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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1904

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Warships in Collision. London, April 11

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 April 1904 · page 2

In a gale on the Tyne the Temeraire, second-class battleship, and the armoured cruiser, Immortalite camp into collision, the Temeraire striking the Immortalite with her ram…

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Charter of Accidents

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 12 April 1904 · page 2

THE Easter holidays were responsible for quite a number of accidents here. A young man named Hearne, living in the Tuena district, was brought to…

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Fatal Accident to a Solicitor

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 April 1904 · page 2

On Monday afternoon Mr. Walter Lindsay Thompson, solicitor, was in his office, at 98 Pitt-street, Sydney, examining a new Mauser magazine pistol, with the view of extracting a loaded…

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Accident at a Circus

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 April 1904 · page 4

During the performance at Messrs. Fitzgeald Brothers' Circus on Saturday night an accident happened. One of the horses head concluded its…

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Latest News. Telegrams. Mining Accident

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 12 April 1904 · page 2

A mining accident occurred at the Broken Hill South Mine, whereby a man named George Braidwood was killed, and J. Poole and W. Flowers…

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Accident

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 12 April 1904 · page 2

MR. John Parcell, of Wheeo, had the misforture to meet with a serious accident on Tuesday last. It appears he was riding out home on the evening…

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The War. Battleship Accidentally Sunk. Admiral Makaroff Drowned Heavy Firing Heard

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 April 1904 · page 2

The Russian battleship Petropavlovsk accidentally struck a torpedo off Port Arthur and sank. Only twenty of those on board were saved. Vice-Admiral Makaroff,…

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The War in the East. Serious Russian Disaster. 700 Lives Lost. Admiral Makaroff Drowned. Bombardment of Port Arthur. London, April 13

Goulburn Herald · Friday 15 April 1904 · page 4

THE Times war correspondent with the headquarters of the Japanese troops states that neither of the belligerents desires to fight in the vicinity of the Yalu…

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Cables. London, Wednesday. a Terrible Accident

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Friday 15 April 1904 · page 2

The Russian battleship, Petropavlogy, accidentally struck a torpedo off Port Arthur and was blown up. Out of all the ship's crew only 20 men were saved…

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A Painter Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 April 1904 · page 2

It is reported that the celebrated painter Verestchagen was one of those drowned in the Petropavlovsk…

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A Painful Accident

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 16 April 1904 · page 2

MASTER J. Sutton met with a very painful accident on Tuesday evening, which will probably partially cripple him. He fell in Albury street and…

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Accident Theory Questioned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 April 1904 · page 5

The ethergrams received by the Times from its despatch boat Haimun do not mention the sinking of the Petropavlovsk. The Times suggests that the disaster occurred in…

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Singular Gun Accident

Goulburn Herald · Monday 18 April 1904 · page 2

MR. CHARLES BARUER of Cooradigbee, near Yass, was sitting in his room, and a larded gun was standing up near him. The gun fell, and when putting out one of his hands…

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Painful Gun Accident

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 18 April 1904 · page 2

Mr. Charles Barber, of Couradigbee, met with a shocking gun accident on Friday last. He and his brother, it is understood, were out with guns looking…

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Famous Artist Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 April 1904 · page 4

The report that Verestchagin was drowned on the Petropavlovsk is confirmed…

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The War the Petropavlovski[?]s Sinking.two Admirals Drowned. Japanese Dash and Cunning. London April14

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 19 April 1904 · page 2

Vice-Admiral Makaroff, the Russian Naval Commander-in-Chief in the Fair East, and Rear-Admiral Molas were in the conning tower of the Russian…

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Shooting Accident

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 19 April 1904 · page 2

ON Thursday evening Inst, Mr. Charles Barber, of Cooradigbee, who is a first class shot, and one who has been able to handle firearms since a child, of a few…

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Accidents

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 19 April 1904 · page 2

MR. J. Flood, of this town had a narrow escape from being crushed to death by a fall of earth at the stonequarries at McAlister on Friday…

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Singular Shooting Accident

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 19 April 1904 · page 2

YASS, Friday.—Mr. Charles Barber, of Cooradigbee, was sitting in his room, and a loaded, gun was standing up near him. The gun fell, and when…

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Mining Accident

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 19 April 1904 · page 4

WYALONG, Thursday.—A terrible accident Happened at Neeld'a mine yesterday-afternoon to two miners named John Harrison and Michael Welsh…

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