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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

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Two Falls at Canterbury Roma Killed After Fall In Park Stakes J. Duncan Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 8

Two horses fell at Canterbury Park on Saturday: The three-year-old filly Roma' died' on the course shortly after her fall in the Park Stakes from…

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Three Drowned at Wingham

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 4

WINGHAM, Tuesday: Harry Baines, 16, after a 400 yards swim to the wharf at Wingham last night, said he believed three…

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Twelve Injured Lorry Capsized Near Young Cricket Party

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 5

YOUNG, Tuesday: Twelve persons were injured following the overturning of a motor lorry on the Thuddungra-Grenfell Road,…

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Two Children Drowned in Boorowa River

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 3

A double fatality occurred at Boorowa on Saturday night, when Dorothy Hartley (12) and patricia Hartley (8) disappeared…

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Father Charged After Motor Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 4

HARDEN, Wednesday: A motor, driven by Terence Thomas Dear., an employee of the Burrowa Municipal Council, struck the…

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Finnish Crew of 20 Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 January 1937 · page 5

OSLO, Wednesday: The crew of 20 of the Finnish steamer Aavonia, which grounded near Kristinnsand (Norway), are…

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Burrowa Tragedy Two Former Cootamundra Girls Drowned

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 21 January 1937 · page 2

Patricia, aged 8, and Doris, 10, the two daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Harpley, formerly of Jindalee, were drowned under tragic circumstances…

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Two Test Men on Injured List

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 January 1937 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday: Two Victorian members of the fourth test team, Rigg and Fleetwood-Smith, are suffering from hand injuries. Rigg is unlikely…

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ACCIDENTAL Dr. R. J. Tillyard's Death Wife's Intention

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 January 1937 · page 4

Stressing that she did not want damages, which in the circumstances would be an insu't, Mrs. Tillyard, wife, of the late Dr…

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Ex-king in Motor Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 January 1937 · page 5

VIENNA, Wednesday: The Duke of Windsor's ear collided with another on the icy road between Enzesefeld Castle and Vienna to-day. Although…

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Road Junction Is Worse Than Ever Possibility of Accident

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 21 January 1937 · page 1

Aldermen of the Municipal Council who have had many years of motoring experience declared on Monday night that the work…

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Double Fatality. Two Sisters Drowned in Boorowa River

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 3

Boorowa experienced one of the saddest fatalities that has ever occurred in the history of the town on Saturday evening…

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14 Injured In Smash Lorry Overturns and Hits Tree

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 6

Fourteen people, including the whole of the Thuddungra second grade cricket team, were taken to hospital at Young last Sunday, as…

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More Than 500 People Killed In Road Accidents Grim List for 1936 Fatalities Growing

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 1

During last year 539 persons were killed in road accidents in New South Wales, according to a report issued by the…

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Truck Hangs Over Retaining Wall Remarkable Escape Driver's Accident After Taking Child to Hospital

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 9

A remarkable accident happened in Station Street, Harden, on Thursday night, when a twoton motor truck, owned by the Burrowa Municipal Council and…

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CAPSIZED Car Accidents Near Goulburn Two Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 25 January 1937 · page 5

Two accidents, in which cars overturned and the occupants were fortunate not to be seriously injured, occurred near…

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Injured Players Fit for Test

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 25 January 1937 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday: It was stated to-day that Don Bradman and Fleetwood-Smith will be fit to play in the fourth test…

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Incinerated in Plane Three Burnt To Death At Mascot Fire After Collision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 25 January 1937 · page 1

Miss May Bradford and two other women were burnt to death in a plane crash at Mascot aerodrome yesterday afternoon. The plane, a Klemm-Eagle monoplane, owned and piloted by Miss Bradford, collided with another plane,…

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Maori Prospectors Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Two Maori prospectors, Nehua Toki, 59, and Tuta Nehua 56 were found drowned in a hole which they had drilled in solid…

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Child Drowned in Lake

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 8

GOSFORD, Wednesday. The body of her baby daughter, aged 2, was found flouting in Terrigal Lake yesterday by Mrs. Freda…

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