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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1902

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Recent Accidents

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 2

Mr. A. N. Turner is still lying in the hospital in a semi-unconscious state. Reuben Redshaw, the lad who was injured at the Goulburn Engineering Works, is reported to…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 2

An old man named William Liggins, a resident of Station-street, Newtown, but formerly living in Goulburn, was treated at Prince Alfred Hospital on Wednesday evening for shook and abrasions to the…

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Monday 13 January 1902 · page 2

MR. JOHN COLLMAN, Inspector of Stock. with a painful accident early on Saturday morning. He was working with a friend in attempting ton kook down a post with…

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Shocking Fatality

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 14 January 1902 · page 2

A accident of a shocking nature occurred in the Crookwell railway yards yesterday afternoon, whereby an old and highly-respected resident met an untimely and awful death, the…

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A Lad Drowned Whilst Bathing

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 January 1902 · page 2

HARDEN, Monday.—john Delohery, 14 years of ago, son of Mr. Thomas Delohery, was drowned whilst bathing in a dam at Teverton on Saturday. Deceased, who was unable to swim, got out of his…

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Accidents

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 January 1902 · page 2

Mrs. Lawry, sen., met with a painful accident a few evenings ago. She was on her way to visit a daughter, and when about to cross Goldsmith-street was deceived by the shadow cast by a tree as to the…

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The Latest. Fatal Accident on the Crookwell Line. a Man Crushed to Death. Crookwell

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 January 1902 · page 2

A terrible accident occurred at the railway works here this evening. A number of men were engaged erecting piles to hold a large tank. They had a number of them in the holes and were in the act of…

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Fatal Accident

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1902 · page 2

A TERRIDLE accident occurred at the railway works, Crookwell, on Monday evening. A number of men were engaged erecting piles to hold a large tank. They had a number of…

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The Fatal Accident at Crookwell

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 January 1902 · page 4

Crookwell, Tuesday.—A magisterial inquiry was opened at the Court House this morning into the circumstances which led to the death of Mr. John Bryant, the victim of yesterday's…

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Boating Fatality

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 January 1902 · page 3

A boat when crossing the river Lezaro, Spain, capsized, and 23 persons who were on board were drowned…

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Vessels in Collision. Eighteen Lives Lost

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 January 1902 · page 3

The steamer Alfonso, 1325 tons, was in collision off Cape Finisterre (North-west Spain). The vessel foundered, and the crew (18…

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Friday 17 January 1902 · page 2

MARK SKIDMORE (about 50), a farmer residing at Tarlo Gap, sustained severe internal injuries yesterday afternoon, through being thrown from his horse. lie was returning…

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Fatal Burning Accident

Goulburn Herald · Friday 17 January 1902 · page 2

ON Tuesday a terrible burning fatality occurred some five or six miles from Wagga, the victim being a two-year-old son of Mr. Robert Butts, farm labourer. The little chap…

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Forty Men Drowned. London, Jan. 16

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 January 1902 · page 4

A rush of water occurred yesterday in the Jupiter Mine at Bruex, Bohemia. Seventy miners escaped, but in the lower workings 40 others were imprisoned and were drowned…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. Double Fatality at Manly

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 January 1902 · page 4

Two lives were lost at Manly this morning, the victims being Miss Mabel Thorpe and Mr. Frederick Smalpage. The young lady wan suddenly swept away, having ventured out…

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Fatality at a Pro-boer Meeting. London, Jan. 14

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 January 1902 · page 4

At the inquest on the man who was killed in the riot at Birmingham at the pro-Boer meeting on December 18 the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter by a policeman whose name is unknown…

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Bush Fires. Approach the Town.one Man Injured

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 18 January 1902 · page 2

YESTERDAY (Friday) was in a great measure a repetition of that disastrous Monday of 1900 [?] many of the residents of our district [?] losses owing to bush fires, and…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 January 1902 · page 2

Orange, Friday.—A railway guard, Mr. John Emmett, stet. his death this morning in the railway yard while engaged in coupling trucks. Deceased and William Henning, a…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 January 1902 · page 4

On Thursday afternoon a man named Mark Skidmore, residing at Tarlo Gap, was found unconscious in a pool of blood on the road near Kenmore Bridge. Constable Avery was…

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Drowning Fatality

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 21 January 1902 · page 2

A DOUBLE drowning fatality occurred at Manly on Friday, a Miss Mabel Thorpe and Frederick C. Smallpage being the victims. Miss Thorpe was…

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