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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1902

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Accident to a Shunter

The Yass Courier · Friday 30 May 1902 · page 4

Au accident occurred at J[?]e station, on Saturday night, to a porter who was acting as shunter. He found on the rails with…

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Fatal Accident in the Football Field

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 31 May 1902 · page 2

The Sydney coroner conducted an inquiry at the Coroner's Court on Thursday, respecting the death of a young man named Alfred Steward, who died at Sydney Hospital on Tuesday from injuries…

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A Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 31 May 1902 · page 2

In No. 2 Jury Court on Thursday, before Mr. Justice Pring and a jury of four the action, Crakanthorp v. the Railway Commissioners, was concluded. Mr. Garland and Mr…

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Fatal Accident at Tarlo

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 4 June 1902 · page 2

WILLIAM AUBBRY CUNNINOHAM (six years of age). son of Mr. Matthew Cunningham of Tarle, son of crushed to death last evening. He and his brother were caring two casks of…

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 4 June 1902 · page 3

YESTERDAY afternoon, Sydney Heath, (14), son of Mr. Heath of Auburn-street had his foot caught in the cog-wheels of a horse power used for driving a chaff-cutter. His…

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Fatality at Tarlo

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 June 1902 · page 4

A shocking fatality happened at Tarlo, near Goulburn, on Tuesday last, by which a son of Mr. M. Cunningham, aged six years, mot his death. Deceased and an older brother went to…

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A Rifle Accident

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 5 June 1902 · page 2

A son of Air. James Tute, of the Murrambidgee, a boy some 17 years of age, met with a painful accident yesterday. He with some others was…

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Friday 6 June 1902 · page 2

On Sunday last J. Jude (about ten) son of Mr. Jude, boolmaker, of Auburn-street, had his face badly burnt through the explosion of a blank carlridge. It appears that Jude and…

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The Late Fatal Accident

Goulburn Herald · Friday 6 June 1902 · page 2

A MAGISTERIAL enquiry into the cause of death of William Aubrey Cunningong (five years of age),who was killed at Tarle by being run over by a part on Tuesday evening…

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The Accident at the Recent Races

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 7 June 1902 · page 2

FROM the reports of recent me repolitan race meeting, we learn that W. E. Bradshaw, one of the jockeys who was injured in the fall which occurred during the Welter…

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The Accident to Trumble

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 June 1902 · page 2

The last English mail brings details of the injury which is keeping Trumble out of the Australian matches. It seems that during practice at Lords Hill drove a ball back with great force, and,…

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Accident to a Boy

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 June 1902 · page 2

An accident to a boy named J. Jude. son of Mr. Jude, bootmaker, occurred on Sunday last through the explosion of a blank cartridge. Jude was out with two other boys named…

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Fatal Shooting Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 June 1902 · page 5

Wellington, Wednesday.—A shooting accident which resulted in the death of the victim occurred yesterday morning. A 15-year old youth named Bennett was driving a…

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Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 June 1902 · page 3

MITTAGONG, Monday.—At 12 o'clock or Saturday night an accident occurred at the railway station, Colo Vale. A truck of a stock train was derailed, and a large number of sheep were killed. A gang…

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Shooting Accident

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 11 June 1902 · page 2

CHARLES PATRK, a state boy, about thirteen years of age, residing in Goulburn, accidentally shot himself in the palm of the right hand with a revolver on Saturday last…

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Accident to a Boy

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 June 1902 · page 2

The X rays at the Goulburn Technical College were used this week to locate a bullet in the hand of a boy named Charles Patck, who accidentally shot himself with a revolver on…

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Monday 16 June 1902 · page 3

SHORTLY after three 0'clock this afternoon, while Mr. A. B. Rinaldi telegraph line repairer in the Goulburn district, was placing a new telephone wire at the corner of Gold…

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Distressing Shooting Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 June 1902 · page 4

Brisbane, Sunday.—A distressing shooting fatality occurred at Warwick to-night. A resident of Warwick (J. B. Besuchamp) was visiting a friend's place when a shooting party drove up. Firearms…

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Serious Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 June 1902 · page 2

Mr. A. B. Rinaldi, telegraph line repairer for the Goulburn district, met with a serious, accident on Monday afternoon while engaged in putting up a new telephone wire to Cowper-street Whilst…

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The Fatal Accident to Mr. David Caldwell

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 June 1902 · page 2

The Sydney papers give but few further particulars of the fatal accident at Flemington station on Wednesday morning to Mr. David Caldwell, engine-driver, reported elsewhere…

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