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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1897

372 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 9 of 19

The Fatal Accident near Gunning

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 27 May 1897 · page 2

MR. JOHN O'BRIEN, farmer, a very old resident of the Gunning district, was killed on Tuesday night while returning home from Gunning. As he did not return at the usual time, his sons went to look…

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Accident to a Mail Coach

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 27 May 1897 · page 4

TUMUT, Tuesday.—A serious accident occurred to-day to the mail coach while coming from Adelong to Tumut. Near Killarney the bolt dropped out of the swingletree, and one of the horses taking fright…

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Bicycle Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 27 May 1897 · page 2

THE Braidwood Dispatch reports:—Mr. P. P. Maher, one of our local storekeepers, met with an accident on Saturday last while journeying to Queanbeyan on his bike. On the other side of…

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A Terrible Accident

Goulburn Herald · Friday 28 May 1897 · page 6

IT is nothing unusual for legs and arms to be broken (says an English contemporary) when struck by the recoil of a broken manilla or hempen…

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Fatal Accident at Gunning

The Yass Courier · Friday 28 May 1897 · page 2

ON Tuesday last, a man named John O'Brien, an old resident at Gunning, met with a fatal accident there, through being thrown out of a cart. It appears O'Brien was going home…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 29 May 1897 · page 4

A YOUNG man named George Mansfield, employed in the Gas Co.'s office, fell whilst skating on Wednesday night and fractured his left arm near the wrist. He was taken to Dr. Handcock's…

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Fatality at the Mint

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 June 1897 · page 2

A SLATER named Henry Hugh Hydes, 42, fell from the roof of the Sydney Mint on 26th April while engaged fixing battens on the rafiers. The distance of the roof from the asphalt path was about…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 June 1897 · page 4

MR. H. WALKER, employed at Kimpton's Mills, met with an accident on Tuesday. He and another were shifting flour, when a tier came down and fell on Walker, burying him under 12 sacks…

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Fatal Accident at Robertson

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 June 1897 · page 2

ROBERTSON, Tuesday.—A sad accident, which terminated fatally, happened to Mr. John M'Baron on Saturday evening whilst driving home from Moss Vale. It is supposed that owing to the…

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Serious Accident on the Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 June 1897 · page 2

A FIREMAN named Hubert Powell met with a serious accident on the Cooma line on Wednesday afternoon, and he is now lying in the Goulburn Hospital in an unconseious state. It appears he…

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Attempted Burglary. the Injured Constable

The Yass Courier · Friday 11 June 1897 · page 2

Constable Pearce, who received a bullet wound in the left shoulder while endeavouring to arrest a would be burglar at Mr. Oxenham's on Monday morning, is progressing as…

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Fatal Accident

Goulburn Herald · Friday 11 June 1897 · page 2

ON Wednesday afternoon Hubert Spenser Powell (23), fireman, met with an accident on the Cooma railway, which terminated fatally yesterday afternoon. Deceased was on…

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Accident to a Fireman

The Yass Courier · Friday 11 June 1897 · page 2

A serious accident befel a youngman named Bert Powel, residing in Mundy-street, Goulburn, on Wednesday afternoon, whereby he received a severe scalp wound and other…

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Fatality in a Biscuit Factory

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 June 1897 · page 3

THE death of William Edward Lapham, aged 15, which occurred in the Sydney Hospital on Thursday, was the subject of an inquest by the City Coroner (Mr. J. C. Woore, J.P.) at Chancery…

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Fatal Accident on the Cooma Line

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 June 1897 · page 4

A YOUNG man Hubert Powell, acting as fireman on a stock train coming from Cooma to Goulburn on Wednesday last, met with a fatal accident on the journey through his head coming in contact…

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Railway Accident

Goulburn Herald · Monday 14 June 1897 · page 2

ABOUT eleven on Saturday night Mr. James Alls, stationmaster at Hilltop, was found on the railway line near the platform, Mittagong, with both legs injured apparently from being…

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Terrible Burning Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 June 1897 · page 2

COOMA, Monday.—A terrible burning accident occurred about noon to-day to Elsie Stewart, aged 3, daughter of Mr. William Stewart, of Slack's Creek, about seven miles from town. The little…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 June 1897 · page 2

Master C. Hayden met with an accident at the skating rink on Saturday evening, sustaining a fracture of the log near the ankle. He was removed to the hospital…

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Accident to a Stationmaster

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 June 1897 · page 4

MITTAGONG, Sunday.—A serious accident happened at Mittagong last evening about 11 o'clock to Mr. J. Alt, stationmaster at Hilltop. Mr. Alt was boarding a goods train to go to Colovale, and it is supposed…

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Accidents to Cyclists

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 June 1897 · page 3

THREE prominent cyclists were severely injured on Sunday. Two of them, G. Meadham and W. McCombe, had only recently recovered from injuries received on…

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