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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

417 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 9 of 21

Distinguished Airman Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 May 1921 · page 4

Colonel Walter Oswald Watt, O.B.E., Croix de Guerse, and Legion of Honor, was drowned in the surf near Newport on Saturday morning. It is thought…

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Car Overturned. Five Passengers Injured. Bank Manager Seriously Hurt. Lismore

Young Witness · Tuesday 24 May 1921 · page 2

A car owned and driven by Mr. J. Dunn, when near Ballina, yesterday skidded and overturned. The five occupants were injured. Mr…

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Sensational Motor Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 May 1921 · page 4

A sensational accident occurred near Ballina yesterday, when a motor car containing five persons in attempting to pass another car skidded, struck…

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Armstrong and Collins Injured. LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 May 1921 · page 4

Armstrong is suffering from the after effects of yesterday's blow. The shock is worse than anticipated, though it is expected that he will be thoroughly fit…

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Football Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 May 1921 · page 2

H. Walcott, of the Waratah Football Club, had a painful accident in the match on Saturday. To falling he twisted his right ankle. The lower portion…

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Accident at Camp

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 May 1921 · page 4

Private E. L. Weston, of Goulburn, met with an accident at Liverpool Camp last week. sustaining a fractured collarbone. He is at present in the…

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A Sad Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 May 1921 · page 1

Mudgee, Thursday.—A shooting fatality occurred at Combo, near Wollar, yesterday. William Kenning, an old lesidnt returned from a shooting…

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Accident to Overlanders

Young Witness · Saturday 28 May 1921 · page 6

DARWIN, Friday.—Birtles and Fry who are overlanding to Darwin, were rendered unconscious by their car capsizing 200 miles from Darwin…

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Accidentally Drowned

Young Witness · Tuesday 31 May 1921 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—The City Coroner gave a verdict that Colonel Watt was accidentally drowned through falling into the water and striking his…

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Motor Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 May 1921 · page 4

Lila Tyres (20) was killed at Mildura yesterday through a collision between a motor car, which she was driving, and a jinker…

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Cycle Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 May 1921 · page 2

A young man, Mr. Alf. Leach, met with a nasty accident about nine miles from Goulburn, on the Taralga road, the fork of his bicycle snapping…

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Motor Fatality

The Yass Courier · Thursday 2 June 1921 · page 6

Late on Saturday night Alfred G. Green, 44, of Spo[?]forth-street, Neutral Bay, was knocked down by a motor car at Cre[?]orne Junction and…

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Shocking Fatality. Accident on Binda Road. Young Man's Terrible Death. Crookwell

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 June 1921 · page 4

A shocking accident accurred on the Binda Road yesterday, a young man named George Writer receiving such terrible injuries that he died to-day…

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Manslaughter Charge. Collision with Motor Car. Sydney

Young Witness · Thursday 2 June 1921 · page 1

An inquest was held to-day concer[?]g the death of Thes. Burton, who died from injuries recently. received at Camperdown. The…

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Two Unusual Accidents at Wagga

Young Witness · Thursday 2 June 1921 · page 2

WAGGA.—Two North Wagga residents met with accidents, one of which ended fatally, in peculiur circumstances, while William Henry Price, a…

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Motor Accident. SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 June 1921 · page 2

A motor car collided with a verandah post in Balmain this morning with the result that the driver and a passenger named Bardsley were injured and the car…

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Echo of Binalong Accident. Wife Sued for Funeral Expenses

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 June 1921 · page 2

In the Young District Court on Wednesday, before his Honor Judge Bevan, the widow of the late .Albert Edward Taylor, one of the men who was killed…

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Kenmore Fatality. Inquest This Morning. Verdict of Accidental Death

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 June 1921 · page 2

The City Coroner, Mr. W. S. Arnott held an inquiry this (Thursday) morning into the death of Edie McEwan, 18, who died on Sunday afternoon after being…

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Shocking Fatality Near Goulburn. Young Woman Killed

Young Witness · Tuesday 7 June 1921 · page 2

As the result of a startling accident on Sunday afternoon near Kenmore, caused through a holting horse, Miss Edle Mckeown, aged 20 was thrown…

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Second Test Match. Injured Players. LONDON,Monday

Young Witness · Tuesday 7 June 1921 · page 1

Collins right thumb is still sore and bruised around the bone. It is rumored he will be absent from the second test match…

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