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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

278 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 14

Injured Ankle

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 January 1933 · page 2

Falling off a bicycle yesterday, Doris White, of 10 Goldsmith Street, suffered an injury to the right ankle. She was conveyed by the Goulburn…

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Jugiong Fatality Harden Man Drowned

The Burrowa News · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 3

A party of twelve Harden residents went to Jugiong for a picnic jaunt on New Year's Day, and the outing ended in tragedy. Sidney…

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Pony Falls Jockey Injured Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 3

After exercising at Kensington this morning the racing pony Rosette galloped along the tramline to Cook Avenue, Daceyvlile, where it stumbled…

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Wild Night Men Drowned Graphic Story Brisbane

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 3

Four members of the crew of the sailing boat Romp, which capsized in Morcton Bay on Friday afternoon, are missing…

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Car Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 5

Cordon B. Culley, Insurance agent, of Wagga, was critically Injured in a motor car accident at Albury. Mr. Culley was driving a sedan car…

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Motor Accident Lady’s Arm Nearly Severed Caught Between Door and Road

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 2

A motor accident occurred on Saturday on the Bookham road, resulting in a lady’s arm being nearly severed. The sufferer was…

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Saved From Drowning at Yanco Weir

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 4

The prompt action of two Narrandera residents, Messrs. W. Morrison (representative of the Shell Co.) and Frank Adams saved two lives at the…

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From Everywhere Drowning Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 January 1933 · page 2

Vivian Wicht, 22, of Stockinbingal, who could not swim, went into the dam near by, He must have get our or his deptl., and was drowned…

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Less Accidents Safety Campaign

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 January 1933 · page 4

In Great Britain, the National "Safety First" Association conducts each year a Freedom, from Accidents Competition. In 1931 over 50,000…

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Killed in Car Accident

The Burrowa News · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 4

News was received in Boorowa on Wednesday that Mr. Joe Garry, brother of Messrs. Dan and Jim Garry of Boorowa, was killed in a motor…

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Motor Accident

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 16 January 1933 · page 2

On Wednesday afternoon near the 33 mile peg on the Bookham road, a Dodge sedan, when negotiating a sharp turn on the road, overturned…

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Cut to Pieces Train Fatality Near Hornsby Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 January 1933 · page 3

Sidney Anderson, 22, was cut to pieces by a train near Hornsby this morning. A companion, Alfred Haigh, who…

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Ran Into Axe Peculiar Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 January 1933 · page 4

Mr. Edward Roach, who drives ,the lee delivery lorry at Harden for the Country Freezing Company, sustained painful injuries in a peculiar…

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Peculiar Accident Man Struck By Ironwork

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 2

A peculiar accident occurred shortly after 8 o’clock on Tuesday morning, when Robert Martin sustained an injury to his foot, stated to have…

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Gunning Gap Accident

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 2

What was left of the single seater Dodge car under which Kenneth Pryor was burned to death on the Gunning Gap, has been taken to…

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Sea Tragedy Priest Drowned SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 3

Father Felix Conlon, S.J., a member of the staff of Xavier College, Melbourne, and attached temporarily to the Jesuit Novitiate, Loyola,…

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Electrocuted Boy Injured Caught Live Wire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 3

On Friday afternoon, while jumping from a tank, Allan Cox, aged 9, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Cox or Victoria Street came in…

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Shocking Tragedy Dam Bursls Six Drowned Names Not Known Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 3

News has reached Sydney of a dreadful tragedy in Stanwell Park as a result of the bursting of a dam…

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Ran Into Axe Peculiar Accident

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 4

Sir. Edward Roach, who drives the ice delivery lorry at Harden for the Country Freezing Company, sustained painful injuries in a peculiar manner…

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Deadly Flash Man Killed Five Injured Young

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 1

A young man was struck dead by lightning yesterday morning. Another young man was seriously injured, while the lightning…

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