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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1903

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Railway Collision at Murrurundi

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 11 February 1903 · page 2

A COLLISION occurred at the Murrurundi station on Monday evening. An engine which had been shunted on to the loop line, owing to the points being open, ran on to the…

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Fatal Shooting Accident

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 11 February 1903 · page 2

ONCE more we are called upon to record that the deadly pea-rifle has been responsible for an accidental death in our community, the victim on this occasion being Mr. Luke Pearson,…

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A Child Drowned in a Kerosene Tin

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 February 1903 · page 2

Kalgoorlie, Friday.—Yesterday evening an infant named Charles Parker, whose parents reside at the True Blue Lease, was drowned. Mrs. Parker had occasion to go out of her…

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Collision in Sydney Harbour

Goulburn Herald · Monday 16 February 1903 · page 2

A COLLISION occurred off Bradley's Head at 12.10 a.m. yesterday between the steamers Waketipu. inward bound from Tasmania, and the Eurimbla, outward bound for Melbourne…

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Accident at Braidwood

Goulburn Herald · Monday 16 February 1903 · page 3

A YOUNG man named Frederick Wingrave, a resident of Goulburn, and who arrived at Braidwood front Tarago on Friday, met with a serious accident that morning. He slipped…

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Harbour Collision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 February 1903 · page 4

A serious collision occurred early on Sunday morning off Bradley's Head between the steamers Wakatipu, inward bound from Launceston, and the. Eurimbla, outward bound for…

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[Reuter's Telegrams.] Sydney. Monday. the Harbour Collision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 February 1903 · page 4

Some of the cargo has been removed from the Wakatipu. LONDON, Sunday. THE UNEMPLOYED PROBLEM…

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Accident to Mr. Crick

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 17 February 1903 · page 4

During a very extensive eruption which has taken place at Waimang[?] near Rotorus, Mr. W. P. Crick, the New South Wales Minister for Lands…

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TELEGRAMS. Boy Drowned near Gunning

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 February 1903 · page 4

At three o'clock yesterday afternoon a boy aged 11, son of Mr. Ravalion, fettler, was drowned in the Fish River…

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Terrible Tramway Accident. London, Feb. 30

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 24 February 1903 · page 2

A TERRIBLE tramway accident occurred at Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A., yesterday. An electric tramcar carrying High…

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Serious Accident. at the Rifle Range

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 24 February 1903 · page 2

ON Saturday last Mr. Robert Knox, senr., met with a serious accident at the local rifle range whi[?]t marking for the musketry practice. It appears he was…

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Gunning Drowning Case

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 26 February 1903 · page 2

On Sunday afternoon last a boy named Jack Ravaillion, about 11 years old, son of Mr. William Ravaillion, a local railway fettler, went to a…

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[Reuter's.] Sydney, Friday. COLLISION

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 February 1903 · page 4

The Marine Board to-day found the Eurimbla in fault in the collision with the Wakatipu. BUTCHERS' DISPUTE. In the butchers' dispute with regard to…

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Disasters in America. Fearful Railway Accidents

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 28 February 1903 · page 4

The steamer Ventura, which arrived in Sydney on Monday from San Francisco, brought news of several appalling railway disasters involving…

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Rescue From Drowning

Goulburn Herald · Monday 2 March 1903 · page 2

LAST Tuesday morning a young lady was bathing in the Corporation Baths, when she get out of her depth and fainted. The other women present were too much scared to pull…

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Rescued from Drowning

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 March 1903 · page 4

The value of knowing how to rescue a drowning person was illustrated on Thursday morning last, at the Corporation Baths, when Master Charles McIntyre's attention woo called to a young woman…

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Local and General News, Serious Accident.AT TAEMAS

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 3 March 1903 · page 2

ON Friday last a very painful and serious accident happened to a young man, named William Jeff, employed by Mr. George Mills of North Yass. It appears…

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Ex-Goulburnite in a Tram Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 March 1903 · page 4

Two trams came into collision on Saturday night, one laden with passengers for Coogee running into an empty from Crown-street. Timothy Confoy, 26, a groom, living at…

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Melancholy Case of Drowning

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 3

A brief cable from Colombo was received at Young early on Saturday morning reporting the death by drowning of Edith Geraldine, only daughter of the late Mr…

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Death of Miss Edle Spring. Drowned at Sea

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 2

ON Saturday morning word flashed through to Young, bringing to the home and hearts of Mrs. Gerald Spring of “Moorong” and her family the sorrows of death in their most acute form, a…

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