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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

429 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 22

Motor Fatality. Young Man Arrested

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 2

Thora Martz, aged nine who was knocked down by a motor cycle at Pens hurst,-died in the hospital. The police. have arrested Kennetli Ritchie (18),…

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Accident at Pictures

Young Witness · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 2

The piqtures on Saturday night came to an abrupt ending. The cause of the trouble was in the motor, dynarao. The management did…

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A Nasty Accident

Young Witness · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 2

Mr. Patrick Smythe of Thuddungra road whilst caring wheat at Quamby met with a nasty accident. It appears that Mr. Smythe was using…

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Current News. Mail Sulky Accident

Young Witness · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 2

Yesterday morning whilst, the country mails were being despatched from the Young Post Office some [?]ing startled the horse attached to…

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Motor Accident. Ex-goulburn Residents. Death of Little Girl

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 2

Mrs. J. McRae and her little piece. Thora Martz, who were injured on Christmas Day through a motor crashing them are known in Goulburn…

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Accident at Towrang

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 2

Mrs. R. Morphett, an old and well known resident of Towrang met with a painful accident on Monday falling and breaking her thigh-bone She…

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Steamer Capsizes. Seven Drowned, Four Missing. Times. LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 4

Seven were drowned and four are missing through the capsizing of the German steamer Fehmarn in the North Sea in a gale on Saturday. Survivors…

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Wombat. a Serious Accident

Young Witness · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 4

Whilst driving along the Wailendbeen road on Monday, Mrs Charies Gledhill of Wombat was thrown out of a Bulky and seriously inqured. Two…

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Motor Accident

The Yass Courier · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 2

The “ Penny Post ” says:—Mrs. J. McRae and her little niece, Thora Martz, who were injured on Christmas Day through a motor crashing…

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Motor Accident. Medical Student Killed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 4

A collision between a motor car and a jinker in Macquarie-st., Sydney, on Tuesday night, resulted in the death of Samuel Asher, aged 21, a medical…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Wednesday. Tourists' Escape. Motor Car Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 4

A motor car containing a party of tourists skidded near Oberon, ran up an embankment, and completely overturned The occupants wore thrown clear…

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Fatal Explosion Fourteen Killed Twenty Injured. Athens, January 5th

Young Witness · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 1

An explosion of a shell aboard the Greek destroyer Leon killed fourteen and injured twenty…

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Crashed Into Tram Bolting Horses Killed Four People Injured Sydney

Young Witness · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 1

Two horses attached to a lorry, took fright at a plece of paper in Botany Road last night and bolted. They crashed into a tram, and the…

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Hackney Stabbing Verdict of Accidental Death London, Wednesday Night

Young Witness · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 3

It the inquest, on Hyman Coleman, a butcher's assistant, at Hackney, who was found stabbed after a visit to the cinema, the jury accepted the…

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Woman Drowned at Manly

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 January 1922 · page 4

Mrs. Harriet Campey, aged 46, who resided at Lewisham, was drowned in th surf at North Steyne, Manly, this morning. It appears that a number of…

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Accident at Goodshed. Mr. J. Mitchell Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 January 1922 · page 4

Mr. John Mitchell, of "The Towers," was on Monday afternoon engaged in unloading cells of wire from a truck in the yards near the railway…

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Surfing Tragedy a Woman Drowned SYDNEY

Young Witness · Tuesday 10 January 1922 · page 1

A surfing fatality occurred at Manly this morning, when Mrs. Campey was carried out with seven other people. The life savers swam out…

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Railway Clerk Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 2

Mr. Mervyn Armstrong, son of Mr. Herbert Armstrong, was on Wednesday night seriously injured in the Goulburn railway yards, and is at…

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Child's Simple Accident

Young Witness · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 2

Thomas Hancock, aged 3 years, son of Mr and Mrs Bert Hancock. whilst walking along with his mother, had the misfortune to slip and break…

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Riding Accidents a Jockey Injured

Young Witness · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 1

C. L. Keir, the well known country jockey, was riding the racehorse Simeroo, on the Grenfell track, when the mare fell heavily in coming round…

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