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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1902

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Railway Fatality

The Burrowa News · Friday 16 May 1902 · page 3

Ad armoured train was derailed at Pretoria An officer and 10 soldiers were killed…

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Accident to an Airship. London, May 12

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 16 May 1902 · page 2

M. SEVER[?] the rival of M. Santos Dumont, the Brazilian inventer of an air-ship with his assistant, made an…

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Accident at the Mill

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 17 May 1902 · page 2

HIS numerous friends throughout our town and district will be sorry to learn that Mr G. Killick met with a rather serious accident last Monday morning…

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Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 May 1902 · page 2

Mr. W. Mustard, the well-known locomotive driver, sustained a serious accident at Yass at about four o'clock on Friday morning. He was driving the mail. As the locomotive was standing at the…

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Tram Collision

Goulburn Herald · Monday 19 May 1902 · page 2

A [?]NATIONAL Collision between two electrictrams oucurred on Saturday evening at the corner of Codrington-street and Newtownroad, Sydney. Fortunately no less of life…

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Local and General. Accident to an Engine Driver

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 19 May 1902 · page 2

The mail train arrived this morning (says the Junee Southern Cross of Friday last) nearly an hour behind time. The cause of the delay was an…

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A Government Inspector Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 May 1902 · page 3

Dungong, Monday.—A drowning fatality occurred late on Saturday evening last at the river crossing at Abbottsford, near Dungag, when Andrew Jacobson, aged 61 years, inspector of bridges under the State…

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Serious Tram Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 May 1902 · page 4

About 7.20 p.m. on Saturday car No. 265, from Enmore to the city, stopped in the ordinary course at Codrington-street, Newtown, opposite University Park, when car…

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The Accident to Mr. W. Mustard

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 May 1902 · page 2

Further particulars of the accident to Mr. W. Masterd locomotives engine driver, who was seriously injured at Yass on Friday morning through a fall from the engine, show that the engine had…

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Fatal Shooting Accident at Queanbeyan

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 May 1902 · page 2

Queanbeyan, Monday.—Yesterday, an accident resulting in immediate death occurred. Two brothers named Ford, with D Hellmund, residents of the town, went out rabbit-shooting, and when about…

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Fatal Shooting Accident

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 21 May 1902 · page 2

ON Sunday an accident, resulting in immediate death occurred near Queanbeyan, Two brothers [?]med Ford, with D. Hellmund residents, went out rabbit shooting, and…

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A Cabman's Accident

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 21 May 1902 · page 3

SOME time ago Messrs. Johnson and Sendall wrote to the Municipal Council, claiming compensation on behalf of the cabman Mr. A. Turner who was injured, as he alleged through…

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A Fatal Accident. a Weejasper Resident Killed

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 22 May 1902 · page 2

A fearfully tragic accident, resulting in the almost immediate death of Mr. Frank C. Marzol, happened yesterday afternoon on the road to Little River. Amongst…

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A Eatal Accident. in Narrengullen

The Yass Courier · Friday 23 May 1902 · page 2

ON Wednesday afternoon last, about half past [?] o’clock, Mr [?] youngest [?] of W[?] [?] home after…

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Fatal Riding Accident at Yass

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 24 May 1902 · page 4

Yass, Thursday.—A fatal riding accident happened yesterday afternoon to a well-known resident of Woojasper, named Frank Marzoll. In company with a friend he left…

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Accidentally Shot

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 24 May 1902 · page 2

Bowral, Friday.—A youth named Vandenbergh, aged 16, was admitted to the cottage hospital from Robertson yesterday afternoon suffering from a serious bullet wound. He was loading a pistol…

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Local and General News. the Accident at Narren Gullen. Further Particulars

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 27 May 1902 · page 2

ON Thursday afternoon last a magisterial inquiry was held at Mr. James Collison’s, of Rico’s Flat, near Cavan, before the district coroner, Dr. P. T. Thane, to…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 May 1902 · page 2

A boy named Austin Stewart, son of Mr. William Stewart, painter, while running in the park yesterday tripped and fell and fractured his arm…

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Fatal Accident to a Footballer

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 May 1902 · page 4

The young man named Alfred Steward, who was injured while playing football at Waterloo Park on Saturday, died at the Sydney Hospital on Tuesday afternoon without having regained consciousness…

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Fatality at Brisbane

Goulburn Herald · Friday 30 May 1902 · page 5

LIEUT. - COLONEL KENNETH HUTCHINSON of Queensland was found last night cut to pieces on the railway line at Rome-street station, It is surmised that he was run over by the…

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