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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1903

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Monday 18 May 1903 · page 3

WHILE cleaning a belt on a sausage machine this morning Mr. Walter Slocombe had his left hand caught between the belt and a flanged pulley, which broke the two middle…

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Painful Accident

The Yass Courier · Friday 22 May 1903 · page 2

On Tuesday afternoon last Master Dudley Turner, youngest son of Mr. J. F. Turner, met with a painful accident by which his right arm was badly…

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The Jugiong Accident. the Victim Totally Blind

The Yass Courier · Friday 22 May 1903 · page 2

WORD was received at Jugiong. on Saturday (says the “Independent”) that all hopes of Constable Blood-Smythe’s eyesight had vanished, and the poor…

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Monday 25 May 1903 · page 2

ON Saturday afternoon the Rev. Canon Kingsmill met with an accident while driving in Kinghorne-street. The horse took fright and kicacd, throwing the occupants out…

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Gun Accident

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 26 May 1903 · page 2

ON Thursday last Mr. John Johnson of Derrangullen was out shooting with his son when the gun of the latter was accidentally discharged and the bullet…

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Motor-car Fatality. London, May 28

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 May 1903 · page 4

M. Marcel Renault, who was the winner of the Paris-Vienna motor-race, has died from injuries received on Sunday in the abandoned race from Paris to Madrid…

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Coach Accident

Goulburn Herald · Monday 1 June 1903 · page 2

AN accident happened on Thursday evening to Melntosh's four-horse coach from Casino to Lismore, containing six passengers. In descending Tunstall Gap the brake failed…

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Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 5 June 1903 · page 2

On Tuesday evening last M[?] Geo Howard, son of Mr. James Howard of Cotta Walla, met with a nasty accident. it seems young Howard and…

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Drowning Accident

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 2

DEEP and widespread regret was expressed when it became known to our residents last Tuesday that Mr W. Killick had met his death by…

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Collision at Sea. London, June 8

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 June 1903 · page 3

The steamer Insulaire and the steamer Liban, both of Fraissinet and Co., of Marseilles, came into collision off that port on Sunday. The Liban, which was a 3000-ton vessel, sank in ten minutes, bows…

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The Jugiong Accident

The Yass Courier · Friday 12 June 1903 · page 2

Senior-constable Blood-Smythe, the unfortunate victim of the late shooting accident at Jugiong, has arrived hone, totally blind, (writes the ‘Times,’) His…

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Accident to Miles Franklin

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 June 1903 · page 2

Those of our readers who appreciated the great promise contained in the first literary effort of Miss Miles Franklin will be sorry to hear that she has recently been the victim of…

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Strange Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 June 1903 · page 4

Li[?]more, Saturday—Last night a young man, son of Mr. John Seccombe, of Wollougbar, was accompanying his brother and sister to a party on horse[?]ok. His horse being lame he told the others…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 June 1903 · page 2

Messrs. Handcock and Evans, examiners at the Goulburn Railway Station, were knocked down by an engine on Tuesday night. The engine had nearly stopped, but both men had a narrow escape…

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 1 July 1903 · page 3

WHILST Mrs. G. Betts of Myrtleville and Miss Elliot, school teacher, were driving along the Taralga road on Monday their horse took fright at some cyclists and the trap was…

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Shocking Domestic Fatality.—A Woman Suffocated By Gas

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 July 1903 · page 2

A shocking ease of suffocation, resulting in the death of a woman named Mrs. Helen Taylor, and the endangering of the life of another woman, was reported to the Darlinghurst Police Station on…

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Buggy Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 7 July 1903 · page 2

SHORTLY after luncheon hour on Sunday, the Rev. T. J. Carroll was about to proceed out of town in his sulky to fulfil an engagement in connection…

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Serious Accident at Dalton

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 7 July 1903 · page 2

ON Saturday afternoon our Jerrawn correspondent wired that Senior-Constable Matthews of Dalton had met with a te[?] accident that morning through his…

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Railway Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 July 1903 · page 2

Glen Innes, Friday.—This morning John Dowd, fettler, residing at Glencoe, was run over on the railway line at Stonehenge, about six miles from Glen lnnes, by a special train travelling from…

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Lift Fatality

Goulburn Herald · Monday 13 July 1903 · page 2

A DREADFUL accident happened at the Federal Coffee Palace in Collins-street Melbourne early on Saturday afternoon, when Mrs. Alice Warner, who was making a few hours' stay…

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