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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1899

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The Magazine Explosion. Sixty-four Persons Killed. One Hundred and Thirty Injured. an Outrage Suspected

The Yass Courier · Friday 10 March 1899 · page 2

London, March 7. It is now considered that the origin of the magazine explosion which occurred at 2 a.m. on Sunday at Lagouban, near Toulon, in South…

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Drowned in the Mulwaeree

Goulburn Herald · Monday 13 March 1899 · page 3

BETWEEN twelve and one o'clock to-day, Roy Shurety, ten, son of Mr. J. F. Shurety of Addison-street, Garfield, was bathing with his brother Oswald and a number of other…

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Railway Accident

Goulburn Herald · Monday 13 March 1899 · page 3

A SERIOUS accident, resulting in the death of three young women, a child, and a boy, while thirty or forty more people were injured, occurred at Rukina, N.Z., on Saturday. The…

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Drowning Accident in Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 March 1899 · page 2

A BOY named Roy Shurety, aged about 9 years, and son of Mr. J. Shurety, of Addison-street, was drowned yesterday in the Mulwarree, near Baxter's tannery. The boy was bathing with others in a…

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Terrible Blasting Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 March 1899 · page 2

Launceston, Monday.—A terrible accident occurred at Cemetery Point railway cutting, near Penguin, this afternoon. A young man named Michael Kelly, from New South Wales, foreman…

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A Serious Railway Accident.—Five Fatalities

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 March 1899 · page 2

AUCKLAND, Sunday.—The annual picnic of employes at the Islington Freezing Works was held at Ashburton on Saturday, and ended in the worst railway accident that has…

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Terrible Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 March 1899 · page 4

KIAMA, Tuesday.—A terrible fatality happened here this forenoon at M'Sweeney's blue metal quarries. It appease a man, who is a stranger here, arrived here by rail last night. This…

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The Latest. Burning Fatality at Taralga. Taralga

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 March 1899 · page 2

MRS. McLEAN, sen., of Scabbing Flat, was burned to death to-day. A fire had spread from a burning stump to a fence near her home, and some members of her son's family were endeavouring to extinguish…

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Terrible Blasting Accident

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 16 March 1899 · page 2

LAUNCESTON, Monday.—A terrible accident occurred at Cemetery Point railway cutting, near Penguin, this afternoon. A young man named Michael Kelly, from…

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Fatal Riding Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 March 1899 · page 2

BERRY, Wednesday.—A fatal riding accident occurred at Berry to-day, the victim being Henry Nixon, of Kangaroo Valley, a well-known resident of the district. The accident occurred on the road…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 March 1899 · page 2

Miss Dolly Bell, in the employ of Mrs. A. Mitchell, Auburn-street, ran a darning needle into the palm of her hand on Monday while washing stockings. Part of the needle was completely…

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Buggy Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 March 1899 · page 2

A BUGGY accident happened this morning at the corner of Bourke and Clifford streets. Mr. Chas. Howard, of Crookwell, his mother and Miss Grainger, sister-in-law, were the occupants of the…

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Railway Collision in New Zealand. Five Persons Killed

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 March 1899 · page 2

A dreadful railway accident, the most serious that has ever occurred in New Zealand, happened on Saturday night. An excursion train, crowded with…

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Accidents

Goulburn Herald · Friday 17 March 1899 · page 3

AT 9 a.m. yesterday Mr. C. Howard of Crookwell, accompanied by his mother and Miss Grainger, his sister-in-law was driving in a Bulky down Goldsmith-street. When near the…

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Fatal Burning Accident Near Taralga

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 17 March 1899 · page 2

MRS McLEAN of Scabbing Flat was burned to death on Wednesday. A fire had spr[?]al from a burning to a fence near her home…

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Accident

The Yass Courier · Friday 17 March 1899 · page 2

A VERY painful accident happened to Mrs. Marshall senr., of Murrumbateman, on Saturday last, she was lifting a kettle of boiling water off the fire when it slipped out of her…

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Serious Mining Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 March 1899 · page 3

A very serious accident occurred on Monday last to Mr. Hugh Ovens, a miner working at Half Moon Flat, Mongarlowe River. He was shovelling earth into a cart from the…

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Prevention of Railway Accidents. London, Mar. 17

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 March 1899 · page 4

In connection with the Railway Accidents Prevention Bill recently introduced in the House of Commons by Mr. T. Ritchie, President of the Board of Trade, providing that the railway…

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Fatal Gun Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 March 1899 · page 4

DUBBO, Friday.—Mary Ann Jones, aged 13, was accidentally shot this evening by her cousin, George Boon, aged 15. Both were on visit to their uncle, Mr. Hunter, residing in Newtown suburb. About…

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Fatality at Randwick

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 March 1899 · page 4

WHILE driving with his wife in a sulky at Randwick on Saturday afternoon Mr. Stephen Eddy, aged 60, residing at George-street, Dulwich Hill, met with a fatal…

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