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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1900

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Buggy Accident

Goulburn Herald · Friday 23 March 1900 · page 2

THIS morning Mrs. M. Jones of Norwood was coming into Goulburn in a baggy driven by her son. They called at a house in North Goulburn, and while there the mars, a…

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Terrible Colliery Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Saturday 24 March 1900 · page 4

On Saturday afternoon six men were descending a shaft 1770ft. deep at the mine of the Sydney Harbour Colliery Company, Balmain, when, as it is…

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Buggy Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 24 March 1900 · page 4

MRS M. JONES, of Norwood, was thrown out of a buggy yesterday morning, but fortunately was not much hurt. Her son, who was driving, alighted to adjust the rei[?]s, when the mare bolted…

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The Balmain Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 24 March 1900 · page 4

The inquest into the cause of the death of the five men who were killed at the Sydney Harbour Colleries Company's mine on Saturday was concluded on Thursday. A verdict of accidental death was…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 March 1900 · page 2

ONE of the wheels of Dr. Handcook's sulky came off this morning in front of the drill hall in Auburn-street, and the doctor and groom were thrown from their seats, but they escaped injury…

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Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 March 1900 · page 2

MR. J. HEWITT, an employe at the Goulburn railway station, had the top of the first finger of his left hand out off on Monday whilst attending to the interlocking gear…

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Terrible Railway Accident. Collision in a Tunnel. London, March 29

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 2

A terrible railway accident has occurred at Glasgow. A workman's train, following another, came into collision with the latter in a tunnel…

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Accident to a Cyclist

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

Mr. T. Pooley, engaged re a warder at the Kenmore Hospital, met with a serious accident on Monday evening while coming down Governor's Hill on a bicycle. The accident happened at about…

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 4 April 1900 · page 2

MR. T. POOLEY, warder at Kenmore Hospital, met with a serious accident at 10 p.m. on Monday while coming down Governor's Hill on a bicycle. He ran into a horse which…

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A Tramway Fatality

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

A cabman named Samuel James Ellis was fatally injured at Redfern railway station on Thursday afternoon. Just prior to the occurrence the deceased was sitting on the…

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Collision Near Capetown

Goulburn Herald · Monday 9 April 1900 · page 2

A COLLISION has occurred near Capetown between the transport Winkfield and the Union and Castle liner Mexioan. The Winkfield rammed the Mexioan while a fog…

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Collision Near Capetown. London, April 7

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 April 1900 · page 4

A collision has occurred near Capetown between the transport Winkfield and the Union and Castle liner Mexican. The Winkfield rammed the Mexican while a fog prevailed, and the latter sank. Every…

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Big Fire in Sydney. Falling Walls and Injured Firemen

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 April 1900 · page 2

THE large and imposing premises occupied by J. R. Love and Co., tea merchants, in Bathurst-street, opposite St. Andrew's Cathedral, were, shortly before 1 o'clock this morning, attacked by a fire…

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Painful Accident

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 14 April 1900 · page 2
Also in Goulburn Evening Penny Post

WE are sure his very numerous friends in Murrumburrah will regret to learn that Father O'Reilly met with a very painful accident. On Monday, (says…

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Serious Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 April 1900 · page 3

MR. ALFRED FROST, of Vorner-street, met with a very serious accident at Bronti on Friday afternoon. The horse he was riding bolted and the rider was thrown heavily to the ground on to some…

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Serious Accident

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 18 April 1900 · page 2

ON Friday afternoon Mr. Arthur Frost of Verner-street was thrown from his horse on to some rocks at Bronti and sustained serious injuries consisting of four wounds on the…

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Accident at Cricket

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 18 April 1900 · page 2

ON Food Friday a youth named Thomas Tunney, son of Mr, James Tunney of Monteagle, met with a very painful accident whilst engaged in a game of cricket. He…

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The Latest. Dalton, Thursday. Accident to Mr. John Wheatley

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 April 1900 · page 2

MR. JOHN WHEATLEY has had a narrow escape from a serious accident. The shafi of a vehicle in which ho was driving broke, and the horse bolted along the Gunning road. Mr. Wheatley was thrown out…

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Serious Tram Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 April 1900 · page 2

Shortly before 5 p.m. on Wednesday newsboy boy named Leslie Watts, aged 10 years, living at 463 Elizabeth-street, jumped on to the second car of a Leichhardt tram opposite the…

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