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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

429 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 10 of 22

Little Girl Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 June 1922 · page 2

Little Miss Jean Roberts, daughter of Mr . V. Roberts, of Citizen-street, met with a painful accident on Tuesday afternoon. She was riding her…

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Railway Accident Sydney

Southern Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 June 1922 · page 1

The body of the man who was imutilated by a train at Asquith on Saturday has been identified as that of John Thomas Davies, a laborer aged…

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Railroad Fatality Ganger Killed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 June 1922 · page 4

William Taylor, ganger, Alfred Schofield, labourer, and William Bullman, labourer, were travelling along the railway line near Dubbo on a…

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Accident on Railway Works. One Man. Killed. Another Seriously Injured. Dubbo

Young Witness · Thursday 29 June 1922 · page 4

A serious accident in which a man lost his life and another badly injured, occurred at tho Dubbo Molong railway construction works, close to…

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Train Accident. Six Carriages Overturned. Sixty People Thrown Out. Only Few Injured

Young Witness · Thursday 29 June 1922 · page 2

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—An excursion train capsized on the Muigrave Central Sugar Mills' train line, near the [?] River, yesterday. The…

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Underground Railway Disaster. 26 Killed-; 60 Injured. LONDON

Young Witness · Thursday 29 June 1922 · page 1

A Berlin message states that 28 were killed and 60 injured in an underground railway disaster in Berlin…

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Recent Accident Motor Cyclist Fined £2. A Question of Lights

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 June 1922 · page 4

The case arising out of the accident that occurred in Sloane-street about three weeks ago, as a result of which Bertram Nelson was severely injured,…

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Accident to a Clergyman

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 June 1922 · page 4

The Rev. F. W. Walker, minister in charge of the North Goulburn Methodist circuit, met with a painful accident on Saturday evening. Climbing up the…

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Railway Fatality.—Mr J. E Lawliss’ Death

The Yass Courier · Monday 3 July 1922 · page 2

An inquest was held at the Court House, Binalong, on 29th June inquiring into the death of James Edward Lawliss, of Binalong, who…

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Shot by Dog Strange Shooting Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 4 July 1922 · page 4

Burleigh McLean, a well known resident of Adelong, went to separate two dogs which were fighting. He placed the butt of his gun between…

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Motor Car Overturns. Four Women Injured

Young Witness · Thursday 6 July 1922 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Four persons were injured in a motor car accident on Now Sandgate road at midnight. The car overturned when…

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Train Derailed. Seven People Killed. Many Injured. VANCOUVER, July 3

Young Witness · Thursday 6 July 1922 · page 3

A message received from Atlantic City states that at least seven persons were killed, 12 are missing, and 40 were injured when the…

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Bendick Murrell. Accident

Young Witness · Thursday 6 July 1922 · page 3

A valuable draught horse, the property of Mr. J. S. Sutherland, was recently drowned in rather a novel manner. The animal was being…

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Fatal Riding Accident. Albury

Young Witness · Thursday 6 July 1922 · page 2

Mr George Gordon, of "de Kerilleau." Wodonga, succumbed to the injuries be received when thrown from a horse while riding over his…

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Shooting Accident. SCONE, Saturday

The Yass Courier · Thursday 6 July 1922 · page 5

Mr R. A. Mitchell, a well-known resident of Scone and district, met with a serious gun accident yesterday afternoon. He, with a party of four…

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Gun Accidents

The Yass Courier · Thursday 6 July 1922 · page 5

In an endeavor to separate two dogs at Adelong on Saturday Mr. Burleigh McLean put the butt of his gun between the animals. The…

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Railway Accident LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 July 1922 · page 4

Reuter's Strasburg correspondent states that three persons were killed and 30 injured in the derailment of the Strasburg-Paris express near Sarrebourg…

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Fatality at Binalong. Fettler's Sad End. Run Down by a Goods Train

The Burrowa News · Friday 7 July 1922 · page 4

On Thursday morning of last week, the Burrowa Coroner, Mr B Morgan, was advised that a fettler had been kilied on the railway line…

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Pea Rifle Accident

Young Witness · Saturday 8 July 1922 · page 6

At lunch hour on Tuesday, three young boys, Masters Douglas, Elkins and Longhurst, of Junee were playing with a poa, rifle, when Douglas…

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Woman Killed. Fatal Motor Collision. Sydney

Young Witness · Tuesday 11 July 1922 · page 2

The death occurred to-day of Mrs. Annie Robinson, 72, the victim of the motor car collision in Macquarie St., City, last night when three others…

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