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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

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Boy and Girl Injured

Daily Witness · Tuesday 22 January 1924 · page 2

Two children of Mr. F. Baker, of Yiddah, met with serious accidents. The boy, Reg, was riding on the grain box of a harvester. He fell…

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Struck by Engine Railway Fettler Injured Accident at Goulburn Yard

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 January 1924 · page 2

Charles Hobbs, a railway fettler, had a narrow escape from serious injury at Goulburn early this morning. As it was he sustained injuries…

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Burrowa Man Drowned

Daily Witness · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 2

After a boat had been swamped and overturned at Hawkesbury River on Sunday, one of the occupants, Roy Tennyson Donnelly, aged 38, of…

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Current News. Ex-ald. Macadam in Motor Collision

Daily Witness · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 2

There was almost no "Merry Widow" last night, (writes yesterday's "Evening News"). Gladys Moncrieff's car was in a collision. But…

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Farmer Injured. Harvester Passes Over Body

Daily Witness · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 1

A farmer named J. Hereward, of Burrowa, was oiling his harvester, when the horses moved. A wheel of the machine passed oveer his body…

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Not Accidental. Recent Fires in Sydney. Fire Officer's Opinion

Daily Witness · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 3

A telegram from Sydney says the Chief Fire Brigades Officer, Mr. Jackson, says he is convinced a large number of the recent fires in and around…

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Sad Drowning Fatality Roy Donnelly the Victim

The Burrowa News · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 4

The sad intelligence was received in Burrowa at midnight on Sunday by Mr and Mrs A. G. Donnelly of the death of…

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Man's Legs Cut Off. Shocking Train Accident

Daily Witness · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 5

James McAndrew, a passenger on a train from Parrametta to Castle Hill last evening, was riding on a carriage platform, when he fell…

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Mining Fatality Crushed by Fall of Coal

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 4

Robert Oliver, employed as miner, was killed on Thursday afternoon, while at work in the north section of Aberdare Colliery at Cessnock…

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Awful Ordeal for Injured Man

Daily Witness · Monday 28 January 1924 · page 2

With both legs fractured, and his left leg severed below the knee as the result of being jammed by an 80-foot log while log-snicking at…

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Police Sergeant Drowned. Sad End of a Holiday

Daily Witness · Monday 28 January 1924 · page 2

Sergt. Thomas Foreman, of the Annandale police, met his death near the entrance to Lake Illawarra yesterday morning, through a boat…

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Sensational Motor Accident. Car Jumps a Fence. Car and Occupants Escape Injury

Daily Witness · Monday 28 January 1924 · page 1

Early on Thursday morning Mr. and Mrs. James O'Neil and family, of Cowra, accompanied by ex-Constable Hamphries, set out for Sydney in…

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Saved From Drowning

Daily Witness · Tuesday 29 January 1924 · page 2

H. Dean, teller at the Commercial Bank at Eehuca, was rescued from drowning by Wilfred Andrew. Dean had ventured out into the…

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Fatality at Bathurst

Daily Witness · Tuesday 29 January 1924 · page 1

Timothy Power, aged 70, was caught in the race traffic at Bathurat. and knocked down by a car. He sus tained fracture of the skull and other…

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Boy Drowned. Playing with a Boat

Daily Witness · Tuesday 29 January 1924 · page 2

An eight year old boy was drowned at Lighgow while playing with a boat in a dam. The water was only four feet deep…

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Railway Shunter Killed. Shocking Fatality at Junee

Daily Witness · Tuesday 29 January 1924 · page 1

A shocking, railway fatality occurred at Junee on Saturday afternoon in sad circumstances. A young man, George Tolhurst,…

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Mac and "The Window." Collision in the Rain

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 29 January 1924 · page 2

Mr. R. M. Macadm arrived back at Young on Sunday night. He has been inundated with enquiries about "the strength of it'' when he was the…

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Bolting Horse Turns Somersault. a Farmer Seriously Injured

Daily Witness · Tuesday 29 January 1924 · page 4

A serious accident in peculiar circumstances ofecurred at Tarcutta, near Wagga. A Well known farmer, Thomas Winterbottom,…

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Safety First Danger of Standing on Train Platform Man Seriously Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 January 1924 · page 2

That there is considerable risk attached to riding on the platforms of moving trains is obvious, and yet many people make a practice of doing it…

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The Latest All Over a Girl Two Men Fight One Seriously Injured SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 January 1924 · page 2

During a dispute in Argyle Cut this morning between George [?]wards sea[?], and another man, about a girl a kni[?]e was drawn end freely used, with…

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