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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

417 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 6 of 21

Drowned in Copper

Young Witness · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 2

HOBART, Thursday.—Beryl May McCullum, aged 12 months, residing with her parents at Linda, was drowned in sad circumstancees. Her mother…

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Man Seriously Injured

Young Witness · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 4

BATHURST.—Michael G. Murphy, (52) a well known farmer at Rock Forest, is in Bathurst Hospital in a serious condition, suffering from a…

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Burning Accident

Young Witness · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 4

A shocking burning accident occurred on Thursday morning last, when Grace Merriman, aged 13, daughter of Mr. George Merriman, of Jerrawa,…

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Child Fatally Injured

Young Witness · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 2

While drlving from Tallwood to Blayney, and when eressing an overhead bridge near Millthorpe, Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Webster and child were…

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Motor Fatality. Goulburn Child a Victim

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 2

A motor accident resulting in the death of a schoolgirl: named Agatha Taylor, and serious injury to another…

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Plane Crashes. Mechanic Killed, Pilot Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 2

An Avro machine crashed heavily at the aerodrome at Point Cook, Victoria. The pilot, Captain Fryer Smith, and the mechanic, Corporal Whicker, who…

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Sad Fatal Accident

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 3

At Nowra, on Easter Monday. Mr. G. A. Trevanion died from the effects of injuries accidentally received on the previous Friday. The…

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Accident

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Friday 8 April 1921 · page 2

On Sunday afternoon as Mrs. Me Intosh, mother of Mr. John McIntosh of "Woodleigh" and of ex-Cr. Alex McIntosh of Yarranoo, was walking…

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Aeroplane Accident. Machine Crashes to Ground. Death of Air Mechanic. fi

Young Witness · Saturday 9 April 1921 · page 6

MELBOURNE.—As the result of un aeroplane accident at Point Cook on Wednesday, Corporal B. W. Whicker 2½, received injuries which caused his…

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Drowned at Wagga

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 April 1921 · page 4

The body of an elderly man has been found in the Murrumbidgee River at Wagga caught on a snag. The police recall that last Monday night a local resident…

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Motor Car Fatality. SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 April 1921 · page 2

When a motor car was making a trial run at Auckland, N.Z., it capsized. One occupant, Mrs. Wyatt, was killed, and her husband was injured seriously; but…

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Car Fatality

Young Witness · Thursday 14 April 1921 · page 2

AUCKLAND, Tuesday.—When a motor car was making its trial run in Auckland, N.Z., it capsized. Mrs. Wyatt, was killed, and her husband…

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Knocked Down by a Train. Marengo Resident Injured

Young Witness · Thursday 14 April 1921 · page 1

Mr. William Thomas Griffin, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.Griffin, of Marengo, was knocked down by a train near the Erskineville station on…

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Guyba Sensation. No Solution to Mystery. Boy Accidentally Shoots Brother. a Doctor's Vigil. Glen Innes

Young Witness · Thursday 14 April 1921 · page 1

The police have practically abandoned hope of finding a solution of the mystifying stone throwing and [?]tapping at the house of William…

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Accidentally Shot by Her Brother

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 April 1921 · page 4

Hobart, Tuesday.—A shooting fatality occurred on Sunday at the Dee, in the Ouse district, Miss Jessie Bender Ellis, 47 years of age, being…

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Recent Fatality. Goulburn Schoolgirl

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 April 1921 · page 2

An inquiry was held by the Sydney City Coroner (Mr. Jamieson) on Thursday into the death of Agatha Taylor, seven-year-old schoolgirl, who was…

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Drowned in Surf

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 April 1921 · page 1

Charles Moore (23), a butcher, was drowned in the surf at Maroubra yesterday Friends, when they observed him in difficulties, tried to effect a rescue,…

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Two Men Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 April 1921 · page 1

While a number of men were working in a cutting in the Central Railway Station shortly after midnight one of the sides of the trench fell away and partly…

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Motor Cycle Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 April 1921 · page 1

A motor cycle with side-car attached collided with a telegraph post at Auburn Six persons were injured, but only one seriously…

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The Latest. Still Unidentified. Woman Found Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 April 1921 · page 2

The police are more than ever concerned over the non-identification of the body of a well-dressed woman found in the Lane Cove River on Saturday night…

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