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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1904

412 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 6 of 21

The Newtown Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 2

At the Newtown Police Court on Monday, before Mr. mithers, S.M., Arthur Stewart, aged 16, was charged with having caused the death of Keith Woodward. In this case the accused was the lad…

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Accident to a Russian Destroyer. London, March 28

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 2

The Russian torpedo-boat destroyer Buistni, 350 tons, struck on a rock while entering Algiers on Sunday, and was extensively damaged…

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Fatal Accident at Bendick Morrell

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 30 March 1904 · page 2

No sooner had the unrest caused by the accident to young Fisher on Saturday week subsided than we have again to report another and fatal fatality on Wednesday to…

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The Fatal Accident at Bedick Morrel

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 30 March 1904 · page 3

IN our last issue we made brief mention of the fatal accident which occurred at Bendick Morrell on Wednesday last, whereby Mr. Michael Rowan lost his…

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Drowning and Suffocation

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 March 1904 · page 3

THE treatment of drowning and suffocation from gas, &c., is the same. First, restore breathing; second, promote warmth and circulation. At once place the patient on his back in a lying…

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Drowning of a Methodist Minister

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 March 1904 · page 2

The Rev. R. H. Bailey. Methodist minister of Wodonga, was drowned on Wednesday afternoon. in a lagoon close to the parsonage at Benegilla, on the Kiewa River. Deceased left…

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Fatal Accident at Bendick Morrell

The Burrowa News · Friday 1 April 1904 · page 2

No sooner had the unrest caused by the accident to young Fisher on Saturday week subsided (says the Young Chronicle of March 30). than we hare again to…

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Burning Fatality

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 6 April 1904 · page 2

A TERRIBLE burning fatality occurred at Grafton early on Sunday morning, in a general store occupied by a Mr. Long, who, it appears, finding smoke…

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The Grafton Burning Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 April 1904 · page 2

Grafton, Wednesday.—An inquiry concerning the origin of the fire which caused the death of the five children named Long on Sunday was held this morning. The evidence went to…

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A Cyclist Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 April 1904 · page 4

Alfred Smedley, a clerk, residing at Green-street, Mosman's Bay, was riding his bicycle down the incline at the Point Wharf, Mosman, on Saturday morning, when he lost control of…

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Serious Tram Collision a Bookmaker Killed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 April 1904 · page 2

On Wednesday a collision occurred between two Coogee trams, travelling in opposite directions, by which a bookmaker named Snelling was killed and several other persons…

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[Reuter's Telegrams.] Sydney, Wednesday. Fatal Tram Collision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 April 1904 · page 4

A tram collision occurred thin morning. Two Coogee trams collided at Kensington Junction. One man was killed and four others injured. EDUCATION CONFERENCE…

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Accident at the Show

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 April 1904 · page 4

On Saturday afternoon, during the 13st hunters' contest at the Royal Agricultural Society's Show, an accident occurred which resulted in a young man named A. Ranken having an…

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Fatal Tram Collision

The Burrowa News · Friday 8 April 1904 · page 3

ALTHOUGH the tramways of Sydney were practically free from accident during the heavy pressure of work entailed through the Easter holiday season, the record was…

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Accident

The Yass Courier · Friday 8 April 1904 · page 2

On Wednesday afternoon last George Haines, son of Mr. Haines, manager of Marchmont, was out in the paddock, and meeting a young lad named Ordige…

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Fatal Gun Accidents

The Yass Courier · Friday 8 April 1904 · page 2

Ulmarra, Monday. Arthur Hewitt, a young man, was shot in the stomach accidentally to-day. He was trying to lift a gun with the muzzle towards him…

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Accident

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 9 April 1904 · page 2
Also in Goulburn Evening Penny Post

ON Wednesday morning last, a very serious accident occurred to the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Borstal of the Bank of New South Wales at Young. The lad was out…

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Accident at Peelwood

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 April 1904 · page 4

On Saturday morning Mr. S. E. Hearne, youngest son of Mr. H. Hearne, of Peelwood, was accidentally shot with a pen rifle. While out shooting he put the weapon down to allow a dog to get in a…

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Shooting Accidents

Goulburn Herald · Monday 11 April 1904 · page 3

MRS. H. S. CARR, of Cardington station, was accidently shot with a pea-rifle bullet on Friday afternoon. A party was just leaving on a shooting expedition, and while a boy…

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