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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1901

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Fatal Accident to an ex-Goulburn Resident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 February 1901 · page 2

Hartley Vale, Tuesday—An accident, which terminated fatally, occurred to Mr. George Burrows, publican, just before noon to-day. The unfortunate man was driving a pair of horses in a cart containing…

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Fatal Buggy Accident at Braidwood

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 February 1901 · page 4

Braidwood, Monday.—Mr. Roderick Mannix, while driving on the Tarago road last night, was thrown out of his sulky and received severe injuries to his head and ribs. It is feared that the…

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Fatal Accident

Goulburn Herald · Friday 15 February 1901 · page 2

MR. GEORGE BURROWS, who recently kept the Federal Hotel in Goulburn, met with a fatal accident at Hartley Vale on Tuesday. He was driving a pair of horses in a cart…

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The Latest. The Railway Accident. Sydney, Saturday, 1.6 p.m

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 February 1901 · page 2

LARGE numbers of persons visited the scene of the railway accident this morning. Another victim has died in the hospital. The cause of the accident is still a mystery…

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Fatal Railway Accident. Eight Persons Killed and Twenty-two Injured

Goulburn Herald · Monday 18 February 1901 · page 2

On Friday evening a few minutes past six o'clock, the 5. 55p.m. fast train, Sydney to Hurstville, was wrecked just outside Sydenham station. The wreck was caused by the engine…

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Terrible Railway Accident. Smash Up at Sydenham. Seven Killed; Twenty-five Injured

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 18 February 1901 · page 2

ON Friday evening last week a few minutes past 6 o’clock, the 5.55 p.m. fast train Sydney to Hurstville, was wrecked just outside Sydenham station. The wreck…

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Condition of the Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 February 1901 · page 4

Upon inquiry at the Prince Afred and Marrickville Cottage hospitals regarding the condition of the injured persons, it was ascertained on Sunday evening that in most cases satisfactory improvement…

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The Injured. a Total of 22

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 February 1901 · page 4

The following is a complete list of those who were injured:— AT PRINOR ALFRED HOSPITAL: Charles Lake, aged 23, single, bootmaker,…

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Railway Disaster. Near Sydenham. a Passenger Train Derailed. Engine Overturned. a Carriage Telescoped. Eight People Killed. Twenty-four Others Injured

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 19 February 1901 · page 2

AFTER being free from a serious railway accident for a considerable time, Sydney was startled on Friday evening to hear of a terrible disaster on the…

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The Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 February 1901 · page 2

Mr. J. C. Woore, the City Coroner, has obtained the services of Professor Warren and Mr. Norman Selfs as exports to assist him in inquiring into the causes of the railway disaster near…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Monday, 1.32 p.m. The Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 February 1901 · page 4

ALL the injured in the railway accident, except Doyle, the driver, are progressing favourably. Mr. T. B. Curran…

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A Railway Catastrophy. Terrible Affair at Sydenham. Seven Persons Killed. Twenty Five Injured

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 20 February 1901 · page 4

AFTER being free from a serious railway accident for a considerable time, Sydney was startled on Friday evening to hear of a terrible disaster on the Illawarra line, near…

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The Injured

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 February 1901 · page 5

The following is a complete list of those who were injured :— Charles Lake, aged 23, single, boot-maker, residing at Ramagate-road,…

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Condition of the Injured

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 February 1901 · page 5

Upon inquiry at the Prince Alfred and Marrickville Cottage hospitals regarding the condition of the injured persons, it was ascertained on Monday evening that…

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Fearful Railway Accident a Train Runs Off the Line. the Engine Overturned. a Carriage Smashed. Seven Persons Killed and Twenty-six Wounded. Miraculous Escapes. Heartrending Scenes. Two More Deaths

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 February 1901 · page 5

One of those awfully sedldom disasters which sometimes plunge a community into dismay and mourning occurred on Friday evening on the Hlawarra railway…

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A Boy Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 February 1901 · page 4

A boy named Alfred Dobbs, aged 14 years, was drowned whilst swimming in a waterhole at Dobroyde on Wednesday. Deceased is said to have been subject to fits. He was…

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Painful Accident. a Hand Cut Off

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 25 February 1901 · page 2

OUR at Silverdale a most painful and serious accident happened on Friday morning last, resulting in Mr. Owen McMullen, son of Mr. John McMullen, of…

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Accident at Weejasper

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 25 February 1901 · page 2

ON Saturday morning Mr. John Shiel arrived in town and went to the hospital one of his employes, suffering from about the head. Mr. Shiel is putting…

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Drowning Fatalities

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 February 1901 · page 1

A boy named Cuthbert S. Jones, aged 14 years, was washed off the rocks at Bluefish, only. on Saturday, and was drowned. Melbourne, Sunday.—A tragic drowning…

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Terrible Shipwreck. a Mail Steamer Goes Down. One Hundred and Fifty Persons Drowned. London, Feb. 22

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 February 1901 · page 4

The Pacific Mail S.S. Company's steamer City of Rio de Janeiro, 3648 tone, from Hongkong to Yokohama, struck the ledge of the entrance to the Golden Gate, San Francisco, in a fog…

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