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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

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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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Railway Collision. London, March 12

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 2

A collision occurred between two trains at Godsend. Ohio. yesterday. The carriages caught fire. Ten persons were killed, and 15 others were injured, some fatally…

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Railway Collision

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 4

A collision between two trains occurred at Godsend, Ohio, yesterday. The carriages caught fire. Tell persons were killed, and 15 others were injured, some fatally…

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Mr. Asquith Injured

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 2

Mr. H. Asquith, Chancellor of the Exchequer, was slightly injured yesterday through the upsetting of his cab, and could not attend the House of Commons…

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Remarkable Drowning case. Swept Through a Series of Tunnels. Melbourne

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 2

At Auburn to-day. Albeit Carroll, aged 15 years, was playing with two little boys in a storm water channel about 2ft wide by 6ft deep. They were o[?] small raft, but their amusement was…

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Terrible Mining Fatality

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 4

A terrible disaster occurred at a colliery of Courrieres, France, when three galleries of the mine were converted into a mass of flames…

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Serious Accident to a Goulburn Resident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 4

Albury, Friday.—An accident occurred to-day on the excursion train from Sydney near Jindalee. Stephen Bailey, the driver, stepped from the cab of the engine to the footplate in…

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Engine-driver Injured

Goulburn Herald · Monday 19 March 1906 · page 4

AN accident occurred on Cook's excursion train reaching Albury on Friday from Sydney. Stephen Bailey, driver of the train, had to step from the cab to the footplate in order…

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Terrible Railway Collision. London, March 17

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 21 March 1906 · page 2

A terrible collision between an express and a local train occurred yesterday in Colorado. The express, which was bound west to California, came into collision…

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Injured by a Live Wire

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 21 March 1906 · page 3

PATRICK W. BOWEN, a telelegraph linesman, residing at Surry Hills, met with a painful accident yesterday morning. He was repairing a tram wire at the corner of Pyrmont…

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Fatal Burning Accident at Galong

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 2

AT Galong on Monthly last a little two year-old son of Mr and Mrs Thos. Cusack of Galong was burnt to death through his clothes catching fire. It…

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Accident at Jindalee

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 2

As the Sydney Express passed through Jindalee on Friday morning, the engine driver, named Stephen Bailey met with a very serious accident. Passing…

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A Dreadful Accident

Goulburn Herald · Monday 26 March 1906 · page 2

REV. JOHN O. A. CLARKS, incumbent of St. Mary's Church of England, Smithesdale, near Ballarat, and Miss Cotton, a lady friend, were driving over a railway crossing on Friday…

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Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 27 March 1906 · page 2

When returning from the Showground on Friday afternoon, a vehicle in which Miss Charlotte Sharwood, of Folle[?]ton and engaged as domestic at…

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Accident at Cooradigbee

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 27 March 1906 · page 2

On Saturday morning last a young man named Masters was felling a tree when it fell on him breaking his leg. His brother brought him into the Yass Hospital on…

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Boy Drowned at Bowral

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 28 March 1906 · page 2

AT Bowral yesterday a boy named Roy Arnott, aged 11 years was drowned in the creek, which was in a flooded state owing to the rain. The deceased and a companion,…

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Tornado at North Sydney. Buildings Completely Ruined. One Person Killed and Others Injured

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 28 March 1906 · page 2

A VIOLENT tornado swept over the heights of North Sydney yesterday afternoon and sacred great havos to numerous buildings, as well as loss of life and severe injuries to…

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Marquis of Linlithgow Critically Injured. London, March 30

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 2

The Marquis of Linlithgow (formerly Governor General of the Commonwealth) whilst hunting at Cheshire met with an accident, by which three of his ribs were fractured, his lungs punctured, and his…

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Hunting Accident

Goulburn Herald · Monday 2 April 1906 · page 4

The Marquis of Linhthgow (formerly Governor-General of the Commonwealth), whilst hunting at Cheshire met with an accident, by which three of his ribs were fractured, his…

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Telegrams. SYDNEY, Monday. Recent Harbour Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 4

The captain of the ferry steamer Manly is on trial to-day concerning the deaths of the Hemmings. Illegal Sales of Liquor…

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