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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

417 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 3 of 21

Terrible Railway Fatality. Teamster Run Down

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 January 1921 · page 2

John Haake evidently did not hear the whistle of a goods train at Franstown town crossing, Dandenong, Victoria, last night,, for he drove a horse…

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Girl's Plucky Rescue. Three Girls Saved From Drowning

Young Witness · Thursday 20 January 1921 · page 1

BRISBANE.—Hazel Benstead, aged 16, a well-developed girl and a good swimmer, on Sunday plucklly rescued three girls who had got into…

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Senator's Death. Result of Train Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 January 1921 · page 2

Senator Guthrie, who was knocked down by a tram in Melbourne last night, died this morning. (Senator Guthrie was a Victorian…

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Jockey Drowned. Flood Fatality at Cooma. Racehorses Washed Away

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 4

Dosing a tropical storm at Cooma on Thursday afternoon a jockey named Cecil Crowe, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Crowe, of Adaminaby, and brother of…

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Terrific Storm. Horse and Man Drowned. SYDNEY

Young Witness · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 2

There was a terrific storm with heavy thunder and lightning at Cooma yesterday afternoon. The Creek ran rapidly carrying away fences and…

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Farmer Drowned Carting Water

Young Witness · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 4

A farmer named Ernest James Fyffe of the Mologa district was drowned on Friday morning while occupied carting water from a dam…

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Rifle Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 1

Lawrence Shanratt (l5½) was examining a rifle at Rockdale when it went off. The bullet penetrated his forearm and then flew upwards,…

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Drowned at Coogee. Surfer Washed Out. Sydney

Young Witness · Thursday 27 January 1921 · page 1

Vivian Cummings.aged 23, residing at Globe, was drowned in the surf at Coogee this afternoon. Cummings went into the water with a friend,…

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Picnic Ends Fatally. Man Drowned in Sight of Wife and Children. Sydney

Young Witness · Thursday 27 January 1921 · page 1

A man named Hardling, a resident of Parramatta while bathing in the Nepean river near Penrith to-day was caught in treacherous current and…

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Accident to Mr Twigg

The Yass Courier · Thursday 27 January 1921 · page 6

The many friends of Mr E. S. Twigg, Mayfield, will be pleased to learn that he is now making good progress towards recovery from the effects…

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Wayside Accident

Young Witness · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 6

Mr. Walter Hargraves, a share farmer who resided in Yass street, Young, met with a painful accident while driving a waggon recently. He…

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J. M. Taylor Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 February 1921 · page 2

J. M. Taylor, the international cricketer, who is a brother of Mrs. J. E. A. Chapman, of Goulburn, met with a. painful accident while playing for Gordon on…

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Bathing Fatality

Young Witness · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 2

A drowning fatality occurred at [?]arragundry, near Wagga, on Saturday night, when Geogre Coates a well-known farmer, who went to the…

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A Sad Fatality

Young Witness · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 2

A sad shooting accident, which has ended fatally, occurred at Snarebrook few miles from Bellhigen, on Sunday. Ernest Hermann (15) was in…

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Railway Porter Killed. Fatality Near Lithgow

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 4

Lithgow, Tuesday. —It Is reported that a shocking accident occurred near Torbane, on the Maidgee line, this afternoon. A junior porter…

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Brickworks Fatality

Young Witness · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—Walter Bourke, a laborer, was killed at the N.S.W. brickworks at Alexandria this afternoon. He was struck on the head…

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Tram Accident—15 Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 2

A tram Proceeding from Northbridge to Milson's Point collided with a motor last evening. The tram was derailed, last evening. The tram was derailed,…

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Little Child Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 4

Joshua Hanlon, aged one year and ten mouths, was missed from his home at Willoughby yesterday. Some hours later the child's body was discovered in a…

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Another Tram Accident. Several Injured. Sydney, Monday night

Young Witness · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 1

Another tram accident occurred to-day. A train was descending Miller street North Sydney, when it ran into a lorry and slid across, striking…

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Goulburn Girl Injured. Miss Marcia McKENNY. Sustains Serious Fracture

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 February 1921 · page 2

In the ladies' champion high jump at the horse carnival in Sydney on Wednesday night two falls occurred, one of which was attended with serious…

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