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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

429 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 7 of 22

Sir Ross Smith Killed. Lieut. Bennett Fatally Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 April 1922 · page 4

Sir Ross Smith and Lieutenant J. M. Bennett were killed on Thursday in England. They met their death testing their flying machine. Sir Ross Smith…

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Cut to Pieces Goulburn La[?]d's Shocking Death Railway Fatality at Barmedman

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 April 1922 · page 2

A shocking of death awaited Edwin Stanley Nelson a Goulburn youth, upon his arrival at Barmedman (be-tween Temora and Wyalong), on…

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Fatality at Barmedman

Young Witness · Thursday 20 April 1922 · page 3

An awful railway fatality was reported from Barmedman, and although the particulars are meagre, it appears a Goulburn boy Edwin…

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Fifty Dead, Hundreds Injured VANCOUVER

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 April 1922 · page 4

Fifty have been killed and hundreds injured by floods and cloudbursts in Western Indiana…

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Found Drowned

Young Witness · Saturday 22 April 1922 · page 6

Albury, Tuesday.—On Easter Monday the body A a young man named Brookson was found in two feet of water,in a pond near Edben Weir…

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Child Loses Finger. Accident at Eastgrove

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 April 1922 · page 2

While playing with a mincing machine yesterday afternoon, little Norah Cowling, the seven-year-old daughter of Mr. Ernest Cowling, a resident of…

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Shooting Accident at Taralga

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 April 1922 · page 4

Mrs. J. J. Walsh, of The Pines. Taralga, was shot through the muscular part of the left arm as the result of the accidental discharge of a…

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Shocking Accident. Steel Tube in Boy's Face Sydney

Young Witness · Thursday 27 April 1922 · page 2

Horace Fyle, aged 14, residing at Cardigan Street Glebe was badly injured by an explosion at his home to-day. He was handling an acetylene…

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A Fatal Accident. Fall Over a Cliff. Miss Marjorie Cassidy Killed

The Burrowa News · Friday 28 April 1922 · page 4

As the result of falling down a cliff at Moonee Point, Hawkesbury River, 25 feet, a picnic party was conveyed to the Royal prince…

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Drowned in a Storm LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 29 April 1922 · page 2

Reuter's Havre correspondent states that seventeen of the crew, including the captain, of the three thousand ton steamer Depute Albert Taillandier…

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Found Dead in Macquari[?] Place. Verdiot of Accidental Death SYDNEY

Young Witness · Saturday 29 April 1922 · page 4

The City Coroner opened an inquiry to-day Into the death of Lindsay Gordon McDowell, 28, married, an accountant, who was found dead…

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A River Mystery. Wagga Resident Drowned WAGGA

Young Witness · Thursday 4 May 1922 · page 1

Something of a mystery attaches to the sudden death on Sunday morning of Martin Brandt, it resident of Murray Street. Wagga, whose body was…

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Tram Mishap. Peculiar Accidents. Melbourne

Young Witness · Thursday 4 May 1922 · page 1

While rounding a curve at the corner of Spring and Collins streets last evening, the gripping apparats of a cable jolted so violently that the car…

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Tram Accidents. Melbourne Sensation

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 May 1922 · page 4

A tram overturned at the intersection of Spring and Collins streets, Melbourne, last night. Five men, including the gripman and conductor…

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Mr. Hughes' Accident. Tour Dancelled. Grafton

Young Witness · Saturday 6 May 1922 · page 1

The Prime Minister had a fairly good night after the accident. Dr. Earl Page, who is attending him, said that Mr. Hughes would have a…

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Accident to Prime Minister

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 May 1922 · page 4

Mr. Hughes broke his collar bone through a fall from his horse, a restive animal, at South Grafton on Thursday. Dr. Earle Page attended the patient. The…

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Motor Cycle Smash. Crashes into Embankment. Two Men Injured. Sydney

Young Witness · Tuesday 9 May 1922 · page 1

As a result of their motor cycle and side car crashing int oan embankment at Prospect yesterday, Edward Drummer 25 years, of Lilyfield, sustained…

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Tornado in Texas. 10 Persons Killed, 50 Injured. New York, May 5

Young Witness · Tuesday 9 May 1922 · page 2

A message has been received from Austin, Texas; stating that a tornado has occurred there. Ten persons are reported to have…

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Accident at Komungla

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 May 1922 · page 4

Ernest Gray, a Goulburn jockey, was on Saturday injured at Komungla while races were in progress. His leg was fractured, and he was brought to…

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Fatality at Gunning. Result of Burning Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 May 1922 · page 4

Mr. J. C. Timms (Coroner) held an inquiry at Gunning on Saturday into the death of Daphne Ella Lawton. Sgt. Bradshaw stated that at 11…

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