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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

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Cycle Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 16 October 1931 · page 7

Wallace Gillet, aged 16, was admitted to St. John of God Hospital at 6.30 yesterday evening suffering from slight concussion sustained…

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Sad Fatality Boy Drowned In River in Front of Grandfather

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

A sad drowning fatality occurred in the Yass River on Saturday, when a boy, 8 years of age, was drowned in front of his…

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Road Foreman Injured

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 22 October 1931 · page 2

Mr. W. J. Robertson, Municipal Council road foreman, met with accident last Thursday in Rossi Street, when the handle bars of the…

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Tragic Accident Woman's Death MELBOURNE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 26 October 1931 · page 3

While lying in bed in her room in Porter Street, Prahran, about 10.40 on Saturday night, Miss Annie Kirkwood Sinclair aged 55, was fatally wounded…

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Fatal Accident Son Shoots Father Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 October 1931 · page 3

Augustus Waring, aged 55 years of Frederick Street. Ashfield, was accidentally shot by his son. He was taken to Sydney Hospital, where he…

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Motor Accident Two Men Injured

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 28 October 1931 · page 4

Whilst proceeding to a shearing shed in the Roslyn district yesterday the occupants of a car met with a mishap about two miles on the…

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"Accidental Death" Railway Gates Fatality Eliminating Danger

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 28 October 1931 · page 4

"This is one of those unfortunate happenings in which the blame, judging from the evidence, cannot be attached to anyone," said the District Coroner, Mr. M. E. Soane, at the Coroner's Court yesterday, at the close…

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Two Injured Car Strikes Fence

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 28 October 1931 · page 5

Crookwell: Two strangers, Wm. Egan and Robert Kelly, were injured through the car in which they were travelling in skidding yesterday…

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DISMISSED Collision Outcome

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

A collision on the Yass road near the old saleyards in June, last when a cyclist and motor car met, resulted in the…

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Charges Dismissed Yass Road Smash Court Sequel to Collision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 30 October 1931 · page 2

Following the hearing of lengthy evidence at the Goulburn Police Court yesterday, the P.M., Mr. M. E. Soane, dismissed a charge against Douglas Ballatyne Fraser of having driven a car in a, manner dangerous…

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Boy Injured Thrown From Cart

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 2 November 1931 · page 2

A child named Caddow, who resides in Mundy Street, had his head gashed as the result of an accident on Saturday evening…

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Speedway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 4 November 1931 · page 3

A report from the Goulburn District Hospital to-day stated that there was a slight improvement in the condition of Leonard Stevens, the Illabo…

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Two Injured Serious Smash Lorry Falls 12 FEET

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 November 1931 · page 3

Two Goulburn men received severe Injuries when a lorry in which they were riding rolled over an embankment near Tarago…

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'Bus Fatality Cracker Causes Death Conductor's "Prank" London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 6 November 1931 · page 3

A verdict of accidental death due to gross negligence on the part of the conductor in lighting a firework in the omnibus,…

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Killed With Golf Ball a Tragic Accident

The Burrowa News · Friday 6 November 1931 · page 8

At an inquiry recently, before Mr. D. Grant, P.M., into the death of James Valentine Harris, secretary, Redmond Street, Kew, aged 42, who…

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Stockman Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 11 November 1931 · page 2

Crookwell: Struck in the eye with the lash of a stockwhip he was using to muster cattle. Robert Smith was seriously injured. The blow split the…

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Man's Eye Injured Stock Whip Takes Toll

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 11 November 1931 · page 6

Mr. Robert Smith, an employee of Mr. Bell, of Ti Tree, about 2½ miles from Crookwell, met with a painful injury on Monday last…

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Shearing Season Two Accidents

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 11 November 1931 · page 6

Bungendore: A serious accident occurred at Mr. W. G. Hyle's shearing shed on Friday last, when Mr. Thos. Power was…

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Drowning Fatality Unknown Man Loses His Life Coroner's Inquiry Held

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 12 November 1931 · page 4

Mr. J. C. Foley, District Coroner, conducted an inquiry into the death of an old man, whose is unknown, whose body was found by Mr…

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Arm in Wheel Marulan Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 13 November 1931 · page 5

Robert Hoare, aged 20, was admitted to the Goulburn District Hospital yesterday afternoon as a result of an injury to the arm,…

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