Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Accidents, all years

Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

443 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 7 of 23

Six Drowned Cars Plunge Over Jetty Gosford Tragedy

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 30 March 1936 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Six members of a fishing party of eight were drowned, and the other two had to swim for their lives in…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Struck by Train Fireman Injured Right Foot Amputated

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 March 1936 · page 3

Struck by a passing train while he was walking through the railway yards to sign on for duty at 1.45 this morning, Joseph…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Mr. Budge Wood's Accident

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 31 March 1936 · page 2

Mr. Budge Wood, elder son of Mrs. E. Tresilian, met with an accident in Sydney recently. While returning from playing golf at Moore Park the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Relief Workers Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 1

Thirteen occupants of a motor lorry, which was conveying them to work, were thrown out and injured when the brakes failed, about 17 miles from…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Still Serious Injured Fireman

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

Joseph Kelghran, railway fireman, who had his right leg amputated below the knee and suffered a fractured skull and other…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Miraculous Escape Accident on Stockinbingal Hill

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 2 April 1936 · page 4

Mr. H. Burnett, salesman for the International Machinery Company, had a in miraculous escape from serious injury when the International…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Road Accidents Goulburn-Marulan Route

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 April 1936 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. J. M. Tully, M.L.A., drew attention to the number of accidents which have occurred on the road between…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Motor Fatality Woman Killed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday: When a motor car ran off the General Holmes drive near Cook's River Bridge, Brighton Le Sands, and turned over several…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Death Caused By Tree Branch Fatal Accident at Maimuru Investigated

The Young Chronicle · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 3

How a tree branch caused the death of a young man was told at the inquest on George Elliott (24), victim of the Maimuru…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Woman Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 7

BRISBANE Monday Mrs. Clara Elizabeth Woodroffe, 50, of Deagon Street, Sandgate, was drowned this morning in the surf at Mooloolaba…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Youth Drowned Drop From Bridge Mate's Rescue Efforts

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 5

Ronald Waldron, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Waldron, of Wilmot Street, North Goulburn, was drowned in unusual…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Reporting Accidents

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 6

In New York a new Bill says that a driver of a vehicle who injures a dog must report the matter to the dog owner or to the nearest police station…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Drowning Victim

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 8 April 1936 · page 5

The inquiry into the death of Ronald Waldron, 19. who was drowned in the Mulwaree River near Thorn's Bridge on Monday night , will be held by the…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Youth Drowned

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 1

Peculiar circumstances surround the drowning of Ronald Waldron, 19, in the Mulwaree River, near Thorn’s bridge, Goulburn, late last Monday…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Man Killed Crane Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday: Charles Johnson was killed at he Sydney Cricket Ground to-day when the [?]b of a crane on the top of the new stand…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Injured Beneath His Camel

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 7

Many tragedies and accidents occur in Central Australia, the accounts of which seldom, if ever, find their way into civilisation. One such story is…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Died by Drowning Evidence At Inquiry Thorn's Bridge Tragedy

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 5

Efforts made by him to rescue Ronald Waldron from the rail from which he was hanging, and afterwards in trying to assist…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

50 INJURED Balcony Collapses in Dubbo

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 1

DUBBO, Thursday: Nearly 50 persons, men, women and children, were injured when an hotel balcony collapsed at dubbo…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Scout Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 13 April 1936 · page 3

Victor Hayes, a visiting Boy Scout from Cooper Street, Surry Hills, when busy at the camp at Murray's Flats, received a cut on the head from a…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Riots in Dublin Hundred Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 13 April 1936 · page 3

DUBLIN, Sunday: A hundred were injured in disturbances to-day when onlookers came into conflict a the Irish Republic Army's…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →