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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

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Verdict for the Plaintiff. Binalong Motor Accident Case. Collision Near Culvert

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1937 · page 4

A verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed (£5119) was given by His Honor, Judge W.. T. Coyle; in the Yass District Court in the case…

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From Everywhere Child Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 February 1937 · page 4

Betty O'Brien, who lives with her parents in Common Street, was playing on the railway line near her home when she slipped and fell, striking…

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From Everywhere Horseman Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 February 1937 · page 4

Gordon Couch, 18, was riding a horse across the .Young Bridge, Boorowa, when the horse slipped and fell. Couch suffered a fracture of a…

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Goulburn in a Collision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 24 February 1937 · page 7

SYDNEY, Wednesday: With a loud crash, two interstate cargo steamers Collided off Darling Street wharf shortly before 11 o'clock last night…

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Fell From Train Man Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 February 1937 · page 5

Falling from the afternoon passenger train between Bundanoon and Penrose yesterday, Patrick Leonard, a resident of Grabben Gullen, was…

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Gunning Town and District News Collision Near Dalton Car Turns Over Occupants Escape Serious Injury

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 25 February 1937 · page 5

A motor collision occurred on the Gunning-Dalton Road, near Dalton, last Saturday night, between two cars, one driven by Mr. J. Cummings…

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P. M’ S Query Deaf and Dumb Man With License “Has Never Had Accident”

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 25 February 1937 · page 2

In the Court yesterday before Mr. F. W. Britz, P.M., Frank R. Davis, Polding Street, was proceeded against for not returning an expired driver’s…

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Cars in Collision Near Dalton

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 1 March 1937 · page 1

GUNNING: When returning to Gunning a car driven by Mr. Ted Hallam, of Gunning, and another driven by Mr. Cummins, came…

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From Everywhere Show Rider Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 1 March 1937 · page 4

In a hunting contest at the Adaminaby Show, Lionel Kennedy, son of Councillor Kennedy, of Adaminaby, was injured. His horse fell at…

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Rescue Party Arrives Condition of Injured Man

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 1 March 1937 · page 5

BRISBANE, Monday: Members of one rescue party early to-day reached the wrecked Stinson and the two survivors. Another party…

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"ACCIDENTAL" Railway Guard's Death Inquiry Held

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 March 1937 · page 7

After an injury held at the Crookwell Court House on Saturday into last week's shunting accident at the Prell's siding, in…

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Shot in Hand Accident Near Towrang Boy's Courage

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 March 1937 · page 5

Philip Carter, aged 12, son of Mr. Arthur Carter, of Clinton Street, had his left hand inutilated when a 12-gauge…

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Fatal Accident Railway Guard Succumbs Leg Almost Severed

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 3 March 1937 · page 4

Jack Glanville, well-known figure on the railway service between Crookwell and Goulburn, in which line he had for the past ten…

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Coronial Inquiry Accidental Death High Tributes to Late Jack Glanville

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 3 March 1937 · page 1

The District Coroner, Mr. J. J. Manion, J.P., on Saturday last held an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of…

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Cars In Collision Near Dalton

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 March 1937 · page 6

When retailing to Cunning a car driven by Mr. Ted Hallam, of Gunning, and another driven by Mr. Cummins, came into…

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Launch Disaster Six Men Drowned At Sydney

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 8 March 1937 · page 3

Six men were drowned, and three others were saved only after desperate efforts by rescuers when the 32-foot launch Voyager was washed…

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6 DROWNED Tragedy Off Manly Launch Wrecked In Tremendous Seas

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 8 March 1937 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday: Six men were drowned and three others were saved only after desperate efforts by rescuers when the…

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Actor's Death Was Accidental

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 8 March 1937 · page 8

LONDON, Sunday: Dr. Peter Vosper, father of the noted playwright and stage and film actor, Frank Vosper, who disappeared from the liner…

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Strange Accident Causes Loss Of Eye

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 8 March 1937 · page 2

“You’ve done one of your tyres,” said a passenger in a car driven by Gordon Daley, 19, of Harden, two miles from Cootamundra,…

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Injured by Fall in Bathroom

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 March 1937 · page 8

William Neugent, a well-known resident of the Taralga district, was found in the bathroom of a Taralga hotel early yesterday…

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