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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1905

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Another Football Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 July 1905 · page 4

On Saturday, while playing with the Warrigal football team against Railway Alick McFadzean dislocated his shoulder. When the accident happened he was attended to by Mr. Tandy, a…

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Collision in Sydney Harbour

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 19 July 1905 · page 2

LAST evening the ferry steamer Lincoln Collided near Balmam with a sk[?]ff containing four occupants—a woman, a boy, and two girls. The former retained her seat, while…

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Terrible Accident

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 19 July 1905 · page 4

A terrible accident occurred in the chapel at a workhouse at Fermoy, Ireland. During the celebration of Mass in the chapel the floor collapsed. Sixteen women were killed…

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An Exciting Collision

Goulburn Herald · Friday 21 July 1905 · page 5

A COLLISION occurred at Abbotsford last evening between a tram and a team of bullocks. The train left the Abbotsford terminus at 7.5 p.m. and when near North-road the…

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Another Pea Rifle Accident

The Yass Courier · Friday 21 July 1905 · page 2

A boy named Robert John Maloney aged [?] was accidentally shot by his brother William aged 8 at Canberra near Queanbeyan on Sunday last..It appears…

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An Extraordinary Fatality

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 24 July 1905 · page 2

On Friday afternoon the seven year old daughter of Mr. G. A. Burgess, M.L.A. for Young, with the nurse girl aged 13, who went into Moore Park, Sydney, to…

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Current Topics. Sad Fatality

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 25 July 1905 · page 2

A sad accident occurred in Moore Park on Friday whereby Olive Burgess aged 7, daughter of Mr. G. A. Burgess, M.L.A for Burrangong, and Nora…

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Distressing Fatality. Terrible Death of Two Children

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 July 1905 · page 4

A shocking accident happened at Moore Park on Friday afternoons, resulting in the death of two children, Olive Burgess. aged 7 years, and Nora Ronayne. aged 13 years. The…

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Shocking Double Fatality. Children's Terrible Death

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 26 July 1905 · page 2

The mystery surrounding the disappearance of Olive Burgess, aged 7, daughter of Mr. G. A. Burgess, M.L.A. for Burrangong, and a nursegirl named Nora Rohdynone,…

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Shocking Double Fatality. Tragic Death of Nurse and Child of Mr. G. A. BURGESS, M.L.A.

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 26 July 1905 · page 2

ALL, shades of political thought in our district, all classes of society, are united, we feel certain, in hearts of sympathy for our parliamentary representative, Mr. G. A. Burgess, M.L.A., and…

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The Sequel to an Accident

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 26 July 1905 · page 2

OUR readers will remember that about two years ago or so, we recorded from the metropolitan papers the account of a very serious accident which had occurred to Mr. Wi[?]heart (brother of…

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Shooting Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 27 July 1905 · page 4

Penrith, Tuesday.—A fatal shooting accident occurred at Mulgoa Forest yesterday afternoon. Daniel Coveney, son of Mr. John Coveney, aged about 21, went out shooting soon…

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Constable Seriously Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 27 July 1905 · page 4

Araluen, Tuesday.—Constable Barley met with a serious accident to-day. When on duty eight miles our his Horse fell through placing is foot in a rabbit burrow, throwing its rider and kicking him on…

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Collision Off Holyhead

Goulburn Herald · Friday 28 July 1905 · page 2

The trawler Ayre collided, in a fog off Holyhead, with the barque Benafide, bound from Fiji for Liverpool and sank. The crew took to the boats and were picked up…

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A Shocking Fatality. Mr. G. A. Burgess's Child and her Nurse Smothered by a fall of Sand

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Friday 28 July 1905 · page 2

Universal regret was expressed in Murrumburrah and Harden, on Monday morning when it became known that Mr and Mrs G. A. Burgess had…

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Railway Collision

Goulburn Herald · Monday 31 July 1905 · page 4

An electric express train, while travelling from Liverpool to Southport at the rate of 50 mile an hour, came into collision with an empty train at Hall-road Station. Twenty…

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Fatal Shooting Accident

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 1 August 1905 · page 2

An accident, which was attended with fatal results, occurred during practice at the Rifle Range, Randwick, on Saturday. A non-commissioned officer of the Irish…

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The Latest. SYDNEY, Tuesday. the Fatal Accident at Randwick

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 August 1905 · page 2

The inquest touching the death of Sergeant Fallon, who was acoidentally shot at Randwick on Saturday, was opened to-dat. Warrant-Officer Cooper, superintendent of the…

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The Recent Fatality in Sydney

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 2 August 1905 · page 2

IN a letter which we have received from Mr G. A. Burgess M.L.A. he informs us that amidst the sorrow which [?]el Mrs. Burgess and himself, owing to the calamity in which their daughter…

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Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 4 August 1905 · page 2

WHILE playing football at Curran's Creek school on Wednesday afternoon master O. Alport, aged 15 years, had the misfortune to break his leg at the…

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