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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

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Safety First Prevention of Accidents

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 1

"What are you doing to prevent accidents? Nothing? But perhaps your indifference arises from a lack of knowledge concerning the seriousness…

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Not a Drowning Tragedy

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday: Fears of a drowning tragedy at Newcastle as the result of the finding of a boy's clothing on the local beach, were allayed…

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Peculiar Accident Motor Car Hits Tree

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 2

Mr. Bond, of Harden, who was accompanied by his wife and two children, had a peculiar motor car accident yesterday afternoon…

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Bled to Death Butchering Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday: A butcher's assistant bled to death yesterday when he accidentally stabbed himself in the groin with a large knife and severed…

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Children Drowned At South Melbourne

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Friday. Two children were drowned while bathing at South Melbourne yesterday afternoon, and a third child, a girl, who…

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Shocking Motor Fatality. Wan and Wife Killed Car Overturns On Burrowa Road Son's Ghastly Discovery

The Burrowa News · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 8

A shocking motor car accident occurred on the Burrowa Road 11 miles from here on the 20th ult. (states the Young "Witness". The accident, which occurred at about 11.30 a.m., resulted…

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Children Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 1

Two children, Robert Henry Rowley, 9 ,and his young brother, David Alexander Rowley, sons of Mr. Robert Rowley, living in the…

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Brawl in Street Many Injured Dispute Over Shilling

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday: One man will probably lose his life, and three others are in hospital with serious injuries, as a result of mob fighting…

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Injured by Car Goulburn Resident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 3

Knocked down by a car at Bondi, where she was, holidaying Mrs. Edward Cooper , of Bourke Street, Goulburn,…

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Bill O'reilly Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Bill O'Reilly the well-known cricketer, was using a [?]awn-mower at his home at Hurstville this morning when the index…

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Mysterious Fatality

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 3

An Inquest was held concerning the death of a three-months-old baby, Leo Alexander Blok, of Sydney…

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Youth Drowned in River

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 3

Lindsay Hosking, aged 17 years, was drowned in a swimming hole in the Lachlan River, about five miles from Cowra. Hocking turned…

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Little Girl Injured

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 3

Elanior Kyte (4) spent her Christ mas in Murrumburrah Hospital as a result of a fall over a water pipe at her home on Sunday, December…

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Accidents

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 4

Two of our esteemed citizens met with painful accdents during the Christmas holidays. Mr. W. H. Powell, who was out…

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Current News. a Fatal Accident

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 3

A child, aged 3 years and 9 months, as watching its father (Mr Tom Melville), of Newtown, Tumut, grease the wheels of his dray, when…

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Recent Motor Fatality Shire Discusses Coroner's Remarks

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 7

Has your attention been called to the paragraph in the paper, asked Captain Rae at the Shire meeting on Monday morning, referring to the…

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Killed by Train Fettler's Wife Fatality at Towrang

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 3

Crossing in front of the oncoming engine of a train the intended to board near Towrang railway station at about…

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Accidents

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 6

Mr. H. Yelland, of the railway staff, met with a very painful accident last week, when he was thrown heavily to the roadway from his bicycle, when…

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Towrang Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 14 January 1935 · page 2

Baby Sylvia Arthur, aged 18 months, who was thrown from the arms of her mother, Mrs. Charlotte Elsie Arthur, when she was run down…

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Accident Averted

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 14 January 1935 · page 2

Mr. Allan Southwell (son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Southwell) narrowly escaped serious injuries a short while ago. Whilst in the act of stepping…

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