3 November 1919 · page 2

RHV. R. ELLIOTT’S ACCIDENT. The Rev. U. Elliot, of Queanbeyan, met with a serious accident last week. It appears that he was crank…

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Injured While Bathing. Young Man Paralysed

Young Witness · Tuesday 4 November 1919 · page 1

ORAXGE, Monday, — Raymond, son of Mr. Simon Eslick, of Bloomfield, aged 20, when out with a fishing party on Macquire River, 40 miles from…

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Peculiar Accident. Mother and Daughter Burned Goulburn

Young Witness · Tuesday 4 November 1919 · page 1

While burning some rubbish at their residence, Buffalo City, on Sunday, Mro. Phoebo Jane Debnam and her daughter were burned about the body,…

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