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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

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Axe Accidents

The Yass Courier · Thursday 17 February 1927 · page 6

Two axe accidents happened at N[?]glo, near Gundaroo. last week. A bushman named Stratton and Ray Morgan were the victims…

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Training Smash Junior Cyclists Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 4

Last night a smash occurred at the Sportsground, when four junior cyclists, who were training fell with the result that one was admitted to the…

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Binalong Tragedy Young Man Drowned Entangled in Weeds

The Burrowa News · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 2

A sad drowning case occurred at Binalong on Wednesday, resulting in the death of Thomas William Corcoran, in the weir on…

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Young Woman Drowned Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 21 February 1927 · page 2

Victoria Khaury (24), of Wollongong, escaped from a private hospital at Coogee last night. This morning her body was washed up on the beach. It…

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Coroner’s Inquest. Drowned in Illalong Weir

The Yass Courier · Monday 21 February 1927 · page 4

The Coroner, Mr. J. W. W. Yeo, held en inquest at Binalong on Thursday touching the death of Thomas William Corcoran, aged 17 years…

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No Flag on Truck Inquest on Shunting Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 21 February 1927 · page 2

The city coroner Mr. G. A. Stevenson P.M., today concluded the inqu[?] into the death of Arthur Ewin, who was killed during shunting operations…

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Nearly Drowned

The Burrowa News · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 5

Mrs. J. Coffey, who is visiting friends in Grafton, had a narrow escape from drowning. The occurrence took place in Grafton baths, where…

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Coroner's Inquest Drowning at Illalong

The Burrowa News · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 4

The Coroner, Mr. J. W. W. Yeo, held an inquiry at Binalong on Thursday of last week, into the death of Thomas William Corcoran,…

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Spark Explodes Ether Nurse Incinerated; Seven Injured LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 4

A message from Giessen states that a spark from an electric from exploded other while nurses were filling bottles in a hospital kitchen…

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Child Killed Shooting Accident WAGGA

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 4

As Miss Burkitt, daughter of the manager of the Yerong branch of the Bank of New South Wales, was engaged in household duties to-day, the five…

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Toddler Drowned Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 28 February 1927 · page 2

A two-year-old girl named Devitt was drowned in a dam at her father's residence near Griffith. She was seen playing near the house and…

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Camp Accident Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 28 February 1927 · page 2

Lieut. Woods, Sergt. Byron, and Captain Dickenson were injured when a horse bolted during the ceremony of presentation of colours at Liverpool…

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Shark Attack Bather Badly Injured In Newcastle Surf NEWCASTLE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 2 March 1927 · page 2

While surfing with two other youths at Merewether Beach yesterday afternoon Edward Pritchard. of tacked by a shark and severely…

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Burnt to Death Terrible Fatality Near Marulan Fellow Employees' Gruesome Discovery

The Burrowa News · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 5

A terrible discovery was made on Monday morning by the employees at one of the lime-kilns, about seven miles from Marulan…

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Shocking Fatality Little Boy Shot While on Bank Premises

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 5

A shocking accident occurred at Yerong Creek on Thursday of last week, resulting in the death of Dudley Galvin, the only son of Mr. and…

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Curious Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 16 March 1927 · page 2

While Mr. Bryan Baxter, draper and mercer, of Holloway and Kelly's, of Crookwell, was in the act of lowering a role of Iinoleum to the floor,…

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Petrol Pump Accident Brisbane

The Burrowa News · Friday 25 March 1927 · page 4

Shocking injuries were received by George Cuthbert when a petrol hose attached to a street pump caught fire. The victim rushed about the…

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Collision Between Motor-Cycle and Motor Car. Frank Turton Killed

The Yass Courier · Monday 28 March 1927 · page 2

We regret to record the the death of Frank George Turton who died at the Queanbeyan hospital an [?] on Wednesday night from the effects of a…

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Goods Train Derailed Accident at Gunning

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 28 March 1927 · page 2

Three trucks of a goods train were dera[?]ed at Gunning on Saturday morning. The train was No. 89 pick-up from Goulburn to Harden, which left…

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Sydney Accidents Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 30 March 1927 · page 4

Harold Francis, aged 19, of Concord, fell 40ft from a seafrolding of a building in Reserver off-street to-day and died without rega ning consciousnes…

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