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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

278 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 7 of 14

BRAWL Two Men Injured SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 5 July 1933 · page 2

Following a brawl at Pyrmont Bridge last night two men were admitted to hospital suffering severe injuries, while a third man was also…

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Gleeson Shield. Tumut Defeat Young. Thompson and Roy Hall Injured

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 6 July 1933 · page 1

Young, had bad luck in the game against Tumut on Sunday, being beaten by 10 to 5. Thompson, the coach, had to leave the…

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Motoring Safety Glass Accident Risk Invaluable Equipment

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 July 1933 · page 4

Most of the motor car manufacturers consider shatter-proof glass an important safety feature, and it is now a standard fitment…

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Painful Accident Woman’s Thigh Fractured Agonising Trip to Hospital

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 6 July 1933 · page 2

Mrs. J. J. Barry, of Bowning, suffered agony yesterday morning as a result of a peculiar accident, which caused the fracture of her thigh…

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List of Injured Passengers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 July 1933 · page 3

Those injured were:— P. G. Hewish, 94 Kempton Road, Campsie, fractured skull, fractured collarbone and…

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Albury Mail Derailed Five People Injured Serious Smash at Bowning Passengers' Close Call

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 July 1933 · page 3

Bowning, seven miles from Yass Junction, was the scene of a serious railway accident in the early hours of this morning, when the Albury Mail, from Sydney, was completely derailed, injuring five passengers…

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Nurse Burnt Accident at Hospital

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 July 1933 · page 3

Sever burns to the back and both hands were sustained by Nurse Jennings at the Goulburn District Hospital on Sunday,…

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Thief Escapes Man Shot in Thigh Another Injured Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 12 July 1933 · page 5

A young man was shot by a thief whom he surprised in a house in Marrickville last night. Although he was bleeding…

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Serious Railway Accident Albury Mail Crashes from Rails. Six Persons Injured. Two Carriages Wrecked

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 13 July 1933 · page 2

Remarkable escapes from serious injury and death occurred when the Albury Mail train, speeding through darkness at…

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Miraculous Escapes in Albury Train Smash Seven Passengers Injured; None Critically Six Carriages Derailed; Three Down Embankment Broken Switch At Catch-point Believed To Be The Cause

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 13 July 1933 · page 1

Over 100 passengers in the Albury mail had remarkable escapes from death when the train travelling between 35 and 40 m.p.h. left the rails at 4.30 on Tuesday morning between the 204 and 205 mile pegs on a bend just…

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Minor Collision

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 17 July 1933 · page 2

When Mr. A. C. Crago was driving a delivery cart down the main street last Thursday afternoon a girl driving a Buick car collided with the wheel…

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Mail Train Off the Line Near Lithgow No Passengers Injured Lithgow

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 17 July 1933 · page 3

Part of the Cobar mail train, while proceeding to Sydney, was derailed at three minutes past 2 o'clock yesterday morning about…

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MURRUMBATEMAN Painful Accident

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 17 July 1933 · page 3

Miss Janet Vallance last week met with a painful and serious accident Miss Vallance, who lives with her sister, Mrs. Alfred Burt, was coming…

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Accidental Arthur Rose's Death Coroner's Verdict Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 July 1933 · page 3

The City Coroner. Mr. Farrington. held an inquest to-day concerning the death of Arthur Edwin Rose, 45 who was fatally injured through failing…

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Hit a Lady But It Was Accidental P.M. Was Lenient

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 19 July 1933 · page 5

When Hugh McKinnon became involved in a football argument at a dance held at Roslyn on the 7th inst, he started trouble which…

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Sad Railway Fatality at Demondrille. '"Darky" Dowton Accidentally Killed. Inquest Next

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 20 July 1933 · page 2

A sad fatality occurred at Demondrille Railway Station on Tuesday night last, resulting in the death of a well-known…

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King’s Bench Cases £13,000 Damages in Car Collision

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 20 July 1933 · page 6

Two unusual cases were decided in London recently in the King’s Bench Division. A widow, Mrs. Mary Wood, and her son were awarded damages…

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13 Drowned Paris

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 21 July 1933 · page 3

When one of a party of 16 boys fell into the river from a flat bottomed boat near Argent, the others crowded to the side, causing the craft…

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From Everywhere Skater Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 24 July 1933 · page 2

Falling at the Arcadia Skating Rink on Saturday night, Betty Snow, aged 13, a schoolgirl residing in Victoria Street, fractured her light leg…

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Car Hits Wall Two Persons Injured SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 24 July 1933 · page 5

When a car crashed in the concrete wall at the southern approach to the Sydney Harbeur Bridge at midnight, two persons were injured…

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