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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

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Washed to Sea and Drowned. Sydney

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 2

Frederick Bannister, aged 10, was washed off an improvised surf board at Mentone beach; Victoria, yesterday and carried out to sea and…

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Boy Killed. Others Seriously Injured. in Marrickville Smash. Sydney

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 2

A serious accident happened at Marrickville shortly before midnight, when a motor lorry containing 12 boys and youths, who were returning…

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Collision With Calf

The Yass Courier · Thursday 24 January 1929 · page 3

For a motorcyclist to collide with a straying beast is hard luck at any time, but when it is discovered after the collison that the best is the…

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Case of Drowning In the Boorowa River Body Found by Boys

The Burrowa News · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 5

PATRICK McCARTHY, an old-age pensioner, residing at Boorowa, was found by some young boys in a shallow…

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Motor Lorry Accident Driver's Lucky Escape

The Burrowa News · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 8

On Saturday morning last, whilst Mr. Thomas Percival mail contractor between Borrowa and Eye Park, was driving…

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Remarkable Accident Motoring Fatality SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 2

Mrs. Mary Fraser, an elderly widow, of Darling Point Rd., Darling Point, was killed in most extraordinary circumstances yesterday…

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Murrumbidgee's Toll Four Drowned in Fortnight WAGGA

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 2

James Herbert Williamson, aged 10 years, was drowned in the Murrum bidgee River near, Wagga, on Saturday night. This is the fourth…

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Two-boys Drowned Sink With Derelict Boat SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 1

Yesterday afternoon three school boys sailed out sea at Yowie Hay, near Miranda, in a derelict flat-bo[?] boat. Ten minutes later one…

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Kalgoorlie Mining Accident. Sydney

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 2

John [?], 50, shift boss, was killed and seven other men seriously injured in a mining accident at Great Boulder, Kalgoorlie, yesterday…

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Baby Survives Surgery Marvel After Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 4

A child was born to a dead woman in a Hackney (London) surgery. The birth was a marvel of modern surgery. The mother, Mrs. Nellin…

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Broken Rail Queer Railway Accident SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 2

Late last night guard of a train bound from sydney to Liverpool felt a severe bump, and on investigation he found that a piece of rail, about…

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Rabbiting Accident Girl Shot

The Yass Courier · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 1

Olivia Larson, a resident of Mount Hope, who was holidaying with Mr and Mrs G, Ford, of Amaroo, near Molong, was out shooting on Saturday morning…

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Mystery Deepened No Trace of Williams Man With Injured Hand MELBOURNE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 4 February 1929 · page 2

Information gathered at the weekend by detectives Inquiring into the disappearance of Mr. Leslie Williams, of Goulburn,…

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Motoring Accident Car Party's Lucky Escape

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 4 February 1929 · page 2

A car-load of Taralga residents .hand a narrow escape from serious injury, and perhaps death, when the car in which they were…

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Week-end Accidents Got Shock and Concussion Man Thrown From Lorry After Collision. Sulky Smash; Horse Injured. Accident Near Picture Theatre

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 1

Thrown form a motor lorry after a collision with a sulky on the Temora Road, at Young, on Saturday night, Donald McColl was admitted to the…

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Collision Near Kingsvale Settler's Son Injured When Car Meets Sulky. Severe Scalp Wounds and Shock

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 1

Lying in the Murrumburrah Hospital, suffering from severe sealp wounds and shock, is Edward William King, the 12-year-old son of Mr…

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Peculiar Accident

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 2

While Mrs. Wilson, of Manaia (N.Z.), was standing on a box reaching up to a cupboard, the box collapsed. Her wedding ring caught in a…

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Bicycle Accident Boy Rider Sustains Concussion

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 1

Clive Jones, the 11-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Jones, of Boara, Womlat Road. met with a nasty accident on Friday afternoon whilst…

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Boy Shoots Himself Accident While with Shooting Party. Bullet Extracted From Jaw

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 1

Nine-year-old Harry Myers, of Young, shot himself while out with a party shooting rabbits at Maimuru Settlement on Sunday…

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Collision Near Currawong

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 7 February 1929 · page 2

Lying in the Murrumburrah District Hospital, suffering from severe scalp wounds and shock, is Edward William King, the 12-year-old son of…

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