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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1900

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A Double Bathing Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 January 1900 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Sunday.—On Saturday numbers of girls were bathing on the beach, when one named Cissy Martin got beyond her depth. A companion, named Maude…

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Collapse of an Embankment.—Two Men Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 January 1900 · page 4

BURROWA, Saturday.—An accident occurred at the bridge works, Rye Park road, three miles from town, yesterday afternoon. The old bridge had been recently removed,…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 January 1900 · page 2

Melbourne, Monday.—Near Wallan this morning a very serious collision occurred. A telegram received by the Traffic Manager of Railways reports that the accident occurred at M'Ivor Crossing,…

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Railway Accident at Bundanoon

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 January 1900 · page 2

While some people were waiting at Bundanoon on Monday morning for the train from Goulburn to Sydney, a number of young men are said to have indulged in some skylarking. with the result that…

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Peculiar Fatal Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 January 1900 · page 4

ON Saturday morning a child named Cecil Klien, whose parents reside at Parramatta North, died at the Parramatta Hospital under peculiar circumstances. About a week…

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The Accident at Bundanoon

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 January 1900 · page 4

Further particulars of the accident at Bundanoon station on Monday morning, when a man named Jones fell or was pushed off the platform, sustaining such severe injuries from an incoming train that his…

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The Railway Accident near Bendigo.—A Third Death

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 January 1900 · page 4

Miss Blanche Hoskins, who was seriously injured in the railway accident near Bendigo on Monday, died on Tuesday, making the third death. The other sufferers are progressing favourably. An inquest…

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Drowning Fatality at Young

Goulburn Herald · Friday 5 January 1900 · page 3

ON Wednesday evening two young men named John Arnold Starr, twenty-four (nephew of Mr. Richard Starr, a well-known storekeeper of Young), and John George…

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Double Drowning Fatality at Young

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 1

YOUNG, Thursday.—Yesterday evening two young men named John Arnold Starr, 24 (nephew of Mr. Richard Starr, a well known storekeeper of Young), and John…

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Railway Collision in Alsacelorraine. London, Jan. 5

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 2

A railway disaster is reported from Alsace Lorraine. The Frankfort express came into collision with another train at Bischweiler, 14 miles from…

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Science. Nursery Accidents

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 1

' Who would not give a trifle to prevent What he would give a thousand worlds to cure ?' -- Young's ' Night Thoughts.'…

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Drowning Fatality at Young

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 8 January 1900 · page 2

ON Wednesday evening two young men named John Arnold Starr, twenty-four (nephew of Mr. Richard Starr, a well-known storekeeper of Young), and John…

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Fatal Shooting Accident

Goulburn Herald · Monday 8 January 1900 · page 2

A FATAL shooting accident happened at Cooma on Friday, the victim being James McKensey (thirteen), son of Mr. J. McKensey P.M., and formerly C.P.S. of Goulburn. Deceased and…

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Tram Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 January 1900 · page 4

A child named Herbert Albert Franklin, aged 4½ years, residing with his parents in Campbell-street, was knocked down by the motor of a Botany tram near the Belmore…

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Collision in the Channel. LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 January 1900 · page 4

The Orient liner Ormuz, while in the English Channel, collided with the steamer Glasgow, and the latter foundered. The crew was saved…

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Fatal Shooting Accident

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 11 January 1900 · page 4

A [?] shooting accident happened at Cooma on Friday, the victim being Jamos Mckensey (thirteen), son of Mr. J. Mckensey P.M., and formerly…

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 2

GEORGE BLACKSHAW, twenty-four, eldest son of Mr. E. Blackshaw, employed at Mr. C. Sheekoy's cordial factory, had the misfortune to break his right arm badly above the wrist…

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Diving Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 January 1900 · page 4

THE Sydney Coroner held an inquiry on Thursday at the Manly Cottage Hospital, regarding the death of Reginald Claude Brierly, 23, who died at the hospital from…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 January 1900 · page 4

A YOUNG man named George Blackshaw, eldest Son of Mr. E. Blackshaw, met with an accident at Sheekey's cordial factory yesterday morning. He was lifting a case on to a waggon, and his arm…

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Serious Revolver Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 January 1900 · page 4

FREDERICK SCHOFFLER, a resident of the Katoomba district, and bootmaker by occupation, was accidentally shot on Thursday last. While showing a revolver to a friend…

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