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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

429 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 2 of 22

Boy Drowned at Queanbeyan

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 1

Queanbeyan, Thursday.— This morning a swimming fatality occurred in the river near the convent, the victim "being th. only son of. Mr. and Mrs. W. Greenwood…

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Pitt Street Sensation. Woman Injured SYDNEY

Young Witness · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 1

A horse and cart bolted in Pitt street near Market street this morning and run on to the crowded street. Dozcus of people had narrow escapes. One…

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Children Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 January 1922 · page 4

Gundagai, Tuesday—Arthur Heywood, aged 7, son of the stationmaster at Coolac, was drowned in Coolac Creek this morning. He was playing with his…

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Launch Fatality Fireman's Story SYDNEY

Young Witness · Thursday 19 January 1922 · page 4

Sitting on the edge of a bed in Sydney hospital, Frederick Wakeheld, a [?]man on the Wee Clyde, told a story of an attempted rescue from…

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Horses Take Feight. Woman Seriously Injured

Young Witness · Saturday 21 January 1922 · page 4

UNGARIE, Thursday.—Mrs. J. Roborts, w[?] of a farmer, was driving with twin babies, and another child when the horse took fright and bolted…

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Railway Cycle Accident

Young Witness · Saturday 21 January 1922 · page 4

On Tuesday night, at 8[?]5, whilst travelling on a railway motor cycle near Cootamundra, a man named Crawley, an electrician attached to…

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Boxing Promoter Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 4

A Wagga telegram states:—A peculiar accident happened on Sunday, when the well-known boxing promoter, James Sharman, of Temora, sustained serious…

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Jimmy Sharman Injured

Young Witness · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 2

A painful accident occurred on Sunday shortly after mid-day to the well known sportsman, Mr. Jimmi, Sharman, at the Pastoral Hotel,…

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Triple Bathing Tragedy Three Young Mon Drowned in Dam. Farmer's Shocking Discovery

Young Witness · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 2

A recently constructed dam on the property of William Rainbow, a well-known farmer at Moyarra, five miles from Korumbubba (Vic.) was the…

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Accident to a Clergyman

The Yass Courier · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 5

The Tumut Times’ says :—The Rev. Sanders, of Moruya, who Is temporarily in charge of the parish of All Saints, having exchanged…

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Strange Accidents

The Yass Courier · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 4

A peculiar accident happened at Wagga the other day, when the wellknown boxing promoter, James Sharman, of Temora, sustained serious…

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Lad Injured

Young Witness · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 2

During the storm at Lallarook, Wally Mackland aged 10, in his hurry to alight from the sulky, to open [?] gate, stepped from the vehicle whilst…

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Wheat Lumper Injured

Young Witness · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 2

Mr. James McDougall, was engaged wheat lumping at Boree Creek on Monday when a bag of wheat became dislodged from the stack, and fell on…

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Buried Alive Mine Fatality BROKEN HILL.Friday

Young Witness · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 1

A miner named Arnold Mitchell was buried alive in South Mine yesterday, and was dead when dug out 90 minutes later…

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Driving Accidents Head Crushed by Waccon Wheel

Young Witness · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 2

COROWA.—A dreadful driviing accident happened on the bridge at Corown on Wednesday afternoon. Mr Joseph Willett, a resident of…

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Father and Daughter Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 January 1922 · page 3

Nowra, Monday—Mr. Kenneth Mackenzie and his daughter, aged 12, were drowned in the Shoalhaven River near their home at Bandanoon, yesterday…

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Drowning Fatalities Week-end Tragedies Sydney

Young Witness · Tuesday 31 January 1922 · page 2

Several people had to be rescued on the Sydney benches on Saturday A girl named Lockeridge was drown ed at National Park on Saturday…

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Surfing Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 February 1922 · page 3

Milton, Truesday:—A fatality occurred here on Sunday afternoon, when Milton Millard, aged 28 years, a son of Mr. Eade Millard, of Five Dock,…

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Soorak Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 February 1922 · page 1

While running in a paddock at Richmond the unbeaten two-year-old Soorak injured one of his hind legs, and it is doubtful whether he will be…

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Trainer Injured on a Racecourse

Young Witness · Thursday 2 February 1922 · page 2

WAGGA.—A serious accident occurred during training operations at the Wagga pony racecource on Saturday. An owner-trainer, T. I. McDonald,…

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