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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

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Accident at Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 24 April 1936 · page 7

Thomas Patrick McAloon, railway employee suffered an injury to his shoulder yesterday when he fell heavily while pushing a rail motor…

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Plane Crash Doctor Meets His Death Wife Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 27 April 1936 · page 1

Dr. Hillis Kyle Houston was fatally Injured, and his wife critically injured, when the plane in. which they were flying from Sydney…

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Funeral of Accident Victim

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 28 April 1936 · page 2

One of the most solemn and impressive scenes imaginable was enacted just prior to the Anzac Day parade in front of the Court House Shortly…

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Motoring Skidproof Roads Britain's Example Accidents in Australia

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

Slippery roads are to-day taking their toll in this country and adding materially to the number of serious automobile accidents…

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Toe Crushed Ganger Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 29 April 1936 · page 1

Walter Bonner, a ganger, of Glebe point, Sydney, while working near Cullerin yesterday, had the big toe of his left foot badly…

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Faulty Girder Dubbo Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 29 April 1936 · page 6

DUBBO, Wednesday:— At the conclusion of the inquest into the death of Florence Lillian May Meet. 56, who died from shock, following…

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Drowned While Reading a Book

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 30 April 1936 · page 7

A fourteen-year-old boy, described by his friends as a “thorough bookworm,” was found by his parents drowned in his bath, a book in his…

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Car Accident Second Death

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 April 1936 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday Robert Crawford Wiseman, who was shockingly injured when his daughter, Lilia[?] Maude Wiseman was killed In a…

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Collision at Plymouth

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday: The Strathnaver, on arrival at plymouth to-day, collided with the tender, Sir Francis Drake, which was taking off…

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Street Fatality Evidence at Inquiry Goldsmith St. Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 1

A verdict that Mrs. Chariotte Morrison died from injuries received by being Struck by a motor lorry when crossing Goldsmith…

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Car Fatality Hit Telegraph Pole

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday: Allan Ford, 20, was killed instantly last night when his motor car crashed into a telegraph pole in Victoria Road,…

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Accident to Caddie

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 4 May 1936 · page 2

Dick Duddleston, jurn., son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Duddleston, had the misfortune to painfully gash his leg on the golf links on Saturday. He…

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Charged by Ram Farmer Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 6 May 1936 · page 4

Attacked by a ram in a padock on his property, "Medalis," Yarra, Mr. W. Apps suffered a severe knee injury…

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BOXING Henneberry Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 May 1936 · page 5

The Australian middleweight champion (Fred Henneberry) has been forced to withdraw from his contest with Ron Richards, arranged to take…

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Cars in Collision Remarkable Escapes

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 May 1936 · page 5

Two cars involved in a collision at the intersection of Goldsmith and Faithfull Streets this morning were badly…

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Painful Accident

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 7 May 1936 · page 2

Mr. Ambrose Ware, of Harden, met with a severe accident on Monday last. He was on horseback and was driving a number of horses near…

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Man Killed Tragedy at Tomorroma Accidentally Shot Through the Heart

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 7 May 1936 · page 2

James Byrne, 59, of “Rosemount,” Tomorroma, about 30 miles from Wee Jasper, accidentally shot himself through the heart about 7 o’clock on…

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Flashes on the Sport Screen News From All Athletic Fields, Both at Rome and Abroad Brevities for the Followers of Every Game, Live and the Point. Look for This Feature Every Week and Keep in Close Contact with All Sports. Football Quarries Play the Railway. Win by the Former Team. Two Injured Players Carried Off

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 7 May 1936 · page 1

A curtain-raiser to the big match was played on Roberts' Park, on Sunday afternoon, between teams representing the Q[?] and the…

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Knew He Was Going to Die Six-year-old's Pathetic Words. Knocked Down by Bicycle. Story of Accident at School Sports

The Young Chronicle · Friday 8 May 1936 · page 8

"Mummy, I'm choking, I'm going to die." These were the pathetic words of John Taylor, aged 6, after he…

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Golspie Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 11 May 1936 · page 4

Mr. P. J. Fitzgibbon builder of Taralga met with a painful accident while engaged on a new building in course of erection here for Mr. A. S…

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