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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

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Fell From A Motor Cycle Accident Befalls Young Lady. Severe Abrasions. Thought to Have Overbalanced

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 1

Through falling off the pillion of a motor cycle ridden by Mr. Ron Cunich, of Young, while proceeding to Temora at 8 a.m. on…

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ACCELERATION Vital Factor Accident Safeguard

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 6

During recent years some of the outstanding improvements in automobile design and construction has been the great advance…

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A Cricketer Injured

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 1

Whilst playing In a cricket match on Sunday last, between teams resenting Redbridge and Wallendbeen, a player named Whybrow, of…

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80 Feet Fall at Fitzroy Falls Boy Critically Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 3

A 17-year old youth, Geoffrey Curthoys, of Mosman, Sydney, fell over a cliff, 80 feet deep, at Fitzroy Falls, on Monday…

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Bandmaster Injured

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 3 February 1936 · page 2

Mr. Tom Hearne, bandmaster, was limping about the baths last night as a result of an accident at a cricket match at Murrumbateman yesterday…

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Struck by Car Accident at Intersection

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 3 February 1936 · page 6

Struck by a car driven by Mr. E. W. Ledsam at the intersection of Faithfull and Addison Streets yesterday, Herbert Bill, of 26 Ruby Street,…

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Crushed By Half-Ton Weight Dreadful Accident at Maimuru. Young Man's Back Broken. Lad Severely Injured

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 2

Selected to represent Maimuru in the district cricket competition match against Young I. on Sunday, George Elliott, 23-year-old resident…

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District News. Narrow Escape Little Girl Nearly Drowned. Shock for Mother. Wirrimah

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 3

Kathleen, the 17 - months - old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Oddy, had a lucky escape last week, when she was nearly drowned in…

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Other Accidents

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 2

When George Edward Whitehead, an elderly man, fell near his home in Allanan Street on Friday evening, [?]he sustained fractures of both bones of…

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Girl Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 5 February 1936 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Miss Dorothy Scotter, 16, on her way to work this morning, was knocked down by a motor cycle. She was taken to…

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COLLISION Brake-van Derailed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 5 February 1936 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Five vans being shunted came into collision with a fruit train early this morning. Nobody was injured…

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Wagga Fatality Late Alwyn Jones

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 5 February 1936 · page 1

There was a large attendance at the funeral at Wagga on Monday afternoon of Mr. Alwyn Jones, formerly of Goulburn, who…

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Child Injured Fell Out Of Motor Car Unusual Accident

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 2

An unusual accident, which may easily have had more serious consequences, occurred last Sunday, when the infant son of…

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Struck by Car Cyclist Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 5

While cycling to work at 1.40 this afternoon, William Hanlon was involved in a collison with a car at North Goulburn…

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Fatal Car Accident Mr. Alwyn Jones Killed

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 3

A young Wagga business man, Mir Alwyn George Littlewood Jones, aged 27, was fatally injured on Saturday night, when a car he was…

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Train Leaves the Line Two Carriages Off Accident Near Parkes

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: The 7.55 p.m. mail train from Sydney to Forbes met with an accident at Daroobalgie at 8.55 a.m…

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Two Killed Demon Plane in Crowd Several Persons Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 1

HOBART, Friday: Two women were killed and several persons were injured when an R.A.A.F. Hawker Demon bombing plane ran into a…

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Lagoon Street Collision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 10 February 1936 · page 3

A collision occurred in Lagoon Street yesterday between a car driven by Eric H. Lambert, of Goulburn, and one driven by Kenneth Boyd, of…

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Two Injured Falls From Chairs

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 10 February 1936 · page 3

Falling, from a chair, on Friday afternoon, Miss Cartwright, who is the teacher at the Yalbraith subsidised school, in the…

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Eleven Men Thrown From Motor Lorry Four Seriously Injured Accident Befalls Light Horsemen on Way to Goulburn Camp

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 10 February 1936 · page 2

Hurled from a motor lorry which was bringing them to Goulburn to take part in the 4th Cavalry Brigade Camp, 11 men, forming the advance party to the 6th Light Horse Regiment, were injured—four seriously—…

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