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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1898

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A Railway Fatality to a Braidwood Resident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 April 1898 · page 1

BULLI, Monday.—A fatal accident occurred here about half-past 10 o'clock this morning. An elderly gentleman was run over by the 10 33 mail train Deceased had only arrived from Sydney some 20…

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Serious Accident at Marulan

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 April 1898 · page 2

A SERIOUS vehicle accident occurred at Marulan on Monday last, the principal sufferer being an old resident named Wright, formerly a fettler on the line. Mr Wright's son-in-law, Mr. Beaver, was…

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Serious Buggy Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 April 1898 · page 2

Bowral, Friday.—A serious accident occurred yesterday afternoon. Mr. Thos. Cope, with Mrs. Armfield, Miss Cope, and two children, was driving along the Moss Vale road, when his horse bolted,…

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A Lightning Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 19 April 1898 · page 4

DURING a storm in America, the lightning struck an oak under which a wood, sawyer named Valletean, his wife, mid mother-in-law had taken shelter. All…

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Accidents to Boys

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 April 1898 · page 2

ON Saturday a boy named Stanley Whipp, living in Mundy-street, while playing fell over a gate and broke both bones of his left forearm. On Sunday a lad named James Eirth was riding a horse…

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Accidents

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 April 1898 · page 2

MR. GEORGE RITCHINGS, carter for Messrs. Meyer and Son, was delivering goods at Kenmore yesterday, and when about to re-enter his cart the horse bolted Ritchings hung on to the reins, and a…

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Painful Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 April 1898 · page 4

A PAINFUL accident happened at the Wesleyan Church, Goldsmith-street, after evening service on Sunday. Mrs. Nowland, mother of Constable Nowland, slipped on the stairs while coming down…

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 20 April 1898 · page 2

MRS. NOWLAND, mother of Senior-constable Nowland, aged about sixty, attended service at the Wesleyan church on Sunday evening, sitting in the gallery. When leaving the…

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Drowning Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 April 1898 · page 3

A MINER named Robert Bartley, employed at Stockton Colliery, was drowned in the Newcastle harbour on Wednesday afternoon. It appears that the deceased was standing on the wharf at Stockton,…

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Accidents

The Yass Courier · Friday 22 April 1898 · page 2

LAST week Mr. Alf. Barber had a very narrow escape at Mr. A. B. Triggs' mill. Mr. Barber was cleaning up the engine, when the piece of waste he was using caught in the…

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Fatal Accident near Cooma

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 6

COOMA, Thursday.—A fatal accident happened at Biggam, about 27 miles from here, the victim being Mr. John Thornton, of Gleufinnan, Nimitybelle He was taking an engine on a dray, and when…

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A Mining Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 3

CAPTAIN FLAT, Friday.—Two men were badly injured here to-day in the company's mines. E. Thompson, while looking down the main shaft, had the scalp torn from the back of his head by a…

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Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 26 April 1898 · page 2

MR. A. E. HUNT, first-assistant at the Crookwell Public School, met with a nasty accident whilst out riding on Thursday evening. He had been out for excercise and was returning…

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Serious Accident

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 26 April 1898 · page 2

On Sunday last Mr. and Mrs. John Waters were driving home in a sulky, and when nearing Rye Park, one wheel struck a stump, throwing Mr. Waters over the side on to his…

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Fatal Burning Accident. Death of a Burwood Lady

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 26 April 1898 · page 2

ON Saturday morning Mrs. J . F. Hennessy, wife of the well-known architect, living in Belmore-road, Burwood, received injuries from burning, which afterward proved fatal…

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 27 April 1898 · page 3

MR. PERCY H. MONKLEY, solicitor, Sydney, son of Mr. H, Monhley, Garfield, met with a severe accident last week, which will incapacitated him for a man time. He was about to…

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Cycling Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 April 1898 · page 2

A YOUNG man named Ernest Fowler, son of Mr. E. Fowler, of Clifford-street, met with a serious accident in Auburn-street on Wednesday morning near Belmore-square. The fork of his bicycle…

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Fatal Accident at Braidwood

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 April 1898 · page 4

AN inquest was held on Saturday before Coroner Bunn and a jury at Six Mile Flat touching the death of Charles McDermott, which had occurred on the previous day. From the evidence it appeared…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 April 1898 · page 4

A BOY named Ralph Kell, whilst droving cattle on Tuesday near the rifle butts, was thrown from his horse and severly injured. He was brought into Goulburn and found to have some fractured…

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Gruesome Railway Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—A lad of 14 years, named George Bennett, the son of Mr. William Bennett, of Wickham, was the victim of a fatal railway accident which occurred yesterday morning at 4 30 at the…

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