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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1898

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Shocking Gun Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 1 February 1898 · page 2

LONDON, January 27.--A shocking explosion occurred to-day, during gun practice on H.M.S. Bouncer, twinscrew gunboat for coast defence, at…

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Fatal Riding Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 February 1898 · page 1

BATHURST, Monday.—The accident which befell Private Muntz, of the Molong Mounted Rifles, on Saturday, had a fatal termination, the patient dying to-day at noon. He never regained consciousness…

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A Jockey's Terrible Condition. a Series of Accidents

Goulburn Herald · Friday 4 February 1898 · page 4

IT may be taken four granted that nothing is further from the mind of the jockey when riding a close-contested race than the chances of on accident occurring. The frequency…

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Monday 7 February 1898 · page 2

A MILK-CART belonging to Mr. H. Monk collided with Mr. Shockey's cordial waggen about five o'clock on Saturday evening, near Syken' Hotel, Both vehicles were damaged and…

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Drowned in the Harbour

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 February 1898 · page 2

THE Sydney Coroner on Monday morning conducted a magisterial inquiry at the Lloyd Hotel, George street North, touching the death of the man whose body was found floating in the waters of…

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Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 8 February 1898 · page 2
Also in Goulburn Evening Penny Post, Goulburn Evening Penny Post

A BOY named Richard Hoops, State boy in the employ of Mr. Patrick Rvan, Wheeo, was thrown from his horse on Saturday last, and received a…

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Accident at Binalong

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 8 February 1898 · page 2

ON Friday evening last a painful accident happened to Master Oliver Gannon, son of Mr. John Gannon, of Binalong. Master Gannon took his sister out for a drive and on…

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Fatal Railway Accident in Scotland. London, Feb. 5

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 February 1898 · page 1

A mail train came into collision with a fast goods train in Ayrshire yesterday. The two engines, two of the passenger carriages, and three of the goods vans were smashed…

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Accidents

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1898 · page 2

ON Monday evening Regioald Armstrong, son of Mr. W. G. Armstrong of the Albion Hotel, was driving with his cousin along Mondy-street. Their peny bolted and they…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 February 1898 · page 4

A BOY named Richard Heeps, state boy in the employ of Mr. Patrick Ryan, Wheeo, was thrown from his horse on Saturday last, and received a fracture of the left thigh. Young Heeps left the…

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Nearly Drowned

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 11 February 1898 · page 2

THE residents were startled to learn early yesterday morning that Mr. Richard Cartwright, of the Valley Farm, about two miles from…

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Twelve Persons Drowned

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 February 1898 · page 3

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Railway Accident in Scotland

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 February 1898 · page 3

A mail train came into collision with a fast goods train at Barassie, near Irvine, Ayrshire. The two engines, two of the passenger carriages, and three of the…

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A Jockey’s Terrible Condition. a Series of Accidents

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 4

It may be taken for granted that nothing is further from the mud of the jockey, when riding a close contested race, than the chances of an accident occurring. The frequency with which…

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Strange Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 6

Mrs. J. Thompson, the wife of a well- known bookmaker, formerly of Melbourne, very nearly lost her life (says the London correspondent to the "Age," under date of…

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Fatality at Crookwell

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 4

CROOKWELL, Saturday.—A coroner's inquest was held before Mr. S. L. Cox, district coroner, to-day on the body of Richard Cartwright, who died last night from the effects of immersion in the water…

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Collision on the Humber. London, Feb. 12

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 4

The steamer Marbella and the coast-guardship Galatea came into collision on the Humber yesterday. The Marbella sank, and 40 horses which she had on board were drowned. Among them were several…

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Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 2

A YOUNG man named Fuge, working with his father in a claim at Junction Point, last week had a narrow escape, not only, from losing his eyesight, but from…

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