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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

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Lift Accident. One Man Killed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 January 1920 · page 4

A lift containing a motor chassis weighing about 5 tons crashed to the ground floor in the premises of Mr. Samuel Wright, coachbuilder, Harris-st.,…

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Fatality at Wattamondara. Young Man's Sad End

The Burrowa News · Friday 2 January 1920 · page 3

Mr. Roy Houlistan, Of Wattmondara, while breaking in a young horse, was killed by the animal rearing over and falling on him…

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An Extraordinary Accident. Railway Trucks "Started" by High Wind

Young Witness · Friday 2 January 1920 · page 4

HAY.—A serious trucking accident occurred at Groongal siding, while Argyle M'Farland, manager of Groongal, and several men were loading…

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Shooting Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 4

Edward Greenwood was admitted to the District Hospital on Thursday afternoon suffering from a shotgun wound in the leg. He was shooting…

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Vehicular Collision

Young Witness · Tuesday 6 January 1920 · page 2

A collision between a sulky and a motor cycle in Burrowa street on Sunday afternoon happily did not involve serious consequences. One…

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Motor Car Fatality. Inquest on Victim. Motor Driver Gives Evidence

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 January 1920 · page 2

Before Mr. W. S. Arnott, City Coroner, the inquest was opened this (Tuesday) morning on the victim of the motor car fatality in Sloane-street on Saturday…

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Shocking Fatality. Car Plunges into Chasm. Sad Result of Saturday's Storm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 January 1920 · page 4

A shocking accident occurred in Goulburn on Saturday, ending in the death under tragic circumstances, of Mrs. Irene Dinah Stewart, wife of Mr. Charles…

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Sad Fatal Accident

Young Witness · Tuesday 6 January 1920 · page 1

GRENFELL—An accident, which resulted in the death of a little boy named A[?]n Gordon Morris, aged 6 and a half years, happened at…

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Collision in France. Twenty Injured in Hospital. (Published in "The Times.")

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 January 1920 · page 4

Two trains on the Paris-Versailles railway collided at St. Cloud on a bridge. Four coaches were splintered. Twenty injured persons are in hospital…

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Motor Car Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 January 1920 · page 2

Nimmitabel, Wednesday.—Returning to Cooma at 1 o'clock this morning, John James Thornton. a labourer, of Nimmitabel, and a driving party of six met with…

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Pea Rifle Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 January 1920 · page 4

Holbrook.—Sylvester Cannon ((22), a letter-carrier, died in the Albury Hospital this morning, as the result of being accidentally shot in the stomach…

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Schoolboy Drowned. Victim of Surfing

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 January 1920 · page 2

George Back, a schoolboy, aged 11, was drowned while surfing at Dee-Why yasterday. The body has not been recovered…

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Health in the Home. How to Undress Injured Persons

The Yass Courier · Thursday 8 January 1920 · page 5

There is much difficulty in undressing a patient after a serious accident. Extreme care must be taken to give the injured poison as little pain as possible,…

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Sad Fatal Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 January 1920 · page 4

An accident which resulted in the death of a little boy named Allen Gordon Morris, aged six and a half years, happened at Adelargo. The…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 2

On Friday a little boy named Byrne, three years of age, fell and broke his right thigh. He was admitted to the public hospital, where the fracture was…

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Motor Car Fatality

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 12 January 1920 · page 4

A motor car fatality is reported from Nimmitabel. Returning to Cooma at 1 o'clock on Wednesday morning last, John James Thornton,…

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Motor Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 January 1920 · page 4

The inquest into the cause of death of Irene Dinah Stewart, the victim of the motor fatality after the storm on the 3rd was concluded yesterday, the Coroner…

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Motor Car Fatality. Inquest Resumed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 January 1920 · page 2

The Goulburn Coroner, Mr. W. S. Arnott, on Monday afternoon resumed the inquest into the death of Irene Dinah Stewart, the victim of…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 January 1920 · page 4

A man named McLaughlin was riding his bicycle at Gundary on Saturday when he fell and broke his collar-bone…

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Motor Fatality. Collision in Anzac Parade. Sydney

Young Witness · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 2

A motor car collided with a stone coping on Anzac Parade at Moore park this morning. The driver saw a motor cycle appreaching on the…

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