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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

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Mr. Broadhurst Injured Accident on Dangerous Turn

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 20 May 1929 · page 2

Mr. W. Broadhurst, caretaker of Huine Park, and his family, met with an unfortunate accident on Thursday night about 6.45. They were travel…

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Train Accident Boy Injured at Yass Junction “Tripped Over Parcels”

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 20 May 1929 · page 2

As the result of an accident at Yass Junction on Thursday night, Ernest John Swan, aged 16 years and 11 months, was admitted to…

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Minor Motor Accidents

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 20 May 1929 · page 2

On Saturday night, no less than four minor motor accidents occurred in Cooma Street. On occurred at the intersection opposite the Court House,…

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Racing Accidents Jockey and Horses Killed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 20 May 1929 · page 6

Gala Day, a runner in one of the minor hurdle races at Wanganni yesterday, fell, and the jockey, E. warner, sustained severe facial and…

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Dubbo Railway Fatality. Man's Foot Caught in Points

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 21 May 1929 · page 4

Herbert Mackie, 28, married, with one child, was killed in the Dubbo railway yards on Saturday. Mackie was a senior shunter, and…

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Wheel Held Fast Landing Accident at Mascot SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 May 1929 · page 3

After an aeroplane, piloted by Mr. George McCausland, had landed at Mascot yesterday one of the wheels either became locked or got stuck in…

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Railway Accident

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 23 May 1929 · page 2

Ernest John Swan, aged 16 years, the lad who was the victim of the Yass Junction railway station accident last Thursday night, left on Tuesday…

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Dubbo Railway Fatality

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 May 1929 · page 4

Herbert Mackie, 28, married, with one child, was killed in the Dubbo railway yards on Saturday last. Mackie was a senior shunter, and…

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Remarkable Escape Railwayman Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 24 May 1929 · page 8

Struck down by falling tackle at the Goulburn locomotive sheds at 11 o'clock this morning, Howard Cyril Boon (29), was lucky to-escape with…

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Terrific Impact Two Killed in Collision AUCKLAND

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 24 May 1929 · page 4

At Mount Eden, a suburb of Auckland, a motor lorry with four occupants ran alongside a tram until, upon reaching a stationary car, the…

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Items of Interest Fisherwoman Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 27 May 1929 · page 2

Mrs. Smith left Baker's Creek, Victoria, yesterday, to go fishing. Later her body was found floating in a pool face downwards…

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Old Man's Heroism Boys Saved From Drowning SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 27 May 1929 · page 3

Heroism was displayed by Thomas Warren, of Punchbowl-road, Enfield a man 69 years of age, early on Saturday night, when he went to the…

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Car Accident

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 27 May 1929 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Jackson had an unfortunate experience yesterday at Young, when they met with a motor car accident. Their Essex car was…

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Accident on Golf Links

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 27 May 1929 · page 2

A Goulburn player on Saturday received a hit on the throat from a golf ball. Although the ball hit him with some force, it did not stop him…

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Collided with Trees Moir and Owen Injured MELBOURNE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 May 1929 · page 2

The lighthouse steamer Kyogle sent to the rescue of Flight-lieutenant Moir and Flying-Officer Owen, who landed at Cape…

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Engine Failed At Last Minute. How Moir and Owen Came Down. Were Expecting to Strike Water Owen Injured Internally. Sydney

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 28 May 1929 · page 2

Moir, who, with Owen, expected to reach Port Darwin this morning, said that the engine completely failed at the last…

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Fell Into Valley. Accident at Warumbungle Mountain. Sydney

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 28 May 1929 · page 2

Arnold Chaplin, a Government surveyor, lost his grip while clambering up a stone face of the Warumbungle Mountain, near Gilgandra, and…

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Motorist for Trial Tragic Collision at Canberra CANBERRA

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 31 May 1929 · page 4

At the conclusion of the inquiry yesterday into the death of Clifford Gustave Hood, 34 who. died from the effects injuries received in a…

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Attacked and Injured. Two Men in Sydney Suburb. Labor Vendetta ?

The Young Chronicle · Friday 31 May 1929 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday. Frederick Armstrong and Douglas Campbell were walking along a street in Marrickville last night…

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Serious Motor Cycle Accident Man in Hospital in Critical Conditon

The Burrowa News · Friday 31 May 1929 · page 2

Whilst motoring along: the Frogmore road last night, Mr. J. Lawton and Mr. J. E. Morgan, of Rye Park, came across a man lying on the…

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