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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

331 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 5 of 17

Picnickers Drowned London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 April 1928 · page 2

Ten men were drowned when a motor launch, containing 20 picnickers, capsized through something fouling the rudder on Lake Como, near…

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Accidental Death Sunday's Motor Tragedy Inquest on Victim

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 April 1928 · page 2

The Deputy Coroner, Mr. A. Macintosh, yesterday, held an inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of Ella Tudor Neale, who was…

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Harbour Collision Legal Fight Begins British Expert Witnesses SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 11 April 1928 · page 2

An application was made this morning in connection with the pending claim of Sydney Ferries Ltd. against the Union Steamship Company,…

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Motor Accident

The Yass Courier · Thursday 12 April 1928 · page 6

Ella Tudor Neale, of “The Ritz,” Cremorne, died at The Pines Hospital, Goulburn, late on Sunday night as result of injuries received when a car…

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Sad Fatality Baby. Drowned in Tank

The Burrowa News · Friday 13 April 1928 · page 5

An accident with fatal results befel the eighteen months' old baby of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Emmett Fit[?]gerald, of Harden, on Sunday last. It…

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Fatal Collision Cyclist Killed by Car COWRA

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 13 April 1928 · page 8

A motor car driven by Mr. G. G. Manning, a well-known storekeeper of Carcoar, collided with a bicycle ridden by Frederick Richard Lowe, of…

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Timber on Line Goods Train Derailed Accident Near Fish River

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 16 April 1928 · page 2

Suspicious circumstances surround the derailment of a locomotive drawing a goods train between Cullerin…

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Shooting Accident Difficult Rescue Effected

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 April 1928 · page 2

While two youths who were out on a shooting expedition yesterday afternoon were climbing a cliff at Hatton's Corner, near…

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Motor Notes of Interest to Car Owners and Drivers S.A. Auto. Association Campaign Against Accidents

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 April 1928 · page 5

The secretary of the Automobile Association of South Australia (Mr. W. H. Christophers) has forwarded to the premier (Hon. R. L. Butler)…

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Accident at Hatton’s Corner Brave Rescuers

The Yass Courier · Thursday 19 April 1928 · page 7

An unfortunate and most regrettable accident happened to Beg Connolly yesterday afternoon. It being the half holiday, fie with a companion, Claude Archer,…

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Fatal Collision Cyclist Killed by Car

The Burrowa News · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 3

A motor car driven by Mr. G. G. Manning, a well-known storekeeper of Carcoar, collided with a bicycle ridden by Frederick Richard Lowe,…

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Pea-rifle Victim Bungendore Fatality Bungendore

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 23 April 1928 · page 2

Disaster overtook a Sunday afternoon shooting party when Norman Stanton (15) was fataily wounded by a pea-rifle bullet, fired…

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Colliery Fatality. Sydney

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 2

When the three men who were entombed at the Redbank Colliery, near Ipswich, were brought to the surface life was found to be extinct…

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"Act of God" Claim Against Council. Injured Knee; Broken Window

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 2

Forbes Municipal Council last Thursday night received a letter from Mr. Mellion, solicitor, making a claim for £5 on behalf of Mr. James…

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Men Injured River Gorge Explosion Mysterious Happening

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 April 1928 · page 2

About 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday the Queanbeyan police were informed by 'phone of the serious condition of two men named McLeod and…

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Engine Derailed Runs Up Embankment Remarkable Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 April 1928 · page 2

The unusual,spectacle of an engine of a goods train high up on the embankment near Mundystreet bridge attracted a large…

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ACCIDENT-PROOF Notable Motoring Invention BERLIN

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 4

A motor car deliberately crashed into a tree at a speed of 20 miles an hour to-day to demonstrate an invention which is of considerable import…

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Fatal Collision Motor Cyclist Killed Clinton Street Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 30 April 1928 · page 2

As the result of a collision between two motor cyclists in Clinton Street on Saturday afternoon Joseph Eddy, 18, a railway…

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Level Crossing Accident Girl's Alarming Experience ALBURY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 30 April 1928 · page 2

A sensational accident occurred about 5.20 p.m. yesterday, when Gladys Romero, 15 years, of Lavington, was injured through a railway engine…

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Items of Interest Crookwell Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 30 April 1928 · page 2

Mr. F. Kelly, of Roslyn, was knocked over by a motor car in Goulburn street, Crookwell, on Saturday night, but was not seriously injured as a…

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