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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1919

285 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 9 of 15

Railway Collision. Near Bowral

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 July 1919 · page 4

A slight collision occurred between the Tomora and Cooma mail trains in the Moss Vale-Bowral section on Thursday night…

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Collision Near Bowral

The Yass Courier · Monday 28 July 1919 · page 2

A slight collision occurred between the Temora and Cooma mail trains in the Moss Yale B[?]wral section on Thursday night…

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Fatal Collision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 July 1919 · page 4

Tarer. Saturday.—A shocking fatal accident occurred at Moorland, about 20 miles from Taree yesterday afternoon. Mr. Arnheim, son of a city surveyor, who…

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Pea Rifle Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 July 1919 · page 2

Young, Monday.—Annie Phillips, aged 11, daughter of Mr. Walter Phillips, a share farmer at Crowther, died yesterday morning. as the result of a pea rifle…

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Boy Shoots Sister Sad Accident at Crowther. Pea Rifle Again. "I Couldn't Help It Father!"

Young Witness · Tuesday 29 July 1919 · page 1

Annie Philips aged 11 years, died in the Sacred Heart Hospital. Young, at 6 a.m. on Sunday, from a bullet wound accidentally infilcted by…

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Serious Accident

Young Witness · Tuesday 29 July 1919 · page 2

Quite a [?]ing accident occusred on Tuesday last at the C[?] soldierss settlement, when Mr. Monoghan, who some little time ago was…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 July 1919 · page 2

John A. Croft, 25, wheat lumper, was crossing Auburn-street near the Empire Theatre, about 5.45 on Saturday night, when he came into collision with a motor…

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Accident at Wheat Stack

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 July 1919 · page 2

Allen McFadzean, of Reynolds-street, had a bag of wheat fall upon his foot at the wheat stacks on Tuesday. The injury is not considered serious, but…

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The Recent Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 July 1919 · page 4

The Gundagai "Independent" says:—A Gundagai girl, Miss Susie Bracken, was a passenger on the Temora train, the rear of which was run into by the…

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Crowther Fatality Accidental Death. Coroner's Remarks

Young Witness · Friday 1 August 1919 · page 2

The Coroner (Mr. G. S. Whiteman. J.P.) held an inquiry at Young this morning into the circumstances surrounding the death of Annie May…

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A Lucky Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 1 August 1919 · page 3

If there can be such a thing as a lucky accident it was such that befel Mr. J. Hayes, of Kialla, on Monday evening. It appears that he left his…

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Mysterious Explosion Woman Injured. Incident in a Tram. Sydney

Young Witness · Tuesday 5 August 1919 · page 2

While a tram was going along the Spit Road last night, two explosions occurred under the wheels. Miss Laura Thomson, who was a passenger…

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Accident at Demondrille

Young Witness · Tuesday 5 August 1919 · page 2

HARDEN, Monday.—Mr. Horace Ryan, who is relieving the Demondrille S.M., was this morning caught between the automatic couplings of two…

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Fatal Motoring Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 August 1919 · page 2

Concerning the death of Thomas Yorston Pratt, 49, a wharf-labourer, lately living in Dudley-street, Paddington, an inquiry was conducted by the Sydney…

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Monteagle Accident

Young Witness · Friday 8 August 1919 · page 1

Mick McIllhatton, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McIll[?]atton senr., had the misfortune to again break his arm while playing football. It is…

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Peter Bowling Injured. Motor Car Driver Arrested

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 August 1919 · page 4

Peter Bowling, who was prominent in the Labour movement a few years ago, was knocked down by a motor par last night and sustained concussion of the…

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Children Burnt. a Wombat Accident

Young Witness · Tuesday 12 August 1919 · page 2

A distressing accident happened at Wombat on Sunday. It appears that the children of Mr. Sid Beastey aged two years, five and seven years…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 August 1919 · page 2

Particulars of the accident which occurred in Sydney last week to Wally Deacon, of H.M.A.S. Melbourne, son of Mr. Ernest Deacon, show that the young…

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The Latest. SYDNEY, Tuesday. Railway Accident. Another Narrow Escape

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 August 1919 · page 2

Several trucks and a guardsman, forming portion of a wheat train, became unfastened from the remainder of the train near Glen Innes. The trucks ran…

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Serious Fire at Dubbo. People injured by jumping from Balcony

Young Witness · Friday 15 August 1919 · page 4

Three business places and the State Government Savings Bank building in Dubbo were totally destroyed by fire on Tuesday. The damage is…

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