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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1898

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Fatal Accident

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 16 February 1898 · page 4

ON Saturday, February 6th, a fatal accident happened to Mr. Causer of Bimbi. The full particulars of the accident will be learned from the following report taken from the Grenfell…

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TELEGRAMS. Disastrous Flood at Bungendore. Two Persons Drowned. Narrow Escape of a Train. Damage to the Railway Line

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 4

BUNGENDORE, WEDNESDAY, 9.40 a.m. THE most disastrous flood ever known here occurred last night. It had been raining from last Saturday until Monday. At 9…

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Floods at Bungendore. Two Men Drowned

The Yass Courier · Friday 18 February 1898 · page 2

Bungendore, Wednesday.--The most disastrous flood ever known here occurred last night. It had been raining from Saturday until Monday at 9 a.m., when it cleared up…

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Floods at Bungendore. Two Men Drowned. Railway Washaways

The Burrowa News · Friday 18 February 1898 · page 2

The most disastrous flood ever known at Bungendore occurred on Tuesday night. It had been raining from Saturday until Monday at 9 a.m., when it…

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Jockey's Terrible Condition. a Series of Accidents

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 22 February 1898 · page 4

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

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Sensational Accident at St. Mary's Cathedral

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 February 1898 · page 2

THE few people who were abroad in Queen's-square, opposite St. Mary's Cathedral, on Monday morning were the witnesses of a sensational occurrence, attended unfortunately with fatal results…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Monday, 1.55 p.m. Shocking Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 February 1898 · page 4

SHORTLY after nine o'clock this morning two men named John Leslie and William Drury were being hoisted to the top of the scaffolding at St. Mary's Cathedral, when…

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St. Mary's Cathedral Fatality

The Yass Courier · Friday 25 February 1898 · page 2

THE Sydney Coroner, Mr. J. C. Woore, J.P., conducted an inquest on Tuesday on the body of John Leslie, 40, who died on Monday morning from injuries received by a fall from…

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Fatal Shooting Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 February 1898 · page 2

WELLINGTON, Friday.—A fatal accident happened on Tuesday at Spicer's Creek to a lad named Michael Madden, aged seven, the son of Mr. James Madden, road maintenance man. Deceased's brother, aged…

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Accident Off the Coast of Norfolk. London, Feb. 24

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 February 1898 · page 4

The Coastguard boat, while fetching stores from the gunboat Alarm, capsized off Wells, in Norfolk, and five of the crew were drowned. Subsequently the Alarm's gig capsized, and six…

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A Jockey's Terrible Condition. a Series of Accidents

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 1 March 1898 · page 4

IT may be taken for granted that nothing is further from the mind of a jockey, when riding a close-contested race, than the chances, of an accident…

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A Boy Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 March 1898 · page 4

THE Sydney Coroner held a magisterial inquiry on Monday morning at Alexandria touching the death of the boy Charles Oscar Phillips, who was drowned on Saturday afternoon in Shea's Creek…

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Accident in the Hunting Field. London, March 1

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 March 1898 · page 2

When hunting at Heythrop, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, the country residence of the Hon. Mrs. Albert Brassey, the horse ridden by Lady Violet Mary Brassey, wife of Mr. H. L. Brassey, nephew…

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Monday 7 March 1898 · page 2

ON Saturday Mr. Lake senior of Goldsmith-street was on horseback not far from his residence, when the horse he was riding shied at some object and unseated him. In trying…

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Two Boys Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 March 1898 · page 4

WILCANNIA, Saturday.—A sad drowning fatality occurred this afternoon two miles from Wilcannia in a billabong on the river Darling. Two sons of Mr. Walter Dell, a resident butcher bore, aged about 10…

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Accident

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

A serious accident happened to Mr. Like, senior, on Saturday last, Whilst riding in Goldsmith-street his horse shied and he was unseated. He sustained a fractured collarbone and a severe shaking…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 March 1898 · page 2

A MAN named Samuel Montgomery placed his hand on a horse at Sands's yards on Tuesday, when the animal lashed out and out his upper lip badly, also lacerating his bands. Dr. McKillop placed some…

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The Shooting Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 March 1898 · page 2

MELBOURENE, Wednesday.—Bertie Douglas, the victim of the shooting accident on Tuesday, is still living, but is in a precarious condition. The bullet was located in the brain by the aid of the Rontgen…

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A Shooting Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 March 1898 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A shooting accident, under extremely sad circumstances, took place this afternoon at Malvern, the victim being a lad named Bertie Douglas. He was toying with a saloon rifle,…

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A Strange Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 4

GRAFTON, Friday.—A butcher named Stack, employed at the Ramornie meat works, was killed this afternoon. He was in the act of pithing a bullock, when he…

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