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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

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Railway Accident at Tarago.—claim for Compensation

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 February 1906 · page 4

In the Sydney District Court on Monday, before Judge Backhouse and a jury of four, the action, Sheppard v. Railway Commissioners, was heard. Mr. G. C. King, instructed by Messrs. Colquhoun…

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Friday 23 February 1906 · page 5

VALUABLE draft horse belonging to Mr. [?] Cowlin, of Eastgrove was killed on Tuesday afternoon, through slipping on the [?]sdowne bridge, and the weight of a load…

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Monday 26 February 1906 · page 2

A MAN named Parnell, an employe of the Borough Council, had a narrow escape from a serious accident on Saturday. While engaged in lowering the engine into the bed…

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Tramway Collision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 February 1906 · page 2

Two trams came into collision at an early hour on Monday, near the new railway station, Sydney. Some of the passengers received injuries which necessitated their removal by the Civil Ambulance…

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Fatality at Rookwood

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 February 1906 · page 2

On Monday morning, as the 9.30 train from Sydney was running into Rookwood station, the driver noticed a atman run down the embankment at the end of the platform, and place himself between…

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Telegrams. SYDNEY, Monday. Tram Collision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 February 1906 · page 4

A tram collision occurred in Pitt-strew this morning, four persons being injures one seriously. The accident is said of have been due to the non-working of the…

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Fatal Drowning Accident

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 2

ON Saturday afternoon last, a very sad and fatal drowning accident which has brought the pangs of death's sorrow to Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Lyons, occurred at Wombat. At about four…

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Railway Fatality

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 2

ON Monday morning, as the 9.30 train from Sydney was running into Rookwood station the driver noticed a man run down the embankment at the end of the platform, and…

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Fatal Drowning Accident

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

On Saturday afternoon last, a very sad and fatal drowning accident which has brought the pangs of death's sorrow to Mr and Mrs W. C. Lyons, occurred at Wombat. At about four…

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Became Queen "Victoria" by Accident

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 3

"When the Queen ascended the throne she was proclaimed as Queen Alexandrina, and no two historians agree as to the origin of the change to 'Victoria.' What…

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An Island Catasthophe. Ten Thousand Drowned. London, March 5

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 March 1906 · page 3

The steamer Mariposa on her return to San Francisco from a cruise among the islands reported that a terrific hurricane on the night of February 7 devastated…

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Shocking Accident. a Boy Impaled

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 6 March 1906 · page 2

On Saturday, evening last, about 7 o’clock, a very sad and shocking accident happened which cast a gloom over tho district of Bookham, and mado a and…

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Sensational Driving Accident

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 6 March 1906 · page 4

A serious buggy accident occu[?]red at Wagga last week. Mrs. Hugh Stevens, of Currawarna, was driving homeward with a five-year-old son in…

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Shocking Accident at Yass

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 2

A DREADFUL accident happened to Keith Robinson, aged 17, son of Mr. Eugene Robinson of Maccolns, near Yass. Young Robinson and some other lads were returning…

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Shocking Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 March 1906 · page 4

An elderly man named Thomas Coghlan met with a terrible death on Tuesday at Meadowbank. The deceased, who was a widower, was employed by the Meadowbank Syndicate in clearing streets and land…

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Terrible Accident at Bookham

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 3

On Saturday evening last, about 7 o'clock a shocking accident happened at Bookham, and made a sad end to a day's sport. The last race took place about 6 o'clock, and everyone…

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Accident at Derringullen Creek

The Yass Courier · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 2

On Tuesday morning last as Mr. Armour was going homo he had a rather unpleasant experience at Derringullen Creek, about 7 miles from Yass. As he…

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Accidents

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 2

A two-year-old son of Mr. H. A. Mills, J.P. of Towrang, met with a very painful accident on Friday. The little fellow was staying with his grandmother at her residence in…

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Accidents

Goulburn Herald · Monday 12 March 1906 · page 2

ON Saturday night Mr. T. O'Leary, licensee of the Harp Hotel, while standing of front of his premises, was knocked down by a passing cab, and had his log badly injured. Mr…

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Drowned in a Drain

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 4

Melbourne, Sunday.—Three boys were playing in the Hawthorn main drain at Auburn this afternoon. The drain is about 15ft. wide and 6ft. deep. The water then was fairly low,…

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