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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1903

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Accident to Mr. Thos. Rose, M.l.a

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 16 January 1903 · page 2

WHILST driving in the Gurrandah district last week in company with Mr. Jas. Gillespie, jun., Mr. Rose met with a buggy accident but…

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Buggy Accident

Goulburn Herald · Monday 19 January 1903 · page 2

A SERIOUS buggy accident occurred at Adaminaby on Friday afternoon. A party consisting of Mrs. McDonald and child (of Rocky Plain), two ladies and two children,…

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Mining Accidents

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 3

BRISBANE, Friday.--An alarming accident happened at the Brilliant Central Mine, Charters Towers, to-day. A page with six men was being…

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 21 January 1903 · page 2

ON Monday afternoon Master Leslie Beer of Garfield was in the act of tying a horse to a post in Auburn street, when the animal pulled back. His second finger caught in the…

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The Governor's Coachman Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 January 1903 · page 4

Moss Vale, Tuesday.—A sad drowning case has just been reported to the police. A party from the Vive-Regal residence were visiting the Fitzroy Falls, and a swim being suggested…

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Drowned in a Vat of Stout

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 January 1903 · page 4

Adelaide, Tuesday.—This afternoon a man named George Castle, head cellarman at Williams' Brewing Company, Walkerville, fell into a vat of stout and was drowned. It is thought…

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Shocking Fatality

Goulburn Herald · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 2

A HORRIBLE accident, by which a man named August Magussen lost his life, occurred at a timber mill at Worsley (W.A.) Magussen was crossing a connecting red by which a…

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 2

ABOUT half-past one to-day Mr. William Trubshaw, proprietor of the Terminus Hotel, met with a painful accident. He took some horsehair to Messrs. Penberthy and…

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Painful Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 24 January 1903 · page 4

Mr. William Trubshaw, licensee of the Terminus Hotel, met with a very painful accident at Messrs Penberthy and Donnelly's coach-building establishment, Verner-street,…

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An Accident

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 26 January 1903 · page 2

On Thursday afternoon Miss Pembroke, Librarian in connection with the Mechanics, met with a nasty accident, in a simple way. She was in the net of…

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Railway Accidents

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1903 · page 2

THIS morning Percy Blackett (about 17), working at the Goulburn loco. sheds, had the little linger of his right hand caught in the cogs of a lathe. First aid was rendered by…

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Accident to a Train

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1903 · page 3

THE paper train yesterday did not arrive in Goulburn till one o'clock. Inquiries showed that when the train was nearing Mittagoug two trucks left the rails when on the bridge…

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Accident

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 28 January 1903 · page 2

ON Sunday evening last, a vehicular accident attended by very severe, though fortunately not fatal, results happened in town. Miss Ryan, who resides about two miles from Young along the…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 January 1903 · page 4

Master Percy Blackett, son of Mr. C. Blackett, employed in the loco. sheds, Goulburn railway station. met with a painful accident on Wednesday morning. He was cleaning the lathe in the fitting…

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Sad Tram Fatality

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 1

The mysterious death of the little girl Mary Rawlinga aged nine, which took place in the Children's Hospital, Melbourne, on Sunday last was…

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Accident

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 2

ON Monday last the Rev. G. Preston, who is at present filling the Monteagle-Bland Presbyterian charge, had a painful experience. He was driving from Tubbul to Young, the…

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Fatal Accident

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1903 · page 2

A CAB accident, attended with fatal results, occurred in Oxford-street, Sydney, yesterday afternoon. Theo horse bolted, and it is stated that the two passengers became alarmed and…

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Accident

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 2

His many friends in these parts wilt be sorry to learn that Father Kennedy; the popular parish priest at Burrowa, had a rather unpleasant experience…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 February 1903 · page 2

News reached here this morning of the death of Mr. Allan Stewart, railway fettler, whose parents reside in Cole-street. It appears he was riding along the line on a tricycle near…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 February 1903 · page 4

Driver Power was painfully, but not dangerously, scalded on Saturday morning through the failure of the engine on the down Cooma mail between Tarago and Bungendore. One of the pipes burst…

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