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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

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Farmer Fatally Injured

Young Witness · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 6

WAGGA.—Ralph A. Hancock, 53, was badly injured on his farm near the Gap late on Monday afternoon, and died the same night. Hancock…

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Boys and Detonators. a Child Seriously Injured

Young Witness · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 1

MUDGEE.—Two children, sons of James M'Namara, a soldier settler at Oban, near Coolah, strayed from their home and went to a well sinkers'…

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Goulburn Schoolgirl Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 2

Thelma McFadzean, the 16-year-old daughter of Mr. Allck McFadzean, of Auburn-Street, was playing in the playground at Bourke-Street Public…

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Accident at Inveralochy. Narrow Escape

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 4

A youth named Will Rawson had a narrow escape from serious if not fatal injury at Inveralochy on Saturday. About midday he was riding one…

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Serious Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 4

A serious accident occurred at Araluen on Wednesday afternoon. William Strudwick, employed on the steel dredge, which is being dismantled prior to being…

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Woman Shot at Wagga. a Camp Accident

Young Witness · Friday 7 May 1920 · page 5

WAGGA.—A young woman, Eileen Foster, was admitted to the Wagga District Hospital on Wednesduy at 3.30 p.m. suffering from the effects of…

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Train Crashes Into Lorry. Accident at Temora Yards. Boy's Leg Broken

Young Witness · Friday 7 May 1920 · page 2

TEMORA.—Further particulars are to hand of Saturday morning's mail train. dashing into a light lorry at the Victoria street crossing in the…

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Footballer Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 May 1920 · page 2

In the final of the first grade Ball Competition on Saturday A. Debnam, a member of the South Goulburn team, sustained a knock on the hand and several bones…

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A Child Injured

Young Witness · Tuesday 11 May 1920 · page 1

'Mr. James Rarncy's little daughtor was thrown from her horse while riding home from school at landra last week, breaking her arm Juut…

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Motor Fatality Victorian Police Commissioner

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 May 1920 · page 2

A Melbourne message states that while motoring to his office this morning Lieut.-Colonel Sir George Steward, Chief Commissioner of…

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Exciting Football. Threeplayers Injured; Four Ordered Off

Young Witness · Tuesday 11 May 1920 · page 2

BATHUHST.—At the opening of the a Bthurst Football League's competition on Saturday, A. (Blomfleld (Federals) sustained a fracture of the…

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Painful Burning Accident. Little Girl's Narrow Escape

Young Witness · Tuesday 11 May 1920 · page 1

COWRA.—On Tburaday morning while the little four year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thou. Redfern, of Macassar street, was playing in…

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Police Commissioner Killed. Fatal Motor Accident. Melbourne

Young Witness · Tuesday 11 May 1920 · page 2

Sir Gcorgo Stewnrt, Commissioner of Police, was killed in a motor accirient in Melbourne to-day…

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Burning Accident. Laundress's Clothes Catch Alight

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 May 1920 · page 1

Annie Perry, a laundress was conveyed to a hospital to-day in a critical condition. It appears her clothing caught fire while she was lighting a fire under a copper…

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Painful Accident Man's Hand Caught in a Chaffcutter

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 13 May 1920 · page 2

A young man named Austin Davis, of Cunningham Creek, near Murrumburrah, met with a painful accident on Tuesday last. He was…

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Collision at Ryde. Sydney

Young Witness · Friday 14 May 1920 · page 2

A tram bound for the city collided with a horse and cart at Ryde this morning. Three persons were injured. The cart shaft penetrated a…

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Alone in Agony. Coach Driver's Accident

Young Witness · Friday 14 May 1920 · page 3

MUNGINDI.—A serious coach smash occurred about 6 o'clock on Sunday evening three miles from St. George, when Cobb and Co.'s coach…

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Motor Car Collision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 May 1920 · page 4

Cars owned by Mr. C. Grigg, Braidwood, and Mr. A. Bopping, of Ballalaba, collided on the road at a spot a few miles from Braidwood on…

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Accident. Goulburn Trainer Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 May 1920 · page 2

Mr. Paddy Thomas. the well-known local trainer. was breaking in a young horse on Monday, when he was thrown and sustained severe…

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Sixteen Injured. One Man's Serious Condition Crowded Tramcars Collide

Young Witness · Friday 21 May 1920 · page 5

SYDNEY.—Sixteen persons were injured in a rear-end collision between two crowded trains on Botanyroad, Waterloo, on Wednesday. The…

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