Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Accidents, all years

Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1898

382 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 10 of 20

Tram Fatality at Annandale

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 July 1898 · page 4

ANOTHER tram fatality was reported as having occurred on Saturday evening in the vicinity of Johnstone-street and Parramatta-road, when an excise officer (Mr. John Charles Brown) residing at…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Fatal Accident to a Child

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 July 1898 · page 4

A LITTLE boy named Cecil Thomas Murray, aged 3½ years, son of Mr. Thomas Murray, farmer, of Bredalbane, met with a burning accident on Thursday last. He was brought into the Goulburn…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Accident

Goulburn Herald · Friday 8 July 1898 · page 2

MRS. FREY, accompanied by her son, on her way home to Merrilla, yesterday afternoon, was driving along Deccan-street, when the horse shied and turned suddenly round,…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Terrible Disaster. Over Five Hundred Drowned. London, July 7

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 July 1898 · page 4

A terrible disaster has taken place in the Atlantic, resulting in appalling loss of life. The French liner La Bourgogne, bound from Now York to Havre, came into collision during a dense…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 July 1898 · page 2

MR. SAMUEL BAYFIELD, railway guard, met with a painful accident at Marulan on Thursday last whilst coupling some trucks. His left arm was caught between the trucks and very severely…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Fatal Accident at the Fitzroy Dock

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 July 1898 · page 6

ON Wednesday afternoon an engineer named John Spencer, employed at the Fitzroy dock, was jammed between a truckload of ballast and a machine used for planing ironwork. The truck was…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Buggy Accident

Goulburn Herald · Monday 11 July 1898 · page 2

WHILE driving on the Norwood Road yesterday afternoon, Mr. Alf. Daniel had the misfortune to upset his buggy through the horse swerving. There were two ladies in the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Fatal Railway Accident at Wentworthville

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 July 1898 · page 2

ON Monday afternoon a railway accident occurred close to Wentworthville railway station, when an apparently elderly man was literally out in half by the 1.15 p.m. train from Wentworthville. It is…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Fatal Accident at Waterloo

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 July 1898 · page 4

THE Sydney deputy coroner, Dr. Rennie, conducted an liquiry on Saturday at the Gross Farm Hotel, M'[?]ssenden-road, touching the death of James Neil, who received fatal injuries through being run…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Fatal Driving Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 July 1898 · page 4

BEERY, Saturday.—Mrs. Edward M'Manus was killed at Bellawongorah to-day. White she was driving from Berry up the mountain the horse and sulky fell over an embankment. Mrs. M'Manus,…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Tram Accident.—Sad Circumstances

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 July 1898 · page 4

SHORTLY before 2 o'clock on Saturday afternoon an accident befell Mrs. Margaret Simp-on on the I Willoughby tramway, whereby she suffered extensive injuries. It appears that as the electric tram…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

The Fatality at Wentworthville

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 July 1898 · page 4

THE Parramatta coroner held an inquest on Tuesday on the body of a man who on the previous day was killed by a passing train near the Went-worthville station. The body was identified by Mr…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

News by Cable. Terrible Disaster at Sea. Collision in the Atlantic. A French Liner Sunk. Five Hundred Lives Lost. Brutality of Sailors

The Burrowa News · Friday 15 July 1898 · page 2

A terrible disaster has occurred in the Atlantic, involving, so far as present accounts show a loss of 500 lives. The French liner La Bourgogne,…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Shocking Tram Accident

The Burrowa News · Friday 15 July 1898 · page 2

A shocking tram accident occurred on the Willoughby electric tram line on Saturday afternoon. As a tram from Ridge-street, driven by Frank Murden, an experienced…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Discovered by Accident

The Burrowa News · Friday 15 July 1898 · page 1

MEN who find a short cut to fortune are few; nevertheless they exist. A bank clerk in London heard that there was a rich depoist of gold at a certain…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

A Member of Parliament Drowned. London, July 11

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 July 1898 · page 6

Mr. Thomas Owen, M P., Liberal, representing the Launceston Division, Cornwall, bas been accidentally drowned…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Accident

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 20 July 1898 · page 2

BU[?]Y after noon today a little girl about two, daughter of Mr. W. J[?]n Of [?], was playing on the verandah , when she slipped and fell with her face on the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Accident to the Prince of Wales. London, July 19

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 July 1898 · page 1

The Prince of Wales met with an accident yesterday at Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire, while he was on a visit there. His Royal Highness slipped on a staircase and…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Shooting Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 July 1898 · page 4

A YOUNG man named Henry Reynolds, of North Goulburn, was accidentally shot in the back on Thursday evening. He was out on a shooting excursion with another young fellow named William…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Church of England. Accident to Rev. P. G. Smith

Goulburn Herald · Monday 25 July 1898 · page 2

ON Monday last when returning from Uriarra where he had performing service on Sunday, the Rev. P. G. Smith had a fall from his horse and broke his leg. The rev…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →