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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

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Child Died in Its Mother’s Arms Main Vein Severed By Bottle Sad Accident at Dalton

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 5 March 1931 · page 2

A tragic accident happened at Dalton on Tuesday morning when a child, 18 months old, severed the main vein under its…

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Not a Hold-up Accident to Clerk SYDNEY

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

Kenneth Parker, 18, bank clerk, arrived at the Pitt Street branch of the A.B.C. Bank by car this morning, with two bags…

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Dean Talbot In Car Accident

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

Dean Talbot, his wife, and a lady friend were involved in a car capsize, near Breadalbane this week, but all escaped serious…

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Inquest Opened Fatality Described

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 9 March 1931 · page 2

An inquiry into Miller's death was opened by the District Coroner, Mr. M. E. Soane, on Saturday. Further evidence was…

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ACCIDENT? Close Call Woman's Escape Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 9 March 1931 · page 3

While Mrs. Ethel Totolis, of Neutral Bay, was sitting on her front verandah last night, she heard a report of a fire-arm in…

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Man Drowned Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 March 1931 · page 3

The body of John Christian Smith who left home on Saturday afternoon was recovered from waterview Bay this morning…

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Crushed to Death Railway Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 March 1931 · page 3

A finding that death was due to injuries received by being crushed between the buffers of a carriage and the buffer stop,…

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Cyclist Thrown Collision with Dog

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 11 March 1931 · page 3

Coiliding with a dog in Bourke Street late yesterday afternoon. Mr. George Strangman was thrown from his bicycle, sustaining…

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Schoolboy Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 March 1931 · page 3

While playing at school, John Burgiss, 13, of 75 Grafton Street, ran a piece of galvanised wire between the third and fourth toes of his right…

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Annual Show Accidents Gig Crashes in Trot Pony Jumper Falls on Rider

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 12 March 1931 · page 7

There were two accidents in the ring yesterday afternoon. In the handicap trot Southwell’s horse was very unruly and before the race…

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Lorry Fatality Driver Before Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 16 March 1931 · page 2

At the Goulburn Police Court on Friday afternoon, Robert Renny, driver of the Yass Transport Waggon, was remanded on a charge of having…

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Flyer Killed Plane Strikes Flagpole Pilot Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 16 March 1931 · page 3

When an aeroplane in which he was a passenger struck a flagpole near Nielson Park, Sydney, yesterday afternoon,…

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Tragic Accident Lorry Overturns Local Man Killed Near Paddy’s River

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 16 March 1931 · page 2

Mr. David Hearne, aged 45, of Sydney, l[?]te of Yass, and brother of Mr. Charlie Hearne, of this town, was killed instantly and…

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Lorry Fatality Renny Committed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 March 1931 · page 3

Following the inquest into the death of David Hearne whose head was crushed when the lorry, on which he was travelling,…

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Sealing Ship Explodes 150 Men on Board Off Coast of Newfoundland Injured Men on Ice-packs St. John's, Newfoundland

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 March 1931 · page 3

A sealing ship with 150 on board is reported to have blown up. It is reported to-day that the sealing ship Viking, carrying Captain Abraham Kean, with Varick Frissell, film director and a…

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COMMITTAL Lorry Fatality at Paddy's River

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 18 March 1931 · page 4

Following is evidence in the Inquest into the death of David Hearne, who was killed when a lorry overturned near Paddy's…

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Alleged Manslaughter Driver Committed To Trial Aftermath of Lorry Fatality

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 19 March 1931 · page 2

At the Goulburn Police Court Robert Renny, driver of the Yass Transport Waggon, was remanded on a charge of having feloniously slain…

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Lorry Overturns Taralga Man Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 20 March 1931 · page 2

Mr. Eric Keith, storekeeper at Golspie, met with a somewhat serious accident on the Stonequarry Road when the lorry he was driving capsized and…

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Accident

The Burrowa News · Friday 20 March 1931 · page 1

Dr. Heggaton, Mayor of Murrumburrah, and Ald. Mills, who were injured in the recent motor accident, are still patients in St. John's…

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Claims for £500 Motor Collision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 25 March 1931 · page 4

In No. 2 Cause. Court. Sydney, before Mr. Justice James and jury, a claim for $500 damages was made by Albert Sydney Cowan Nicholson,…

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