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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1900

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Narrow Escape from Drowning

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 June 1900 · page 4

Mr. H. Garthe, maintenance man, had a narrow escape from being drowned on Wednesday last. It appears that he was crossing the Tarlo River at Swallowtail, which was in a flooded state, with a…

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Narrow Escape From Drowning

Goulburn Herald · Monday 18 June 1900 · page 2

IN crossing Tarlo River in flood on Wednesday at Swallowstail in a sulky, Mr. H. Garthe, maintenance man, had a narrow escape from drowning. When in mid stream the sulky…

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Shocking Railway Accident

Goulburn Herald · Monday 18 June 1900 · page 2

There has been a terrible railway accident at Slough station, near Windsor. The express ran into a race train which was standing at the station…

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Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 19 June 1900 · page 2

WHILST returning home from church on Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. G. MeKenzie met with a buggy accident at Laggan. It appears one of the pair…

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Fatal Tram Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 June 1900 · page 4

A wharf labourer named David Lang was knocked down by an electric tram at the corner of George and Liverpool streets shortly before 9 o'clock on Saturday night. It appears that he…

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The Railway Accident. London, June 18

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 June 1900 · page 2

The scene of the railway accident at Slough was terrible. Gas escaping from the telescoped carriages fired the wreckage, and many people were burned…

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Railway Collision

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 20 June 1900 · page 4

FURTHER particulars state despite the danger signal the express going to Plymouth ran past it at Slough station, near Windsor, England, coming into…

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Accident at Kenmore

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 20 June 1900 · page 2

YESTERDAY afternoon John Dryden, engine-driver at Kenmore Hospital works, met with a serious accident. He was re-erecting a crane on top one of the wards when he lost…

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Painful Accident

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 20 June 1900 · page 2

WE regret to have to report a very painful accident which Mr. G. Reynolds, junior, met with on Saturday. Whilst engaged at a printing machine, certain of the parts closed over his right…

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Fatal Rifle Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 June 1900 · page 2

An accident, which resulted in the death of a boy belonging to the Royal Australian Artillery, named Daniel M'Corkandale, aged 14 years, occurred on Tuesday evening at the Victoria Barracks. It is…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 June 1900 · page 2

Mr John Dryden, engine-driver at the Kenmore Hospital works, sustained a severe accident on Tuesday afternoon. He lost his balance while recreating erecting a crane on top of a ward and fell some…

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Railway Collision. London, June 18

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 22 June 1900 · page 2

THE scene at the Slough railway collision, near Windsor, was terrible. Gas escaping from the telescoped carriages fired the wreckage, and many people…

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Accident Through Electricity

Goulburn Herald · Friday 22 June 1900 · page 2

A NUMBER of workmen were repairing the telephone lines in Brisbane on Wednesday, when one of the telephone wires broke and fell on one of the overhead tramway wires,…

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The Barracks Shooting Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 June 1900 · page 4

THE Sydney Coroner held an inquiry on Thursday touching the death of Daniel M'Corkindale (14), a member of the Royal Australian Artillery Band, who died in St Vincent's Hospital on Thursday…

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Accidents at Football

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 June 1900 · page 4

A SERIES of accidents happened in the football field in Sydney on Saturday afternoon. On the University Oval, during the progress of the match between University…

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Terrible Railway Accident

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 27 June 1900 · page 2

A TERRIBLE railway accident, attended with much loss of life, is reported from Macdonough in the state of Illinois, America. Heavy rains damaged the line to such an…

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Cable News. Terrible Railway Accident. London, June 25

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 June 1900 · page 4

A terrible railway accident, attended with much loss of life, is reported from Macdonough, in the State of Illinois, America. Heavy rains damaged the line to such an extent…

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Shooting Fatality. Suicide in Goulburn

Goulburn Herald · Friday 29 June 1900 · page 2

YESTERDAY about 9 a.m. a labourer named John Munro, aged sixty-three, was found dead in an outhouse at the Exchange Hotel, Goulburn…

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Terrible Railway Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 29 June 1900 · page 2

LONDON, June 25.--A terrible railway accident, attended with much loss of life, is reported from Macdonough, in the State of Illinois, America. Heavy…

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Galong Accident

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 30 June 1900 · page 2

MR McInnes and his son hare been in Murruraburrah for some time in order that they may be convenient to the doctor and receive necessary medical…

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