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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

417 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 8 of 21

Mysterious Accident. Man's Leg Smashed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 May 1921 · page 2

Mr. James Kennedy, an old resident of Bourke-street, is at present lying in a very serious condition in the Goulburn District Hospital as the result…

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Drowning Fatality. Braidwood Boy's Death

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 May 1921 · page 4

A sad fatality occurred in Braldwood on Sunday afternoon, tile seventeen-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs Fred McCure, of Braidwood meeting ,His…

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Trains Collide. Collision at Cowra. Two Passengers Injured. Brakes Minimise Damage

The Burrowa News · Friday 13 May 1921 · page 4

A railway collision between a Passenger train and a stationl[?] goods train occurred near the Cowra railway station on…

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Drowning Fatality

Young Witness · Saturday 14 May 1921 · page 2

A sad fatality occurred in Braidwood on Sunday last, the serventeen-months old son of Mr and Mrse Fred McCure of Braidwood, meeting his death by…

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P. and O. Liner Damaged Collision in Channel. LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 May 1921 · page 2

The Times states that the P. and O. liner Benalla, which is ashore in Pevensey Bay, collided with the oil tanker Patella in a fog. Neither vessel was…

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Collision in a Fog. Steamer Benalla Ashore. No Lives Lost. London

Young Witness · Saturday 14 May 1921 · page 1

The steamer Bendalia, on route from Sydney, is ashore in Pevensey Bay as the result of a collision with an unknown vessed in a fog No loss…

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A Painful Accident

Young Witness · Saturday 14 May 1921 · page 4

William Nicholls, aged 2, slipped on the floor at his parents' residence Wombat, on Thursday and broke his thigh. Mr. Robinson brought the…

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Planing Machine Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 May 1921 · page 2

As Mr. Frank E. Emerton was working on Friday afternoon in the workshop, Clinton-street, of his employer, Mr. Dupille, carpenter and joiner, he had…

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Death Follows Accident. a Mysterious Occurrence

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 May 1921 · page 2

Mr. James Thomas Kennedy, an old and widely-known resident of Goulburn died in the Goulburn District Hospital on Friday after a painful illness…

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Fatal Collision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 May 1921 · page 4

Robert Alexander was remanded at Newtown Police Court to-day charged with having slain Thomas Burton, who was killed on Saturday night in a…

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Men Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 May 1921 · page 3

At Alstonville, where heavy rain has fallen, on Monday morning Mr. Fred. Green, a returned soldier, accompanied by Mr.Dixon Bailey, was crossing Howard's…

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One Killed—two Injured

Young Witness · Tuesday 17 May 1921 · page 2

Mr. Thomas Burton, living at Five Dock, was killed in a collision between a motor car and a sulky in Parramatta road, Camperdown, on…

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Benalla Collision. How the Hours of Waiting Were Spent. Scantily Clad Dancers. London

Young Witness · Tuesday 17 May 1921 · page 1

Passengers on the Benalia which collided with another vessel, were not allowed to leave the deck until the vessel was beached…

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Accident at Demondrille

Young Witness · Tuesday 17 May 1921 · page 2

While driving a horse and dray at the Demondrillo railway duplication works, yesterday, William Friend sustained a fall and was conveyed to…

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Fortunes Made by Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 May 1921 · page 2

It was the burning of a starch factory that first revealed the adhesive qualities of scorched starch and introduced cheap gum…

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Double Railway Accident. LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 May 1921 · page 2

Reuter's Limoges correspondent reports that four were killed and fourteen injured through the derailing of the Paris Toulon express. Seven were killed and…

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An Injured Colt. Claim for Damages. Fenton v. Dr. Henry

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 May 1921 · page 4

Wm.Fenton, of McAlister, sued David Colvin Henry, medical practitioner of Crookwell, at the Goulburn District Court on Wednesday, before…

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Motor Fatality. One Killed Four Injured. Mount Victoria

Young Witness · Saturday 21 May 1921 · page 1

A motor car missed the road and hit an electric light post here last night. Mr. Fred Clarke, traveller for Robert Reld and Co., was killed…

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Motor Car Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 21 May 1921 · page 2

A fatal motoring accident occurred at Mount Victoria on Thursday night, when a car ran over an embankment at the side of the road. There were five…

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Fell Through Skylight. Accident at Goulburn Hotel

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 21 May 1921 · page 4

Selwyn Armitt, an employee at the Grand Central Hotel, while cleaning windows fell through the glass of a skylight window in the dining-room of…

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