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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

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Sad Shooting Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 4

Crow's Nest (Q.)—A sad shooting accident occurred here, when Gladys Brisbane, aged 11 years, daughter of Sergeant Brisbane, was shot dead. Sergeant…

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Boy Drowned. Sydney

Young Witness · Tuesday 20 January 1920 · page 2

A bay nomes Man Thompson, residing at Coogee, wh[?] bathing in the breakers with his brother was carried out. His body has not been…

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Returned Soldier Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 2

Hay, Wednesday.—Thomas Bradley aged 28, a resident of Captain Flat, and a returned soldier, has neon accidentally drowned in the river near the Hay Bridge…

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Bicycle Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 2

A young man named Albert Brown, living at Gundary, and working for Messrs. King and Armstrong, was rather seriously injured this…

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Sensational Bolt at Wagga. Rider Seriously Injured

Young Witness · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 6

WAGGA.—A serious accident occurred on Tuesday in the principal street, where the traffic is very heavy, resulting in a young man…

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Motor Accident. Man Killed Near Yass

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 4

Yass, Thursday.—Mr. Joseph Winter, a well-known resident and a former storekeeper here, was killed as a result of a motor accident on the Good Hope Road,…

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Fatal Motor Accident

The Yass Courier · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 2

A sensation was caused in Yass on Thursday afternoon last when it was reported that a fatal motor accident [?]ad occurred about 5 miles…

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Double Fatality. Brave Officer Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 4

In a brave but unsuccessful attempt to save a young woman who had been carried out by the undertow at Palm Beach on Sunday afternoon. Lieutenant-Colonel…

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Double Drowning Fatality. Surfer and Rescuer Perish

Young Witness · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 1

SYDNEY—A double drowning fatality occurred at Palm Beach on Sunday, resulting in the death of Johanna Mary Rogers, 33, and Lieut.-Colonel…

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Motor Cycling.—rider Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 2

Lithgow, Monday.—Lithgow Motor Cycle Club's races were held on the Hartley course to-day. In the 33 miles race Palmer, of Sydney, attempted to turn a…

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Found on Wayside Farmer and Daughter Injured

Young Witness · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 2

On Friday afternoon last, whilst Messrs Geo. Cousins. W. H. Simpson, and S. A Goodsell were returning to Grenfell along the Young road, about…

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Accident to Aeroplane

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 January 1920 · page 4

Tamworth, Tuesday.—Lieut. J. H. Butler arrived in Tamworth, accompanied by Mr. T. J. Bradstreet. They received a great welcome on the Tamworth racecourse,…

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Shocking Burning Fatality. at Springdale

Young Witness · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 2

A most shocking burning fatality occurred at Springdale at about 4 o'clock on Mondny afternoon. Mrs. Mary Berger, widow of the late…

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Crushed to Death. Waggon Wheel on Chest. Fatality at the Rock. Wagga

Young Witness · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 2

The fifteen year old son of Mr. George McMeekin, Mangoplah, was killed on Wednesday morning by a wheel of a chaff-laden waggon pass…

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Fatal Burning Accident

Young Witness · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 4

Mrs Mary Berger, 56. wife of a landowner at Springdale, near Temora, died in a private hospital from burns. She was using a spirit…

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Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 4

While a train was being shunted into No.1 platform at Flinders-street station, Melbourne, It struck a stationary engine. Four carriages were much splintered. One…

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Accident at Goulburn Coal Stage

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 2

This morning a single man named Burns, working at the Goulburn Round House, was engaged shovelling coal from a narrow planking 65 feet above…

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Strange Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 1

Brisbane, Sunday.—A fatality occurred during cricket practice at Tinana yesterday. Charles Coo (30) played at a "full tosser," which glanced off the bat and…

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Motor Cycle Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 2

Phyllis Manning, 13, was killed and her brother badly Injured as the result of a motor cycle and sidecar driven by the latter colliding with a cart at Manly. The…

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Drowned While Bathing

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 1

Ernest Marsh, 31, an attendant at Sydney Hospital, was drowned while bathing in National Park…

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