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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

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Tennis Hoodoo Accident to School Inspector

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 June 1932 · page 10

My. C. E. Hicks, District Inspector of Schools, is beginning to think there is a tennis hoodoo shadowing his love of the game and his indulgence…

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Bush Epic Injured Prospector’s Courage

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 20 June 1932 · page 4

An epic of human courage and endurance was told when a 6-year-old prospector named William Allison, who broke his left leg in rough…

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Fatal Accident Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 June 1932 · page 2

William Sparkes, 28, who was buried beneath two tons of rock and shale at a brick works at Artarmon yesterday, died this morning…

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First Aid for Injured Class to be Commenced

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 22 June 1932 · page 5

Preparations are now in hand for the commencement of a series of lectures by Dr. Burns in First Aid to the Injured. A preliminary meeting,…

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Coroner’s Inquest On Bowning Fatality Child’s Death From Drowning

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 23 June 1932 · page 1

The District Coroner, Mr. M. Coen, held an inquest at the Court House yesterday afternoon concerning the death at Bowning…

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Foot Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 June 1932 · page 4

William Myles Payne, of Cowper Street, Goulburn; injured his right foot during shunting operations at Crookwell last night…

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BINALONG Motor Car Accident

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 23 June 1932 · page 5

Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Reid, of Binalong, had a narrow escape from injury when motoring to Sydney last week-end. Owing to the rain the road…

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Child Drowned at Bowsing

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 June 1932 · page 1

Sad circumstances surround the drowning of an only child at Bowning on Saturday. An inquest will be held by the District Coroner (Mr. M…

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Car Capsizes Boorowa Family Meet with Accident

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 June 1932 · page 7

"Three members of a family were injured on Wednesday morning when their car skidded and overturned in Liverpool-road Bankstown…

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Town Clerk Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 June 1932 · page 1

A peculiar accident occurred to Mr. T. J. Murray, town clerk at Queanbeyan, on Saturday afternoon. On returning to his office after dinner he…

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Accident at Kingsvale. Railway Man Injured

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 30 June 1932 · page 2

When attending to the signal lamp at the Kings vale railway station on Tuesday morning, Night Officer L. J. Matthews slipped and fell. He was…

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Serious Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 June 1932 · page 2

A serious accident happened at the Per Way sheds yesterday afternoon when Reg. MacDonald 18 an apprenticed fitter, had his left leg badly…

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Footballer Injured

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 4 July 1932 · page 2

Edward Blomley received an injury to his shoulder at the football match yesterday and was treated at the District Hospital and…

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Police Car Damaged In Accident Head-on Collision with Ford Truck

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 4 July 1932 · page 2

The police Morris-Cowley, commonly known as the “P.D. car,” was involved in an accident on Thursday afternoon about 5.45…

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Players Injured Football Casualties

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 4 July 1932 · page 3

There was a lengthy list of casualties as a result of football matches played at Goulburn at the week-end, but with the exception…

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Painful Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 4 July 1932 · page 1

Mr. Reg Evans, of Binda, was using a sharp axe trimming a piece of pine board when the axe slipped completely severing his little finger from the…

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Chinaman Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 6 July 1932 · page 3

Fo[?]g Low[?] 59, a Chinaman, was critically injured, says a Sydney telegram, when the fell this morning between, a moving electric train which…

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Footballers Injured

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 7 July 1932 · page 3

Dalton was outclassed by Goulburn’s League team at Goulburn last week-end. The locals won by 26 to 7. The visitors were unfortunate to…

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Two Injured In Street Collisions

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 July 1932 · page 3

Two people were injured in motor accidents in Auburn Street late yesterday afternoon. Harold Yates, aged 14, a High…

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Tragedy at Sea 66 Drowned French Submarine Sinks During Tests Cherbourg

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 8 July 1932 · page 3

Sixty-six men were drowned when the French submarine, Promothos, of 1379 tons, launched in 1930, sank…

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