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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

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Two Men Drowned Through a Hat

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 2

Two men named John Abra[?] and H. S. Thompson were crowned in the Swan River at Crawley. With three others, they were cr[?]b-fishing…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 2

On Monday afternoon a boy named Leslie Edwards, about nine years old, residing with his parents in Victoria-street, was playing with another boy on a fence, imitating tight rope performances,…

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Accident at Bungendore

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 4

Our Bungendore correspondent writes:—Mr. A. Hanford, manager of the local branch of the Bank of New South Wales, had he the misfortune fortune to sustain a slight fall. in consequence…

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Boating Fatality

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 24 January 1906 · page 2

LOUIS LITTLE, a young man, lately residing at Woolloomooloo, lost his life yesterday morning in Sydney harbour through a rowing boat swamping between Garden Island…

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Three Goulburn Men Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 January 1906 · page 4

On Tuesday afternoon, while repairs were being effected at Guinea-street railway bridge, Albury, scaffolding collapsed, and three men were injured. One had two ribs…

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Sad Fatal Accident

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 2

A SAD fatal accident occurred at Burrowa on Sunday evening last. A boy named Edward Wolatonholme, 15 years of age, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Wolatonholme, highly…

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Riding Accident

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 2

ON Monday last Mr. A. Borland met with a rather serious accident. He left town about 6.30 p.m. and arrived at his home shortly afterwards,…

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Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 2

About midnight on Friday a number of trucks attached to a goods train became derailed near Yass, and for some hours blocked both the down and up traffic…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 4

Constable Hahesy, of Bungonia, met with a slight accident on Thursday. He was riding a very fractious horse, which managed to unseat him; but the constable escaped with all injury to the hand…

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Harbour Collision. Two Persons Drowned

Goulburn Herald · Monday 29 January 1906 · page 2

A SENSTIONAL collision, unhappily attended with loss of life, occurred yesterday afternoon in the harbour between the Port Jackson Co-operative Ferry Company's ferry steamer…

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A Sensational Fatality

Goulburn Herald · Monday 29 January 1906 · page 3

A TERRIBLE accident occurred on Saturday at Deep Creek, near Gympice (Q.) William Mitchell was felling a tree situated on the slope of a hill. His wife and two children,…

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Excursion Train Derailed. Eight People Seriously Injured

Goulburn Herald · Monday 29 January 1906 · page 2

A RAILWAY accident occurred at 1.25 on Sunday afternoon to an excursion train on the narrow gauge line from Ferntree Gully to Gembrook, in Victoria. The train consisted…

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A Runaway Train. Serious Accident at Yass

Goulburn Herald · Monday 29 January 1906 · page 2

A SERIOUS railway accident occurred at Yass Junction. between 1 and 2 o'clock on Saturday morning. When a train loaded with wheat and travelling to Sydney, had pulled…

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Sensational Double Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 January 1906 · page 4

Brisbane, Sunday.—A terrible accident occurred yesterday at Deep Creek, near Gympie. William Mitchell was felling a tree situated on the slope of a hill. His wife and two children—Francis, aged…

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Fatal Harbour Collision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 January 1906 · page 4

A collision between the steamer Manly, which had a large number of passengers on board, and a 30ft. oil launch, Agnes, occurred off Garden Island on Sunday afternoon. Mr…

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Telegrams. the Harbour Collision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 January 1906 · page 4

From the report of the master of the steamer Manly concerning the collision with the launch on Sunday it appears that the course of the launch was altered from what it was when…

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Excursion Train Derailed. Eight People Seriously Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 January 1906 · page 4

Melbourne, Sunday.—A railway accident occurred at 1.25 this afternoon to an excursion train on the harrow gauge line from Ferntree Gully to Gembrook. The train consisted of eight covered trucks…

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A Runaway Train. Serious Accident at Yass

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 January 1906 · page 4

Yass, Saturday.—A serious railway accident occurred at Yass Junction between 1 and 2 o'clock this morning. A train loaded with wheat and travelling to Sydney pulled into the…

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Railway Accident at Yass Terminus. Several Trucks Smashed

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 30 January 1906 · page 2

Between 12 and 1 o’clock on Saturday morning last a rather serious railway [?] at Yass Junction [?] of trucks were smashed,…

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Boating Fatality at Albury

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 2

ALBURY, Monday.—A sensational boating misadventure, attended with a fatal result occurred on the river at Doctor's Point to-day. Accompanied by an old-age pensioner…

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