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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1900

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Collision in the Channel

Goulburn Herald · Monday 2 July 1900 · page 2

DURING a fog on Saturday the transport Ocotava, with 1200 troops abroad for South Africa, came into collision with the German steamer Bremen off Ushant and sank her…

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The Slough Railway Collision

Goulburn Herald · Monday 2 July 1900 · page 2

At inquests on the victims of the Slough railway collision one jury acquitted the driver on the ground of temporary aberration and not seeing the signals against him; another…

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Cable News. Collision in the English Channel. London, July 1

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 July 1900 · page 3

During a fog yesterday the transport Orotava, with 1200 troops aboard for South Africa, came into collision with the German steamer Bremen off Ushant and sank her…

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Rifle-shooting Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 July 1900 · page 4

Melbourne, Sunday.—A serious accident occurred on the Willlamstown Rifle Range on Saturday. One of the markers (Stephen Cuppage) was shot in the head. Three groups of targets were being used,…

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Tram Accident to a Goulburn Resident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 July 1900 · page 2

Christina Hartly, 52 years of age, residing at Goulburn, met with a serious accident in Gibb street on Saturday. Getting in front of a Pyrmont tram she became confused. The driver made an…

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Painful Accident to Mr. P. Kearins

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 4 July 1900 · page 2

WE regret to say that on Thursday last. Mr. Patrick Kearins of “Templemore,” Marengo, met with a very painful accident whilst driving home from Marengo, in a sulky with his brother, Mr…

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Floods in Goulburn. Highest Since 1870. Serious Damage to Property. a Man Drowned

Goulburn Herald · Friday 6 July 1900 · page 2

YESTERDAY morning Goulburn and the surrounding district were visited by a flood, which has been exceeded in height only by the great flood of 1870…

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The Floods in Goulburn. the Water Subsiding. a Man Drowned at Eastgrove

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 July 1900 · page 4

THE floods in the Wollondilly and Mulwarree Rivers had considerably subsided, by Friday morning. More rain fell on Thursday night and a heavy gale blew from the south-east, but fortunately the rain…

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Serious Accident at Braidwood

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 July 1900 · page 2

Braidwood, Friday.—Alec Patton, while working a claim at Bell's Creek, met with a fearful accident through an overhanging tree falling upon him. Dr. Cummins attended, and found the man's side crushed…

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Accident at Marulan

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 July 1900 · page 4

A very painful and serious accident occurred to a young child at Long Reach on Saturday. The girl, who is a daughter of Mr. S. Todkill, was playing in the vicinity of a fire, when her clothes caught fire,…

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Fatal Accident

Goulburn Herald · Monday 9 July 1900 · page 2

A MAN named Gas Sims, employed as a shunter on the Midland Junction, Perth (W.A.), was out to pieces by an engine on Thursday night, while engaged in sh[?]oting…

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Shooting Accident

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 9 July 1900 · page 2

WHILE: out shooting on Saturday afternoon, Master Frank Booty, eldest son of Mr. E. W. Booty, manager of the N.S.W. Bank, met with a painful accident, which…

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Terrible Railway Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 July 1900 · page 4

PERTH, Friday.—At midnight a man named Gus Sims, employed on the night shift at the Midland Junction as a shunter, was out to pieces by an engine while engaged in shunting operations…

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The Recent Drowning Case. (To the Editor.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 July 1900 · page 2

SIR,—So that the report of evidence given by me in Saturday's paper may not be misunderstood, will you kindly insert the following? It is about three years since deceased cleaned windows at the…

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Shooting Accident

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 10 July 1900 · page 2

ON Saturday afternoon last Frank Booty, eldest son of Mr. E. W. Booty, of the Bank of New South Wales, met with an accident by his gun accidentally…

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Painful Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 July 1900 · page 2

Mrs. C Smith, of Coromandel-street met with a painful accident on Tuesday last. While shaking part of a tent she ran an ordinary sawing needle into her hand. Entering at the base of the…

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A Terrible Shooting Accident

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 12 July 1900 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A fatal gun accident occurred at Toolern on Sunday evening. Thos. Sexton, aged 6, and his her Cornelius, 12, went out…

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Accidents

The Yass Courier · Friday 13 July 1900 · page 2

ON Wednesday evening Mr. Geo. Best, son of Mr. W. Best, of Tangmangaroo, met with a serious accident near Mr, W. J. Grogan's Tangmangaroo. It…

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Taralga. the Late Storm.—narrow Escapes From Drowning

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 6

PARTICULARS of the damage done by the late storm are gradually coming to hand, and although we have not fared as disastrously as in many parts, still much damage…

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Serious Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 2

MR. T. MITCHELL, of Braidwood Road, met with a serious accident this morning whilst engaged polling down an old house at the rear of the Oddfelllows' Hall. It is a wooden structure, with brick…

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