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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

255 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 4 of 13

ACCIDENTS Car and Sulky Collide

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 March 1925 · page 4

This morning, as Mr. and Mrs. C. Nettleton, of Clifford-street were driving in a sulky along the Sydney Road at North Goulburn, a car collided…

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Rail Accident in France London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 March 1925 · page 4

Reuter's Poiteres correspondent telegraphs that an engine and sevens coaches of the Bordeaux—Paris express were derailed at two o'clock…

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Shark Tragedy Youth Terribly Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 March 1925 · page 4

Not fifteen minutes after he had told his mate, late on Friday afternoon, that he was unafraid of sharks Jack Dagworthy, aged 16, of Coogee,…

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Telegrams Terrible Accident Rockhampton (Qld.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 March 1925 · page 6

A shocking accident occurred on the Many Peaks-Monto line. It appears that one party of workmen had put down 26 holes at one end of…

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Accident Averted Motorist's Prompt Action

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 March 1925 · page 4

But for the prompt action of the driver of a motor car a serious accident would certainly have occurred at the intersection of Cowper and…

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Painful Accident Araluen Resident Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 April 1925 · page 1

On Tuesday last, says the Braidwood Review, Mrs. Currie, wife of Mr. M. Currie, of Araluen, met with a serious accident. She was engaged…

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Cycle Accident Mrs. Henry Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 April 1925 · page 4

Mrs. Henry who has for some time occupied a prominent position in tennis circles, and who gained many admirers for her acting in Nothing But…

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Railwaymen Killed Accident on North Coast

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 April 1925 · page 3

Further details of the railway accident on the North Coast line on monday night, in which Driver J. Gleeson and Fireman william Curnow lost…

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Accidentally Shot

The Yass Courier · Thursday 2 April 1925 · page 6

While out rabbiting with his two brothers a young man, John Hilton Blissett, was shot dead on Saturday afternoon in thee country near…

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Binalong Drowning Fatality. the Inquest Resumed

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 April 1925 · page 2

The Coroner. Mr J. W.W. Yeo, J.P. took further evidence in connection with the drowning fatality at Biualong on 11th March, when…

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Fatal Accident Collector Native Killed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 2

Constable Arthur Humphries, of No. 3 Police Station, Sydney, who met with a motor accident on Sunday and died in Sydney hospital on…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 April 1925 · page 1

A motor cycle and a 'bus collided upon the New Canterbury road Bridge, Canterbury, on Saturday night, and the cyclist, John Thomas…

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Game, But Crashed Lady Riders Injured at Show

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 April 1925 · page 1

"I'll ride, even if I'm kil!ed. I must ride." That is Vera McMillan, dauntless equestrienne, whose terrible fall at…

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Unusual Accident

Taralga Echo · Saturday 18 April 1925 · page 3

After spending Saturday afternoon at Cowra a man named Preston went home with his sister (Mrs. Hodder) to Neila. After having tea he went…

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Drowned in Queanbeyan Weir

The Yass Courier · Monday 20 April 1925 · page 2

Yesterday, (Sunday) week Mr, W, H. Barber noticed the, body of a man in the weir at Queanbeyan He reported the matter to the police, and…

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“Code of the Sea” Company Narrow Escape from Drowning

The Yass Courier · Monday 20 April 1925 · page 3

Caught in the very maws of a terrific storm at sea while working aboard the lightship, Belief, eight miles out of the San Francisco…

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Dreadful Accident Youth's Arm Torn Off SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 2

Victor Hunt (17), employed at the Marrickville Glass Works, met with a dreadful accident this morning. He was adjusting a new lathe, and had…

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Race Mare Killed Jockey Heddrick Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 April 1925 · page 6

While the cross-country horseman, V. Heddrick, was riding Polybia over the hurdles at Randwick this morning the mare crashed into the pump near…

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Car Accident. a Marvellous Escape

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 April 1925 · page 3

Mr. Carroll, with a party of three, were returning from a social at Mr. Crossley's at Wargeila, on Saturday night last, and…

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Tarago Fatality Inquest on Victim

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 April 1925 · page 8

The Goulburn City Corner, Mr. G. R. Williams, on Thursday held an inquest touching the death of Vincent Brogan, licensee of the Lake…

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