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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1897

372 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 11 of 19

Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 July 1897 · page 2

A. FETTLER named White was admitted to the Goulburn Hospital on Wednesday evening suffering from severe injuries to the chest and back and a scalp wound. It appears he was riding with others…

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Friday 16 July 1897 · page 2

ON Wednesday afternoon a fettler named John White, residing at Tarago, received severe injuries to the chest and back and a scalp wound through falling from a Sheffield…

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Terrible Railway Accident

The Burrowa News · Friday 16 July 1897 · page 3

A shocking railway accident is reported from Denmark. An express train running on the Nord S[?]llandake Jernbane, from Helsingoer (Elsinore) to Copenhagen…

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Serious Tramway Accident

The Burrowa News · Friday 16 July 1897 · page 2

A TRAM ACCIDENT of a very serious nature occurred on Sunday night a few minutes after 7 o'clock, in Oxford-street, Paddington, just opposite Glenmore-road, and at…

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Painful Accident

The Yass Courier · Friday 16 July 1897 · page 2

On Monday last a very painful accident happened to Miss Esther Davis, eldest daughter of Mr. James Davis, junr., of Mundoonan. Miss Davis, who has a very delicate mother,…

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Accidents

The Yass Courier · Friday 16 July 1897 · page 2

On Sunday morning last a child named Edwin Garretty, about two and a half years of age, was brought to the Yass Hospital with his hand in a mutilated state. It appears that…

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Painful Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 July 1897 · page 4

ON Monday last a very painful accident happened to Miss Esther Davis, eldest daughter of Mr. James Davis, junr., of Mundoonan, near Yass. Miss Davis, who has a very delicate mother, had…

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Accident at the Rink

Goulburn Herald · Monday 19 July 1897 · page 2

WHILST skating at the Elite Rink, on Saturday night a young man named George Blackshaw had the misfortune to fall and fracture his arm. Dr. Handcock attended to…

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Skating Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 July 1897 · page 2

A YOUNG man named George Blackshaw whilst skating at the Elite Rink on Saturday evening fell and fractured his arm. The fracture was reduced by Dr. Handcock…

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Serious Runaway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 July 1897 · page 4

Newcastle, Sunday.—At about 8 o'clock last night a serious runaway accident occurred in Hunter-street, city, resulting in the death of a young woman and in the severe injuring of three…

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Accident

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 20 July 1897 · page 2

Last Tuesday Master Phil. Jones, son of Mr. C. Jones of Cooma-street, was riding home when his horse fell opposite Mr. Peterson's store, causing Jones to fall on his arm. He came home, and the arm was so painful that…

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 21 July 1897 · page 2

A YOUNG man named Thomas Robinson fell off a load of wood on Monday afternoon and had the misfortune to break his left arm. Dr. Handcock reduced the fracture…

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Cable News. the Mining Accident in Kimberley. London, July 20

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 July 1897 · page 2

The men who were entombed by the "mud" rush in the famous De Beer's diamond mine at Kimberley, South Africa, have been rescued…

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Fatal Accident at Rosebery Park Races

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 July 1897 · page 4

ON Tuesday afternoon an accident occurred at the Rosebery Park races by which one jockey was killed and two others were injured. It appears that shortly after 4 o'clock the Rosebery Handicap…

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Found Drowned near the Heads

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 July 1897 · page 4

The body of a woman found floating between the Heads on Friday by Captain Wagstaff, of the launch Estella, was subsequently identified as that of Catherine French, 62, wife of William French,…

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TELEGRAMS. Fatality at Dalton. Dalton

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 July 1897 · page 4

ALLAN FRENCH, 13 years of age, grandson of Mrs. Alchin, was thrown from his horse and killed instantly yesterday evening…

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A Peculiar Fatal Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 July 1897 · page 2

WALCHA, Tuesday.—Edgar Chambers, a lad, aged 15 years, met his death in a rather peculiar manner on Sunday last. He accidentally fell from a Kerosene box, whilst sitting near the fire, and struck his…

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Tramway Accident near Belmore Park

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 July 1897 · page 2

A MISHAP occurred on the tramline near Belmore Park on Wednesday night. It appears that three men were crossing Elizabeth-street just as a tram drawn by motor No. 78 was emerging from…

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Friday 30 July 1897 · page 2

MR. E. J. MCGUIGAN of Currawang had the misfortune to break his collar-bona on Sunday last. He was riding on horseback when the animal slipped and fell on its rider. Mr…

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The Latest. Sydney, Saturday, 1.20 p.m. Serious Accident to a Porter

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 31 July 1897 · page 2

A PORTER at Sydenham station was run over by a passing train and had both legs cut off this morning. The Tasmania…

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