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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1899

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The Accident to an Atlantio Liner. London, May 23

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 May 1899 · page 4

It has transpired that the master of the pilot-boat warned the commander of the Paris that his vessel was steaming straight for the Manacles. The Paris altered her course, otherwise she must have…

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Terrible Fatality.—Five Men Killed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 May 1899 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Friday.—A terrible fatality occurred at the recently-started Bundaleer waterworks a few minutes before knock-off time yesterday, when a fall of earth occurred, entombing a number of…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 May 1899 · page 2

A little boy named Reginald Painter, aged three years, living with his parents at Carrick, met with I an accident on Tuesday evening last. He fell from a chair in the house end broke both bones of one…

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A Shocking Accident

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 29 May 1899 · page 2

Frederick Beeson, a well-known cyclist of the Victory Club, met with a shacking accident on Thursday, his left arm being torn to pieces. Beeson for some time…

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Mining Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 May 1899 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Two men were smothered by charcoal fumes at the Prentice United mine, Rutherglen, last night. To provide air to the south workings a now air…

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Attacked by a Dog. a Child Dreadfully Injured

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 30 May 1899 · page 3

A little girl armed Airey Chase, grand daughter of the late Canon Chase, was dreadfully injured on Queen's Birthday, through being bitten by a St. Bernard dog. Her…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 May 1899 · page 2

AN accident occurred on the Inveralochy road this morning. One of the springs of the vehicle driven by the Inveralochy mailman broke, and the driver and a passenger, Mr. Robert Knudson, were…

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Terrible Accident in a Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 May 1899 · page 2

MELBOURNE Monday.—A shocking occurrence took place to-night at the Great Northern mine, Eaglehawk. Two miners, named Robert de Greases and James M'Curdy, were at work in the winze…

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Fatal Street Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 May 1899 · page 4

ABOUT 7.30 on Saturday evening John Miller, aged 69, a messenger at the railway works at Eveleigh, residing with his married daughter at 89 Phillip-street, Waterloo, was knocked down by a…

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Accident on the Football Field

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 May 1899 · page 4

AN accident occurred on Saturday afternoon at the University Oral during the early part of the senior grade football match, Marrickville and Randwick. John Trehearne, aged 23, who was playing…

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Big Fire at Bourke. Several Shops Destroyed. Firemen Seriously Injured. Bourke, Friday Afternoon

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 31 May 1899 · page 4

A disastrous fire broke out shortly before 2 o’clock at Bourke on Friday afternoon in Mitchell-street. Barnett and Barron’s tailoring establishment Was destroyed ; also…

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 31 May 1899 · page 2

YESTERDAY morning the springs of a buggy used for conveying the mail to and from Inveralo[?]y broke, and the driver and Mr.R. Koudeon painter were thrown out. The…

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Street Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 June 1899 · page 4

THE Deputy Corner, Dr. Todd, on Tuesday held an inquest at St. Vincent's Hospital concerning the death of James George Cox, aged 60, a labourer, who lately resided at 31 Ronny-street, Paddington,…

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Horrible Railway Fatality

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 1 June 1899 · page 3

A RAILWAY guard named Hickey lost his life at Camberwell on Monday. A dense fog prevailed, with the result that great difficulty was experienced in running the…

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Serious Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 June 1899 · page 2

MRS. THOMAS, wife of Mr. H. E. Thomas, carrier, met with a serious accident on Wednesday evening last. Had not assistance been close at hand we understand that she would have probably lost her…

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Fatal Coach Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 June 1899 · page 4

HAY, Thursday.—A fatal coach accident occurred here last night. A coach had just got to the bridge when a boggy was crossing. The coach was stopped. The man in the buggy got out and led his horse,…

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Monday 5 June 1899 · page 2

ON Wednesday evening Mrs. H. H. Thomas was returning alone from Eastgrove in a sulky. When near the bridge across the Mulwarreo the horse in crossing a culvert…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 June 1899 · page 2

A BOY named R. Powell, son of Mr. G. Powell, living near Bartlett's Brewery, met with an accident this week. While crossing the yard he slipped and fell, breaking the two small bones of his ankle…

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The Accident to Mrs. Thomas

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 June 1899 · page 2

WRITING on the accident to Mrs. H. Thomas, as reported in our Saturday's issue, Mr. W. F. Mullaney, Ada Cottage, Eastgrove, says:—The culvert (or apology) where the accident took place…

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Fatal Buggy Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 June 1899 · page 3

GRENFELL, Monday.—Mr. John Halls, brother of Mr. R. Halls, of the firm of Hill and Halls, met with a fatal accident this evening. Deceased was found dead with his neck broken about three-quarters…

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