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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 April 1923 · page 2

Whilst cycing past the Broadway Theatre at noon yesterday Master Dave Burke, younger son of Mr, E. E. Burke, chemist, had a narrow escape from…

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Fatal Accident

Young Witness · Saturday 7 April 1923 · page 2

John Guest, a young man, was killed-at Canowindra while cranking up a motor car. The car must have been in gear, because it…

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A Painful Accident

Young Witness · Saturday 7 April 1923 · page 2

On Good Friday as Mr. McGillivray, a milk vendor at Cowra, was riding his motor cycle something went, wrong with the chain, and wit;…

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Motor Cycle Accident

Young Witness · Saturday 7 April 1923 · page 4

On Tuesday last, Mr. George Bell, rabbit inspector for the "Young Pastures Protection Hoard, had a mishap with his motor cycle. He was…

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Goulburn Races Bauble's Handicap. Accident to Jockey McLachlan First Day's Winners Defeated

Southern Morning Herald · Monday 9 April 1923 · page 1

The Goulburn Racing Club's April meeting concluded on Saturday, the attendance, comprising many visitors, being large. The weather was anything…

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Collision at Sea Thirty-one Lives Lost

Young Witness · Tuesday 10 April 1923 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—News reached Sydney by the steamer Changshi of a disastrous colliaion 65 miles from Singapore, involving the less of 31…

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An Unusual Accident

Southern Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 April 1923 · page 2

[?] Mann, of Clinton steet, West Goulburn, met with a painful accident in an unusual manner at his home. He went into the yard prior to retiring, and…

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A Lift Fatality

Young Witness · Thursday 12 April 1923 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Joseph Green, 95, a storeman, was killed by a lift at F. T. Wimble's printer' furnishers. He was jammed between…

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Man Found Injured

Young Witness · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 2

Mr. F. J. Purvis was motoring to Wallendbeen on Tuesday when has came across a man lying full stretch on the road. The man could not…

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Railway Man Injured

Young Witness · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 3

A well known railway employed in the person of Mr. W. Ryan, met with a serious accident on Friday lost, at a result of which he is now an inmate…

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Carter Injured at Adelong

Young Witness · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 2

A serious accident occurred to John Whitley, a wood carter to the Adelong dredge. While loading a horse waggon, the horses moved,…

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O'Connor Inquest Accidental Death Recorded Sydney

Southern Morning Herald · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 2

A verdiet of accidental death was returned to-day in the death of Jockey O'Connor, who fell off his horse at Keneington races on March 31…

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A Nasty Accident

Young Witness · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 3

Rev. C. Wesley, of Cowra, in cross ing the bridge on Friday afternoon on his way to Wattamondara, camto grief. His pony, slipped on an…

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Railway Collision Near Cootamundra Fireman Killed and Passenger Injured Cootmundra

Southern Morning Herald · Monday 16 April 1923 · page 3

A fireman was killed and a passenger terribly injured in a collision between two goods trains at Bauroola siding, near, Cootamundra…

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Fearful Accident at Taemas. Fall Over a Cliff

The Yass Courier · Monday 16 April 1923 · page 3

On Friday the Coroner, Mr. J. W. W. Yeo, held an inquest at Warroo touching the death of George Loff, aged about 40. The…

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Shocking Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 April 1923 · page 2

An unkown man of 50 years of age was run down by a train between [?] and Seven Hills late last night. He was killed, his remains being found…

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Painful Accident Young Carter Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 April 1923 · page 2

George Herman (19), a young man, employed as a carter by Messrs. Thos. Williams and Co, met. with a painful accident at about eleven o'clock on…

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Fatal Collision. Train Smash Near, Cootamundra. Fireman Killed

Young Witness · Tuesday 17 April 1923 · page 4

A railway smash occurred at Bauloora Siding, on the Cootamundra-Temora line, at 5.30 a.m. on Saturday, when a train travelling towards…

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Motor Accident

Southern Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 April 1923 · page 1

A nasty accident happened near Paddy's River crossing on Sunday, when a new Buick car came to grief. The car yesterday was lying upturned on the…

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Motor Accident Driver Fractures Skull Sydney

Southern Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 April 1923 · page 2

Lelie Goldberg, when driving a motor car on Willoughby road early this morning lost control of the vehicle at Flat Rock bridge through the wheels…

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