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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

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TARALGA Mr. Corby Injured Hibernian Ball

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 2

While loading hay during the past week Mr. Theodore Corby, of Richlands, met with a very painful accident…

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Three Horses Fall Two Men Injured SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 3

In the last race at Hill End yesterday three horses came down. George Toohey (35), rider of Hopaway, suffered a fractured skull…

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Boy Injured Knocked Down By Car

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 3

James Martin, 13, who resides at 107 Grafton Street, was knocked down by a car on the Sydney Road on Saturday and was…

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Wicket-keeper Injured

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 3

Bill Hardwick, wicket-keepmg in the Coolac-Gundagai match, on Sunday, was spun over by a ball bowled by Livermore. The ball caught him…

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Fell From Tree Boy Injured Right Arm Fractured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 3

William Hurley, a schoolboy, residing at 80 Grafton Street, fractured his right arm a result of a fall from a mulberry…

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Shooting Accident Near Milvale

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 2

Milton Yerbury, 24, residing with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. F. Yerbury, near Milvale, was the victim of a shooting accident on…

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Car Overturns Driver Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 3

When a front tyre of his car blew out 13 miles from Taralga yesterday, Mr. George Brown, caretaker at the Wombeyan Caves,…

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Seven Drowned Sled Falls Through Ice St. Johns (Newfoundland)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 3

St. Johns. (Newfoundland), Thursday. One youth and six girls aged between eleven and 25 were drowned on Wednesday night in the rapids on…

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Accident at Taemas

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 2

Anthony Groves, 31, had the misfortune fortune to be struck by a telegraph post at Taemas, which necessitated his admission to the District Hospital…

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Fatal Accident Averted

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 4

A serious accident, which would probably have proved fatal, was narrowly averted when a woman elighted from the Kenmore bus at Union Street…

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Seven Drowned Squall Overtakes Launch SUVA

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 3

Overtaken by a squall in Viti Levu Bay, the Indian launch Sltaramn, with 28 passengers, capsized. Seven were drowned…

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Peculiar Accident Crookwell Man Hurt

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 2

CROOKWELL: Mr. Reuben Marks, of Crookwell, was involved in au unusual accident at Manly, where he was holidaying…

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Serious Accident Car Over Bridge Party From Goulburn Mittagong

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 3

Mr. Mick Carren and a passenger, Mrs. Pass, both of Goulburn, were seriously injured in an accident at Miftogong, when a car…

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Man's Death Victim of Collision Marulan Crash

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 3

James R. O'Farrell, 42, of Melbourne, died in the Goulburn districe Hospital yesterday as a result of injuries received in an…

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Guard Injured Crushed by Trucks

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 2

Jack Brooks, 45, a railway guard residing at Murrumburrah, was severely crushed when he fell between the platform and moving…

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River Tragedy Young Man Drowned "Dragged Down" Moss Vale

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 3

A drowning fatality involving the death of Loftus Robert Ruffles, 21, son of Sergeant Ruffles, Queanbeyan, and cousin…

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Accident to a Guard. Severely Crushed

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 4

Jack, Brooks, 45, a railway guard, residing at Murrumburrah was severely crushed when he fell between the platform and moving trucks at…

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"ACCIDENTAL" Cyclist's Death Fatality Near Marulan

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 3

A finding that death was due to injuries accidentally received was returned at the inquiry to-day into the death of James…

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Cars Collide Six Injured Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 2 February 1931 · page 3

When two cars collided on the Western Road at Pendle Hill, six people were injured, one seriously. The injured were Josephine Faul…

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Motor Collision Mrs. Cullen v. Chapman Damages Awarded To Plaintiff

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 2 February 1931 · page 3

In. the District Court, before His Honor, Judge W. T. Coyle, . on Friday, Emma Amelia Cullen, North Yass, proceeded against…

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