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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1902

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Bathing Fatality

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 1 January 1902 · page 2

A SAD drowning fatality occurred at Wilbertree on Sunday afternoon, the victim being a young man named Sydney Mullens, a resident of Paddington, who has been spending…

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Serious Accident

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 1 January 1902 · page 2

YESTERDAY a married woman named Gately and her baby two years of ago were found lying on the Burwood platform. The woman was in an unconscious state, and the child…

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Accidents

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 January 1902 · page 2

Mr. B. Yeadon, railway employee, of Joshua-street, met with a painful accident on Wednesday. Ho was cutting a branch from a sapling, when another branch on…

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Fatal Accident to an ex-Goulburnite

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 January 1902 · page 4

Albury, Tuesday.—Edward O'Donnell, a Rutherglen miner, who was spending his holidays in Albury, fell downstairs at the Rose Hotel on Christmas night. He was…

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Dreadful Drowning Tragedy at Port Melbourne. Mother and Four Children Drowned. Melbourne

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 January 1902 · page 2

A dreadful discovery was made at Port Melbourne this morning. Two fishermen named Dawson and Wallen were returning to the shore after a fishing cruise…

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Boating Disaster. Nine Persons Drowned

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 January 1902 · page 2

News of a terrible boating disaster reached Brisbane on Thursday evening. From the particulars available it appears that the sailing boat Roxana, about 20ft…

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Accidents

Goulburn Herald · Friday 3 January 1902 · page 2

MR. BENJAMIN YEADDN, a quarry labourer, of Joshua-street, met with an exceedingly painful accident on New Year's Day. He fell from a sapling, terribly lacerating his…

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A Young Woman Accidentally Shot

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 4

On New Year's Eve a youth named Condon, whilst out shooting birds at the Eleven Mile Camp, on the Now Gladstone-Rockhampton railway line, accidentally shot a…

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Accidents

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 2

A YOUNG man named Fred. Rowe, of this town, met with a painful accident on Sunday last whilst out for a run on a bicycle. By some means he ran…

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Shocking Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 2

A shocking accident happened this morning at the Goulburn Engineering Works, corner Bourke and Clinton streets, to a lad named Reuben Redshaw, whose father lives in Coromandel-street…

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Shocking Accident in Goulburn

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 2

AN accident of a shocking nature occurred at the Goulburn Engineering Work Bourke. street, about 8.30 a.m. yesterday. A boy named Reuben Redshaw (10), bon of Mr. Redshaw…

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 2

ABOUT 11.30 this morning Mr. Alexander Turner cabman was driving along Bourke-street from the sale yards when the roadway on the edge of the bridge near Addison-street gave…

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Fatality to a Child

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 2

An inquiry was conducted by the Sydney Coroner on Wednesday respecting the death of a child named Peter Clune, aged 9 months, who died at tile residence of his grandmother,…

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The Accident to Mr. Turner

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 2

The accident to Mr. A. N. Turner, reported elsewhere, is of a very serious nature. He was picked up unconscious after his fall on Wednesday morning, and was still in a comatose state this…

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Cab Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 4

Mr. A. N. Turner, cab proprietor, met with a serious accident in Bourke-street on Wednesday morning. He was driving back from the sale-yards with his cab when his…

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The Late Shocking Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 2

Reuben R[?]d[?]haw, so badly hurt at the Goulburn Engineering Works on Tuesday, is reported to be doing very well at the hospital, end there are hopes If his recovery, but of course it is impossible to…

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Fatal Accident in New Zealand

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 4

Particulars are to hand concerning the fatal accident which befel Mr. John Chas. Stewart, son of Mr. John Stewart, of Victoria-street Goulburn in New Zealand on…

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Junveile Shooting Affray. Two Boys Injured

The Burrowa News · Friday 10 January 1902 · page 2

A peculiar shooting affray occurred on Wednesday afternoon at Edwards River, about three-quarters of a mile above the Deniliquin waterworks. Three lads…

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Friday 10 January 1902 · page 5

WILLIAM LIGGINS, aged 68, formerly of Goulburn, living in Station-street, Newtown, was admitted to Prince Alfred Hospital on Wednesday evening, suffering from shock and…

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A Horrible Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 10 January 1902 · page 2

GOULBURN, Tuesday.--A youth named Reuben Redshaw sustained shocking injuries at the Goulburn engineering works this morning, A belt having…

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