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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1901

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Blasting Accident at Balmain

Goulburn Herald · Friday 29 March 1901 · page 2

A VERY serious accident happened at Balmain on Tuesday. A miner named Richard Heron was putting a charge of dynamite into a hole for the purpose of removing some rock in a…

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Accident

The Yass Courier · Friday 29 March 1901 · page 2

AN accident happened on Wednesday lost at Rye Park, to the black tracker, Alex Bell. The horse he was riding [?]ell on him, breaking his ribs, causing…

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A Fatal Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 4

Gunnedah, Thursday.—In reference to the fatality on Tuesday night at the railway bridge crossing the Mooki river, near Breeze, it appears that the wife of Michael…

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Fall Over a Bridge. a Baby Killed. Mother Seriously Injured

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 1 April 1901 · page 4

GUNNEDAH, Thursday Afternoon.—On Tuesday night last, about 11 o’clock, a remarkable fatality occurred at the railway bridge crossing the Moo[?]…

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Accidents

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 2 April 1901 · page 2

LAST week, Mr. C. Jones, senr., was taking a ride, when the horse fell, throwing Mr. Jones on his head, causing a nasty gash in his…

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Fatality at the Gap

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 4 April 1901 · page 3

Shortly before 6 o’clock on Saturday afternoon a man, whose identity is not known, saw an elderly woman sitting near the Gap, at Watson’s Bay. On looking a…

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An Accident

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 4 April 1901 · page 2

MR. Lawrence Bosch, of Nanangroe, has been laid up at the Royal Hotel and under the care of Dr. Thane. A little more than a week ago Mr…

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Fatal Burning Accident

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 4 April 1901 · page 2

A peculiarly dreadful case of burning is reported from Junee. A married woman named Mrs. Hargraves was doing something about the fire when her clothes…

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Fatal Accidents

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 April 1901 · page 2

Melbourne, Tuesday.—A French sailor named Celestin Cardin, 19 years of age, went aloft on the barque Eugene Pergeline at the Yarra-street pier, Geelong, yesterday,…

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Well-known Golf Player Drowned

Goulburn Herald · Friday 5 April 1901 · page 4

SHORTLY after eight o'clock on Wednesday morning Mr. James Scott, the professional of the Royal Sydney Golf Club, was washed off the rocks at…

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Frightful Burning Accident. a Mother and Her Child. Death Ensues to Both. a Peculiar Co-incidence

The Yass Courier · Friday 5 April 1901 · page 4

A frightful burning accident happened in Junee on Thursday morning Mr. Hargreaves, the young wife of Mr. Henry Hargreaves, was at her…

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A Youth Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 2

Penrith, Friday.—Five young men from Ashfield arrived here last night and started up the Nepean River in a boat. They reached the junction of the Nepean and Warragamba…

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Fatal Tram Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 2

Shortly before 1 o'clock on Friday afternoon Mrs. Mitchell, who resides at Abercrombie-street, Sydney, was crossing (George-street, near St. Benedict's Church, with her…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 2

A painful accident happened at Bowning on Saturday morning to a child about three years of age, who was acompanied by its mother, Mrs. Nelson, of Goulburn. From the wire received by…

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 10 April 1901 · page 2

A painful accident happened at [?] on Saturday morning to a child about three years of age, who was accompanied by the mother, [?] of Goulburn. As the [?]…

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Buggy Accident

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 10 April 1901 · page 2

ON Friday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. G. Mansfield met with a buggy accident which, though a severe one, might have been attended with still more serious,…

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An Accident

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 11 April 1901 · page 2

On Saturday last Mr. E. Wheeler, jun., of Wargeila, met with a comparatively painful accident. Whilst riding after cattle out at home his horse fell, throwing…

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Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 April 1901 · page 1

Lithgow, Saturday—A mixed train with some 30 trucks was coming to Eekbank from Penrith on Thursday evening and when on the top road of the Zingzag it developed a high speed on the steep…

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Vehicle Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 April 1901 · page 2

A pony attached to a sulky belonging to Mr. Taylor, sen., of Gundary, while standing in Auburn-street yesterday morning opposite the Oddfellows' Hall was startled by a water-cart…

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Shooting Fatality

Goulburn Herald · Friday 12 April 1901 · page 2

YESTERDAY afternoon a boy named William Davis (14) was accidentally shot by a companion near Bathurst. Deceased with a younger brother and two companions had…

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