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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

429 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 5 of 22

Car Fatality. Motorists Who Went to Sleep. Sad Incident Near Wyalong. West Wyalong

Young Witness · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 1

A returned soldier, Patrick B[?]rell, met bis death in sad circumstances. He and James Wood, drove a man who had been injured, to the hospital,…

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Fatal Riding Accident

Young Witness · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 2

A fatal accident occurred near Grong Grong. James Curle aged 53, was thrown from a horse which trampled on him. He died about four…

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Accident at Saleyards

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

During the progress of Messrs. O. H. Furner and Co.'s horse sale at-the yards this afternoon Mr. Geo. Christie was seriously hurt. He was standing…

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Unusual Accident. Car Crashes Into Sulky, Cab, and Bicycle

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

An unusual accident occurred in Auburn street shortly after five o'clock on Monday afternoon. Four vehicles— a motor-car, a sulky, a cab, and a…

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Motor Fatality

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

A shocking motor fatality occurred at two o'clock this morning at Fitzroy, near Melbourne. It appears that two cars collided at the intersection of…

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Fatal Motor Collision. Young Woman Kille.d MELBOURNE

Young Witness · Thursday 9 March 1922 · page 1

A collision between two motor cars occurred in Fitzroy this morning early, resulting in then death of Annie Gleeson, aged 24, of Lygon street…

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A Peculiar Accident

Young Witness · Thursday 9 March 1922 · page 4

BRISBANE.—Mrs. Ferris, wife of G. W. Ferris, of Pinbarren was killed as the result of the hood of a motor car which was being driven by her…

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Trapped in Blazing Inferno. Explosion in Cartridge Factory. Ten Girls Succumb. Awful Accident in England. London

Young Witness · Thursday 9 March 1922 · page 4

An explosion at Port Tipton, Staffordshire, killed ten and injured 27 girls who were removing the contents of 160 tons of cartridges. The…

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Casualty List 16 Killed, 40 Injured

Young Witness · Saturday 11 March 1922 · page 1

Yesterday's casually roll now numbers 10 killed and 40 wounded. The behaviour of the natives so far has been exemplary…

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Late Cables Trawler and Passenger Steamer Founder. Eleven Drowned. 14 Missing. Paris

Young Witness · Saturday 11 March 1922 · page 1

A trawler has sunk i- a gale. Fourteen of the crew are missing. AMSTERDAM Friday, A passenger steamor landed in the…

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Motor Cycle Accident. Pinned Under Machine. Man's Leg Bkokex

Young Witness · Saturday 11 March 1922 · page 4

On Tuesday last. Mr. Cotter. a resident of Koorawatha, met with a serious motor cycle accident. He left Koorawatha on Tuesday morning to…

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Dreadful Gun Accident. Cecil Weatherby’s III Luck

The Yass Courier · Monday 13 March 1922 · page 2

A terrible gun accident happened yesterday. Messrs F. Weatherby, F. Seagar, R. Smith and Cecil Weatherby went to Goodhope for…

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Jockey Injured

Young Witness · Tuesday 14 March 1922 · page 2

BATHURST Thursday—Texas Boy in the Flying Handicap at Wimbledon races, stumbled and unseated his rider. Earl Flynn, whom he dragged…

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Harden Fatality

Young Witness · Thursday 16 March 1922 · page 4

Simon Griffith, 69, who was injured by a full at Harden last week, died at the Cootamundra hospital on Saturday. The remains were interred in…

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Violent Tornado. 12 KILLED, 40 Injured. Vancouver, March 15

Young Witness · Thursday 16 March 1922 · page 1

At least 12 were killed and forty injured by a tornado in Gowen, Oklahoma…

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Fatalities and Accidents Youth's Hand Shattered

Young Witness · Thursday 16 March 1922 · page 4

Mr. Fred Weatherby, of North Yass his son Cecil (18) and Mr. Siggs of the railway service at Yass Junction were in a boat duck shooting on the…

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Children Drowned. Fate of a Fishing Party Brisbane

Young Witness · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 1

Ernest West, of Toowong, in company with his wife and two children, were fishing in a flat bottomed boat at Burleigh Heads. The boat was…

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Chicago Fire Central Block Destroyed. Fireman Killed—several Injured

Young Witness · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 2

NEW YORK. Wednesday Night A fire which broke out in Chicago destroyed an entire block in the central business district…

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Pearifle Accident

Young Witness · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 2

Albury, Thursday.—Willam Wool ley (19) and George Gray ([?]) were boating and Bhooting at Doctor's Point yesterday. Woolley asked Gray…

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Accident at Parramatta

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 4

The Sydney Herald reports:—William Eagles, aged 7 years, of O'Connell-street, Parramatta, while running across. Church-street, Parramatta on Tuesday,…

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