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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

253 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 7 of 13

Three Men Injured Stack of Potatoes Falls SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 16 June 1926 · page 2

Three men were injured when a stack of 50 bags of potatoes fell on board the steamer Chillagoe in Darling Harbour to-day…

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Sulky Capsizes Accident at Crookwell CROOKWELL

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 16 June 1926 · page 4

A sulky capsized in Crookwell yesterday and the occupants were lucky to escape with only minor injuries. The vehicle was being driven by…

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Accident at Loco Shed Workman's Collarbone Broken

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 18 June 1926 · page 4

Alfred Wilson, a fitter's labourer, who is employed at the old Goulburn loco shed, met with severe accident at about 4.30 on Thursday afternoon…

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How Accidents Occur

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 18 June 1926 · page 2

One now and again hears of accidents arising through the inadvertent depression of the accelerator pedal when it is intended to apply the…

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Fatally Injured Footballer Collides on Field SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 21 June 1926 · page 2

Hugh Cameron was fatally injured when he collided with another player. during a football match at Wanchope…

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Sydney's Fogs Become Still Denser Accidents in Harbour SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 21 June 1926 · page 2

"Every day in every way they're getting thicker and thicker," about sums up the fogs on Sydney Harbour. A succession of fogs during the past…

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Serious Motor Accident Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 25 June 1926 · page 6

A collision occurred this morning on the Military Road, Cromorne, between a motor car and train. The occupants of the former, Theodore…

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Supposed Drowning Fatality

The Yass Courier · Monday 28 June 1926 · page 2

A supposed drowning fatality haa occurred in Yass River. Inspector Mann[?] informs us that on Thursday last Arthur William Horsley, who…

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Accident to a Clergyman

The Yass Courier · Monday 28 June 1926 · page 2

Rev. T. Henderson, who has bad charge of the local Presbyterian Church for the past four months, was kicked in the right…

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Horse and Sulky Overturned Driver Believed to be Drowned A Strange Incident at Yass YASS

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 30 June 1926 · page 6

Considerable excitement was caused in Yass on Friday morning when it was learned that a horse and sulky ha d been found in the Yass…

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Liquor After Hours Not for Injured or Sick Interesting Legal Point Raised

The Burrowa News · Friday 2 July 1926 · page 4

The point as to whether a person could obtain spirits after hours at an hotel, in cases of emergency, illness, or accident, was raised in a case at…

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Car Crashes Into Fence Accident on Sydney Road

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 5 July 1926 · page 2

A Motor accident which under the circumstances might easily have been attended by more serious consequences, occurred on the Sydney…

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Yass Drowning Man's Body Recovered YASS

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 7 July 1926 · page 8

The body of Mr. Arthur Horsley market gardener, who was drowned in the Yass River over a week ago, when the sulky in which he was crossing the…

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Shooting Accident Gundagai Lad's Death

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 3

Herbert Sheather (18), son of Albert Sheather, of Gundagai, accidentally shot himself with a pea rifle on Tuesday. The deceased camped in a…

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Nasty Accident Goulburn Postmaster Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 12 July 1926 · page 2

A nasty accident befell Mr. R. B. Avery, the Goulburn postmaster, on Friday. He had been off duty on sick leave…

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Scalded by Steam Accident at Roundhouse

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 12 July 1926 · page 2

While working on a locomotive at the Roundhouse, South Goulburn about midday to-day, Neville Nichols, a fitter, was scalded through an escape…

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Lorry Over Embankment Two Occupants Injured SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 14 July 1926 · page 2

While ascending a steep hill at Jenolan Caves a Public Works Department lorry plunged over an embankment, and its two occupants were…

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Fortunes Made by Accident

The Yass Courier · Thursday 15 July 1926 · page 3

In connection with the diamond discoveries in South Africa, and the fabuluous wealth which the mines have since produced the wide region…

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Council Employee Injured His Claim Under New Act

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 16 July 1926 · page 1

The first Braidwood claim under the Workers' Compensation Act comes from a casual employee of the local Municipal Council…

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Caught by Train Accident to Racehorse

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 16 July 1926 · page 2

A peculiar mishap to a racehorse occurred at Cootamundra railway station on Saturday morning. While being entrained for Yass…

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