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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

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Sulky Accident. Woman and Child Escape Unhurt

Daily Witness · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 2

Mrs. S. T. Dean and her infant child were very fortunate in not being now in hospltal with broken limbs. While driying a horse and sulky into town…

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Iandra Farmer Injured

Daily Witness · Wednesday 9 January 1924 · page 2

Mr. L. E. Smith, a farmer, of Iandra, was riding a horse bareback on his farm, when the animal ran into a fence and twisted the rider's…

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Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 9 January 1924 · page 3

On Thursday last Mrs. Jas. Lark ham, of Redground, sustained an injury resulting in a broken wrist. It appears that Mrs. Larkham, who is…

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Surfing Fatality. Large Crowd Witness Rescue. Two Bank Officials Drowned

Daily Witness · Thursday 10 January 1924 · page 2

Two ladies and six members of the local banks staffs went surfing at Ballina last night and got into difficulties with the dangerous…

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Man Killed. Railway Fatality Near Albury

Daily Witness · Thursday 10 January 1924 · page 1

A railway tragedy occurred at Kitmore East, when the Albury express, which led Melbourne at 4 p.m., ran down a railway tricycle on which…

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Dangerous Surf Two Men Drowned Fatalities at Ballina

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 January 1924 · page 2

Six persons got into difficulties in the surf at Ballina yesterady, and were rapidly carried out. A lifeboat, tug and lifesavers promptly went to their…

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Submarine Lost. Collision Off Portland

Daily Witness · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 2

LONDON, Jan. 10—THe submarine L24 is reported to have been lost in a collision off Portlang…

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Tirranna's First Accident Mr. H. T. Boazman Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 2

The first accident, which ever occured on the Tirranna racecourse, happened on Friday afternoon, but fortunately the result was not as serious as…

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Hooligans at Work Man Seriously Injured Two Arrests Made

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 January 1924 · page 1

James Harden (14) was standing in Sydenham Road, Marrickville, last night when a gang of hooligans, whose ages ranged from 14 to 23,…

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Fatal Accident South Coast Man Killed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 January 1924 · page 4

Whilst riding home from the Albion Park Show .on Saturday. William Swan, (36) was thrown from his horse near Yallah and sustained fatal injuries…

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Two Men Drowned. Capsize of a Launch

Daily Witness · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 2

A Wellington (N.Z.) telegram says a launch was caught by a heavy southerly in Cook Strait, and driven ashore on Island Bay, and smashed to…

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Motor Mishap "Gus" Daniel Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 January 1924 · page 2

"Gus" Daniel, the well known local speed king, :net with an accident yesterday afternoon. He was proceeding along Citizen street on his Raleigh,…

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Bicycle Bolts a Barralier Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 January 1924 · page 4

When returning home after a days fishing, Mr. Ossie Cameron lost control of his bicycle while decending a steep hill. He was thrown against a bank…

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Boy and Girl Drowned. River Tragedy

Daily Witness · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 4

A telegram from Launceston to-day stated that Leslie Brown, aged 8. and Daphne Barnes, aged 7, were playing on a log at St. Paul's River…

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Bendick Murrell. Cricket—meetings.—accident.—good Wheat Yield

Daily Witness · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 6

Bendlck Murrell v Bulla Creek. in the competition match played at Bulla Creek on Sunday, Bendlck Murrell were defeated by 95 runs on the…

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Accident

Daily Witness · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 6

Whilst adjusting a breakdown to a header on Saturday, Mr. W. Wildin me with a painful accident. On releasing a bolt, a strong spring…

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Peculiar Accident Motor Driver Scalded

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 2

An accident of an unusual typo occurred on Wednesday. Mr. Francis Belgrove, who drives a motor lorry, was in the act of pouring cool water into the…

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Two Killed. Car Capsizes. Two Seriously Injured

Daily Witness · Monday 21 January 1924 · page 2

A Perth (W.A.) telegram this morning says that a motor car driven by J. Cockram, postmaster at Mogumber, capsized when…

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Miner Injured Accident at Balmain Colliery

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 January 1924 · page 4

William Dorrington (21), a miner, fell down a shaft at the Balmian colliery to-day and sustained injuries to his back and abrasions…

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Youth Drowned at Lockhart

Daily Witness · Tuesday 22 January 1924 · page 2

While bathing in a large dam on the farm of Mr. Cox, a soldier settler, an English youth named Charles Vaughan, aged 17, was drowned…

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