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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

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Fatal Accident at Bevendale Young Boy Killed When Sulky Overturns After Striking a Stump

The Burrowa News · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 3

What was intended for a party to celebrate tie 69th birthday of Mrs. Noakes wife of Mr. James Noakes, of "Mayfield,"…

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Horses Fall at Canterbury Five Jockeys Injured and Two Horses Killed in Two Smashes Course Rushed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 8

One of Sydney's leading jockeys K. Cook, injured in one of two serious race accidents at Canterbury Park on Saturday had not…

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Four Hurt in Car Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 5

Four people were injured when three cars were involved in a peculiar accident near the Collector turn off at Yarra yesterday…

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Ten People Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 1

Eighteen people crashed fifteen feet to the ground when the floor of a landing at the Stanmore Theatre collapsed…

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Air Force Planes in Collision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 5

LONDON, Monday: One pilot was killed and the other escaped with a parachute when to R.A.F. planes collided at Uckfield…

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Carpenter's Death Mummell Fatality Evidence at Inquiry

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 1

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Deputy Coroner, Mr. E. F. Thomas, at the magisterial inquiry yesterday…

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Injured Jockeys K. Cook Still Unconscious

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 8

Improvement in the condition of Keith Cook, badly injured in the second of two smashes at Canterbury races on Saturday was reported by…

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In Accident Sir Hugh Poynter's Daughters Car Skidded

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 7

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Two daughters of Sir Hugh and Lady Poynter, Joscelyn, 22, and Shirley, 19, together with Captain Blacker, A.D.C. to…

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A Motor Fatality

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 3

One man was killed and another injured in a motor car capsize between Dalgety and the Ironmongie property of the Wollogorang Pastoral…

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Mining Fatality at Frogmore

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 2

Bertie Sedgman, manager of the Wolfram mine, Frogmore, was fatally injured on Monday when a belt which he was putting on a machine almost…

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Shocking Accident Man's Arm Severed in Chaff Cutter

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 3

His arm cleanly severed just below the elbow, Charlie Sells, aged about 45 years, foreman at Borambola Station, Wagga exhibited remarkable…

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Accident at Oil Depot

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 5

William Melvin, depot assistant at the Atlantic Union Oil Co's depot, Braidwood Road, narrowly escaped serious injury…

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Missing Man Found Drowned in Boorowa River

The Burrowa News · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 2

Missing from his place of residence in Brial Street, Boorowa, since Friday last, the body of well-known residents of Boorowa…

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Accident at Frogmore Mines Man Dies From Injuries Leg of Trousers Caught in Revolving Machinery

The Burrowa News · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 2

Not long after the men commenced work at the Phoenix Woolfram Mines Ltd. at Frogmore on Monday, a shocking…

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Accident and Lions About

The Burrowa News · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 6

A Natal woman and her daughter had a terriying experience recently when motoring through the Kruger National Park. While returning to…

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Car Accident Yass People Injured Travelling to the Coast

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 2

Travelling from Yass to the South Coast yesterday, a car driven by Mrs. Roy Smith, of “Brooklands,” left the road…

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Unusual Accident Motorist Falls Out Of Car Between Yass and Gunning

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 3

An unusual car accident occurred between Yass and Gunning when a young man travelling from Sydney to Melbourne fell out of his car…

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Gun Accident Man Shot Dead

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 1

George Allan Miller was found with a gunshot wound in the head, at the residence of his brother with whom he resided at…

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Wind Takes Control Ships In Collision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 27 January 1938 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday: Three ships met in a collision in the harbour under the Pyrmont Bridge to-day and half a dozen men from the forecastle…

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MR. D. BOREHAM Drowned In Surf At Moruya

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 27 January 1938 · page 5

MORUYA, Thursday: Dudley Gordon Boreham, 33, of Grenfell, was drowned in the surf at Moruya Heads yesterday morning. Lifesavers rushed…

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