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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

278 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 9 of 14

Hitler Escapes Motoring Accident MUNICH

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 16 August 1933 · page 3

Herr Hitler escaped injury while motoring on the Austro-Bavarian frontier when an accident betel a car behind him…

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Eye Injured Accident To Relief Worker Taken to Goulburn Hospital

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 17 August 1933 · page 2

Mr. Fred. Terry, engaged by the Municipal Council under the work-for-dole scheme at the metal quarry last Monday, met with a painful accident…

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Simple Accident Causes Loss Of Child’s Eye Specialist Operates at Canberra

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 17 August 1933 · page 2

A simple accident with shocking consequences occurred on Tuesday afternoon, when a 12-months-old child lost the sight…

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EYE-ACCIDENTS Baby Injured YASS

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 18 August 1933 · page 6

A simple accident caused the loss of a child's eye. W. Taylor was chopping wood at his home and his wife was sitting a few yards away…

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70 Drowned Floods in Jamaica King's Sympathy Kingston (Jamica)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 18 August 1933 · page 3

Seventy persons we drowned today in floods in the city and in the parishes of St. Thomas, St. Catherine, and St. Mary,…

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Footballer Injured

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 21 August 1933 · page 2

Mr. Alan Southwell, a member of the Hall Rugby League team, while practising twisted a bone in his foot and is an inmate of the Canberra…

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Delay Is Fatal Accidents and Disease

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 21 August 1933 · page 4

Accidents and disease—these twin factors on fatality impose on the community a burden which is incalculable…

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Tram Breaks Loose Ten Injured Leaps for Safety Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 August 1933 · page 3

Remarkable escapes from death and serious injury were experienced by passengers when a runaway railway-bound tram from…

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Council Co-operates Effort For Injured Worker

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 24 August 1933 · page 4

In response to a letter from Mr. J. King, Cooma Street, the Municipal Council agreed on Monday night to co-operate in an effort, to raise funds…

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Bus Overturns Near Town Saleyards No Passengers Injured

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 24 August 1933 · page 6

Passengers in a Canberra-bound Cadillac motor bus escaped without injury when the vehicle capsized on its side just off the Hume…

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Three Injured Week-end Accidents

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 28 August 1933 · page 2

Several calls were made for the services of the Goulburn District Ambulance over the week-end…

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Man Drowned Boat Capsizes Unexpected Wave Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 28 August 1933 · page 3

John Clunie, 32, of Bronte, was drowned off Tamarama Beach, Bondi, this morning when a small boat in which he and a companion were…

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Explosion At Miner’s Camp Near Braidwood Two Men Injured

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 28 August 1933 · page 4

Two men had remarkable escapes from death at Bell’s Creek, eight miles from Braidwood, when two plugs of gelignite which they were warming in…

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Canberra Fatality Bus in School Ground Kills Girl

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 31 August 1933 · page 8

Ray Joyce Holden, a schoolgirl, 11 years, was run over by a bus and fatally injured on Friday afternoon in the grounds of the Telopea Park…

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Breadalbane Road Car Accident Recalled

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 August 1933 · page 4

Reference was made by the Stock Inspector. Mr. F. F. Forster at yesterday's meeting of the Goulburn P.P Board to the accident at the…

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A Burning Accident

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 31 August 1933 · page 3

Mrs P. W. Coggan, of "Glenleigh," will be careful of a warm fire in future. Having a warm near the open fire place…

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Lorry Driver Killed Terrible Leg Injuries Accident at Goulburn

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 31 August 1933 · page 6

Leo Kennedy of Goulburn died in hospital in Goulburn on Sunday, following the amputation of his right leg, which had been smashed on…

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21 Injured Man's Journey by Plane and 78 Miles by Road Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 4 September 1933 · page 3

The City of Sydney, one of the large aeroplanes owned by the New England Airway's, was flown to Coff's Harbour yesterday, and…

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“COMRADESHIP” Benefit Dance For Injured Worker

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 7 September 1933 · page 1

Writing to the Municipal Council on Monday night, on behalf of his wife and family, Mr. F. Terry, who had his eye injured at the quarry…

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Girl Killed Kenmore Nurse's Death Burrowa Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 11 September 1933 · page 3

Burrowa: Nurse Doxic Edgerton, 18, of the Kenmore Mental Hospital staff, Goulburn, was killed on Saturday night when…

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