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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

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Accidents

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 2

A little girl, youngest daughter of Mr. Jewell, of South Goulburn, was severely injured on Monday by a kick from a horse. It appears that the girl was asked by a man who…

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Accidents

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 4 April 1906 · page 2

ON Saturday evening a young man named Walter Follent and a companion were riding bicycles to Lake Bathurst, and, not noticing a cart in front of them, crashed into the…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 April 1906 · page 2

While working at Mr. Cody's carpenter's shop on Monday Mr. J. Billett met with a painful accident. He was working at a circular saw, when his hand slipped and…

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A Sensational Runaway Five Vehicles Wrecked. A Lad Injured

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 2

At 10.30 this morning a most sensational runaway occurred in Albury Street, Murrumburrah, which caused considerable damage aud great excitement. A grey horse attached…

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Heavy Storm at Gosford.—A Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 4

Gosford, Thursday.—At it a.m. to-day a heavy rainstorm with thunder and lightning occurred. 350 points being registered in a short time Tile lower portion of the street near the…

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Accidents

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 2

On Thursday a boy named Colin Stewart, son of Mrs. Andrew Stewart, of Lake Bathurst, met with a serious accident while riding on a horse-power which was working a chaff-cutter…

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Fatal Accident at an Iron Foundry

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 2

Perth, Friday.—At Felton Bros. Iron foundry and blacksmith's shop. Perth, this afternoon. Mr. Charles T. Felton, one of the proprietors, met his death owing to the explosion, Deceased…

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Accidents

Goulburn Herald · Monday 9 April 1906 · page 2

ON Thursday a boy named Colin Stewart, son of Mrs. Andrews Stewart, of Tarago, met with a serious accident while riding on a horse-power which was working a chaff-cutter…

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Pea Rifle Accident

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 9 April 1906 · page 2

Another of these curious accidents, in which the pea rifle plays such a dangerous part, occurred out a Jeir yesterday, a little girl seven years of age,…

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Child Accidentally Shot

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 April 1906 · page 2

Yass, Monday.—Ethel May Davis, the seven year-old daughter of William Davis, Esdale, was playing outside her grandfather's residence yesterday, when her little brother…

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Serious Gun Accident

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 10 April 1906 · page 2

On Sunday Afternoon about 4 o’clock a very serious accident happened to a grand-daughter of Mr. Samuel Davis, of Spring Flat, Jeir. Mr. and Mrs. Davis…

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Serious Accident to Mr. E. Doyle

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 2

WE regret to record a painful accident which occurred to Mr. E. Doyle who, as a trooper in the local troop of the 1st A.L.H. went to the Easter…

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Fatal Riding Accident

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 2

Considerable sensation was caused in town yesterday evening by a report that, a lad whose name is unknown was found dead or almost dead on the Garangula road. The…

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Accident

The Yass Courier · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 2

On Tuesday morning last Mr. Tom Jones was in the act of lifting a side of beef off where it was hanging, at the same time holding a knife in his hand…

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Horrible Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 April 1906 · page 2

Kalgoorlie, Sunday.— A frightful accident, by which a fireman, Thomas Newby, was jammed against a heated boiler of a locomotive and slowly burnt to death, and two other men,…

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A Terrible Fatality

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 25 April 1906 · page 2

A frightful accident, by which a fireman, Thomas Newby, was jambed against a heated boiler of a locomotive and slowly burnt to death, and two other men. Henry…

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Horrible Fatality. Fireman Slowly Burned to Death

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 25 April 1906 · page 4

A FRIGHTFUL accident, by which a fireman, Thomas Newby, was jammed against a heated boiler of a locomotive and slowly burnt to death, and two other men, Henry Sexton, and…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 April 1906 · page 2

As Mr. W. Daly, storeman at Messrs. Kimpton and Son's mill, was helping to load wheat on a lorry on Wednesday afternoon he was slightly crushed between the rear of the lorry and the wheat stack…

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Local and General News a Driving Accident

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 26 April 1906 · page 2

On Tuesday afternoon a most unfortunate accident occurred on the big bridge at the bottom of Cooma-street, resulting in a serious accident to Miss B…

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Friday 27 April 1906 · page 2

WHILE unloading wheat at Messrs. W. S. Kimpton and Sons Mills on Wednesday, W. Daley, storeman, had the misfortune to meet with a nasty accident. The lorry that he…

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