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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

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Carter Injured. Gutter Bridge Collapses

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 February 1922 · page 2

William Smith was driving a fourwheeled lorry into the Hibernian Hotel yard on Friday morning, when the gutter bridge collapsed. The…

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Motor Cycle Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 4

Paul Windle, of Sydney, and Roy Musgrave were crossing the Kimo Bridge, Gundagai, on a motor cycle and side car, when a connecting rod broke…

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Another Shark Fatality Feared

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 2

Mr. NormanWhitley (22), a surveyor, has been missing from his temporary residence, Newport, since yesterday morning. It is feared that…

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Fatality at Rye Park

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 2

Boorowa, Monday.—Edward Percival was assisting another man it Rye Park, near Boorowa, to repair the brakes of a waggon, which was…

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Fatality at Gundagai Motor Cycle Hits Stone Wall. GUNDAGAI

Young Witness · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 2

Two Sydney motor cyclists, Messrs Windell and Mosgrove, met with a serious accident while travelling along the Wagga road near…

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Coogee Fatality Heroic Attempt at Rescue Encounter with a Shark Sydney

Young Witness · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 2

Jack Chalmers, who so heroically rescued Michael Coghlan from a shark at Coogeo on Saturday, said to-day that he would rather go to the…

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Circular Saw Accident. Sydney

Young Witness · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 4

At the State Timber Yards this afternoon a circular saw flew from its bearings and struck William Cook in the neck, severing the jugular…

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Motor Accident. Six People Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 4

The Queanbeyan Age says:—A car driven by Mr. A. Gibbs and containing Mrs. W. Gibbs and her baby daughter,. Miss E. Gibbs, Miss Blewitt, and Mr…

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The Coogee Surf Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 1

There were impressive scenes on Monday at the funeral of Milton Singleton Coughlan, who was killed by a shark at Coogee. St. Jude's Church,…

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Motor Cycle Accident

Young Witness · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 2

Mr. E. O'Halloran, a well known agent, of Young, sustained a severe fall from a motor cycle this week, and was later treated at the Sacred Heart…

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Motor Cycle Fatality. Accident at Gundagai

The Burrowa News · Friday 10 February 1922 · page 3

A shocking fatality occurred on Saturday afternoon last. Paul Windle, of Darlinghurst, Sydney, and Roy Musgrove, were crossing…

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Fatal Accident

The Burrowa News · Friday 10 February 1922 · page 2

A remarkable accident which was unfortunately attended with fatal results, occurred on Mr Josiah Southwell's…

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Airship Fatality. LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 4

Reuter's Bordeaux correspondent states that an airship started prematurely before the engines were aboard, crashed into a hangar, and fell to the ground…

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Marulan Resident Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 4

An elderly man named Edwin Sharpe was admitted to "The Pines" Private Hospital on Thursday suffering from a fractured arm, slight shock,…

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Six Drowned. Tragedy of the Surf

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 1

Wellington (N.Z.), Thursday.—An awful tragedy is reported from Greymouth. A big picnic party from Reefton visited the port. Some hundreds…

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Sulky Accident

Young Witness · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 2

Whilst driving home in a sulky from Tumbleton school on Wednesday afternoon, Mr Dunstan Perks, teacher of Yass street. Young, met with a…

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Crushed to Death. Rye Park Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 February 1922 · page 1

On Friday Mr. G. R. Williams, P.M., conducted a magisterial inquiry at the Burrowa courthouse as to the cause of the death of Edward Ernest…

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Riding Accident

Young Witness · Tuesday 14 February 1922 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon, Mr W. Hopwood met with a painful accident. He was riding a horse down town, and when he had reached the…

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Motor Car Fatality. Sydney

Young Witness · Thursday 16 February 1922 · page 1

A Murwillumbah message says that Mrs. O'Neill, who was thrown over an embankment by the capsizing of a motor car on January 27th, died…

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Struck by Lightning. Fatality at Michelago

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 February 1922 · page 4

Another death has occurred at Michelago through lightning. On Wednesday, 8th, Mr. James Cotter, aged 82, a highly respected resident…

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