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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1901

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Drowned at the Quay

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 1 January 1901 · page 2

The City Coroner (Mr. J. C. Woore) held an inquiry at the Lloyd Hotel on Thursday into the circumstances connected with the death of a man named…

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Fatal Accidents

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1901 · page 2

A MAN named Park, second officer of the steamer Kalgoorlie, was drowned in Sydney harbour, off Kirribilli Point yesterday during a squall owing to the capsizing of a boat…

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A Serious Accident.—Three Imperial Men Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 January 1901 · page 3

A chocking accident occurred at Moore Park on Saturday morning, by which three men of the Royal Field Artillery were injured. A detachment of the regiment proceeded to the park for gun…

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A Serious Accident. -- Three Imperial Men Injured

The Yass Courier · Friday 4 January 1901 · page 2

A shocking accident occured at Moore Park on Saturday morning, by which three men of the Royal Field Artillery were injured. A detachment of the…

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Serious Vehicle Accident

Goulburn Herald · Friday 4 January 1901 · page 3

ON Wednesday afternoon a vehicle accident took place on the Rose Bay tram line which resulted in four persons being severely injured. Mr. W. H. C. Lovely, with his wife,…

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Tram Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 January 1901 · page 2

Shortly after 1 p.m. on Friday a tram accident occurred near the railway station, by which an architect named John Darby, aged 70 years, was killed. He was soon to pass in front of a moving…

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The Injured Artillerymen Progressing Favorably

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 8 January 1901 · page 2

Upon inquiry at Sydney Hospital last night it was ascertained that Gunner Tudor, who had his forearm amputated, owing to the gun accident yesterday…

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A Man Found Drowned. at Balmoral Beach

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 8 January 1901 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon the body of a man apparently about 55 years of. age, was found in the- water near" Balmoral Beach, by a man. named William…

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Fatal Tram Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 January 1901 · page 4

Shortly before midnight on Sunday an elderly man, whose name has not yet been ascertained, was knocked down and killed by a motor at Woollahra. It is stated that…

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Shooting Accidents

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1901 · page 2

THOMAS KENNEDY, (16), son of Mr. Kennedy, employed at Mr. B[?]tlett's browery, while ex[?] a revolver last night shot himself in the right hand. The bullet strock the thumb…

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Accident to Miss Pown[?]

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 9 January 1901 · page 2

THE WAGGA ADVERTISER says :— It will be learned with [?] that Nurse Po[?]all, the ma[?]n of the Bungalow Private Hospital, in suffering from a [?] on the foot received…

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Accident

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 9 January 1901 · page 2

ON Saturday week last, MR. J. C, A[?]rd, our popular amateur singer, met with a very painful accident the effects of which will incapacitate him from attending to his business for [?] time. He…

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A Burning Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 January 1901 · page 4

Bingara, Tuesday.—A girl named Turner, who was employed a, a servant by a selector named Brown, at Myall Creek, was attending to a fire, when a light dress she was wearing caught in the…

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Accident at the Croydon Railway Station

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 2

An accident occurred at the Croydon railway station on Thursday by which a man named James Adams was seriously injured. It appears that Adams attempted to…

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A Boy Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 January 1901 · page 4

Broken Hill, Saturday.—Arthur Rozers, 13 years of age, was drowned yesterday afternoon in the racecourse dam. Deceased, with his brother and another lad, went to bathe…

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Accident

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 15 January 1901 · page 2

ON Monday week, Master Styles, son of Mr. John Styles of Cavan, near Yass was thrown from his horse and received a fracture of the left arm just above the…

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Narrow Escape. Accident to a Railway Guard

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 15 January 1901 · page 2

ON Friday morning last Mr. Alfred Nakan, guard on the Yass tram had a very narrow escape of lasing his left arm, by being crushed in an engine. As the…

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Accident to Dredge Hands

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 January 1901 · page 2

Braidwood, Wednesday.—A very serious accident happened at the Halfmoon dredge to Sydney Reynolds and William Feeney. They were engaged underneath the pontoon caulking, when the…

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Fatal Gun Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 January 1901 · page 4

Ivanhoe, Tuesday.—A dreadful gun accident occurred here about 7 o'clock this evening. Two boys, Alfred Stead, aged it, and Mark Smith, aged 8 years, had been out shooting, and when returning…

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Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 18 January 1901 · page 2

WHILE riding after a horse on Monday last, Mr. S. McPaul, Kralla, received a nasty fall. He was trotting along near dark when the horse he was riding put its…

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