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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1903

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Monday 20 April 1903 · page 2

A YOUNG man named Herbert Mustard, residing with his parents in Train-street and acting as temporary fireman on the railway, met with a painful accident on Saturday…

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Fatality on the Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 April 1903 · page 2

Cootamundra, Monday.—Mr. G. H. Bundock, builder, has been killed on the railway. He tied his horse up by the bridle near the line. When the 10 a.m. train came along to rushed to attend the…

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Drowned in a Mug

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 21 April 1903 · page 4

JANE HINSON, 55, the wife of u miner at Northumberiand, who had been bedridden with causer for 12 months, was found dead with her head in a…

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Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 April 1903 · page 4

Mr. Herbert Mustard, acting as temporary fireman, met with a serious accident at Breadalbane on Saturday. He was on one of two engines being brought from Harden to Goulburn, and they had…

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The America Cup. Accident to the Challenger. Dismasted in a Storm. One Man Drowned and Several Injured. London

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 22 April 1903 · page 3

Sir Thomas Lipton's new yacht Shamrock III., challenger for the America Cup, was yesterday caught in a storm off Weymouth, and dismasted…

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The Recent Fatal Accident at North Goulburn

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 22 April 1903 · page 3

Ms. JAMES DONOHOE, lesseo of the railway commissioners' quarry at North Goulburn has received from a Braidwood solicitor a demand for £1000 as compensation to Mrs…

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A Railway Fatality MR. G. H. [?]Undock Killed

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 23 April 1903 · page 3

A dreadful railway accident happened near Cootamundra on Monday morning about 10 o’clock, resulting in the death of Mr. George H. Rundock, a…

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Fearful Gun Accident

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 23 April 1903 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon last an extraordinary accident befel Senior-Constable Blood Smyth[?], in charge of the Jugiong Police Station. He was out…

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The Recent Accident at Donohoe's Quarry

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 April 1903 · page 4

Mr. J. Donohoe, at whose quarry on the railway line the accident happened whereby an employee named Edwards lost his life, has received a letter from a Braidwood solicitor…

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Railway Fatality. Mr. G.h. Rundock Killed

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 April 1903 · page 3

A dreadful railway accident happened near coo[?]drs on Monday morning about 10 o'clock resulting in the death of Mr.George H. Bundock, a wellknown…

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The Recent Fatal Accident at North Goulburn

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 24 April 1903 · page 2

MR. JAMES DONO[?]OE, lessee of the railway commissioners' quarry at North Goulburn, has received from a Braidwood solicitor a demand for…

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Dreadful Accident. at Cootamundra

The Yass Courier · Friday 24 April 1903 · page 2

THE “Cootamundra Herald ” of Wednesday last days:— The townspeoples were terribly shocked on Monday morning on hearing that Mr. George Henry…

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Serious Shooting Accident. Senior - Constable Blood - Smythe Shot in the Face

The Yass Courier · Friday 24 April 1903 · page 2

When the news was learned in town on Monday last that Senior constable [?] had been accidentally shot by Mr. Hope Osborne,…

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Unprecedented Flood at Cootamundra. Railway Lines Washed Away. Narrow Escapes From Drowning

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 April 1903 · page 4

Cootamundra, Thursday.—An unprecedented flood occurred here to-night, parts of the town being three feet under water. There have been many narrow escapes from drowning. The main…

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Shocking Railway Accident

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 29 April 1903 · page 4

ARTHUR NEAL, a fireman on the railway, was run over and killed by a train near Wilga tank, Nyngan, on the 26th instant. The evidence at the coroner's inquiry on…

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A Railway Fatality. the End of Frank Brennan

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 30 April 1903 · page 2

A tragedy, in its way, happened at the tr[?]way terminus here on Tuesday night ; the engine [?] over Frank Brc[?]nan, solicitor, and in addition to…

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Serious Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 May 1903 · page 4

Mr. William Locke, who lives near Mary's Mount, was very seriously injured at Marble Mill on Thursday last. as he was felling a tree to obtain a chopping block. Mr. Thomas…

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A Child's Accident

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 9 May 1903 · page 2

LITTLE Edna O'Keefe, daughter of Mr and Mrs R. O'Keefe, of Harden, met with a rather serious accident on…

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Strange Fatality

Goulburn Herald · Monday 11 May 1903 · page 2

KALGOORLIE, Friday.–A miner named William Mahoney was killed under peculiar circumstances at Wiluna, on the East Murchison goldfield. He had been on the…

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Steamers Tn Collision. London, May 7

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 12 May 1903 · page 4

A collision has taken place off the Delaware Coast ((U. S. A.) between the Dominion liner Hamilton and the Clyde liner…

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