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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1907

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Mother and Child Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 March 1907 · page 2

A sad double fatality was reported by the Newtown police to have taken place at an early hour on Monday, at Maria-street, Newtown, where Mrs. Bertha Ann…

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An Old Lady Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 March 1907 · page 2

Mrs. Sarah Allport, an old lady residing at Fullerton, was admitted to the Goulburn Hospital to-day (Tuesday) in a serious condition. It appears that Mrs. Allport was…

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Shocking Railway Accident

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 20 March 1907 · page 2

AT Cue (W.A) on Sunday morning a dairyman found a decapitated body on the railway line about half a mile from Day Dawn station. The body proved to be that of…

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Accidents

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 20 March 1907 · page 3

MRS. SARAH ALLPORT, aged 83, a resident of Fullerton, and a boy aged 6, were thrown from a vehicle while driving into Goulburn yesterday morning. They met Eroni Bros…

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Accidents

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 March 1907 · page 2

A man named John Heady was admitted to the Goulburn Hospital on Wednesday suffering from a bruised foot. Healy, it is understood, was going to Barren Jack with a waggon and…

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Friday 22 March 1907 · page 2
Also in The Yass Courier

MR. ALAN SMITH, assistant chemist al Mr. Bergmark's, was chopping wood at his [?] Cowper-street, when the axe caught [?] a clothesline and struck him on the fo[?]…

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Shocking Fatality

Goulburn Herald · Monday 25 March 1907 · page 4

BENJAMIN RIXON, teamster, engaged carting logs for the Albury timber yard on Thursday, was conveying a log weighing 10 tons on the Howlong-road, when he noticed that a stick…

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Ormuz in Collision. London, March 23

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 March 1907 · page 4

The batteship Africa, 16,350 tons, yesterday came into collision with the Orient Royal mail steamer Ormuz, 6565 tons, which left London on the same day for…

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 27 March 1907 · page 3

YESTERDAY, Mr. Alex. McFadzean met with a painful accident. He was helping at the fire station to book the reel on to a cab, when, by some means, his hand got jammed…

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The Latest. Sydney, Thursday. Street Collision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 March 1907 · page 2

A collision occurred between a cab and a cart in George-street, near the Hay-market, this morning. The cab was knocked against a stationary waggon, and turned…

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Accident

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Friday 29 March 1907 · page 2

On Tuesday last master J. Rolfe son of Mr. B. Rolfe of Crookwell, had the misfortune to meet with a nasty…

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A Motor Fatality. London, March 28

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 2

The Queen Dowager of Portugal and her son Prince Alfonso, while motoring to a theatre in Lisbon, knocked down a woman and her child. The child was killed, and the mother was…

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Fatal Collision in France

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 3 April 1907 · page 3

A train collided with a motor car on a level crossing at Avignon, killing two of he occupant hand injuring three…

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Serious Riding Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 April 1907 · page 2

Bowral, Wednesday.—William Norman, 11, son of Mr. J. W. Norman, was driving horses this morning, when his pony fell, and afterwards dragged the boy about 400…

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Shocking Mining Accident

Goulburn Herald · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 2

A SHOCKING mining accident, resulting in the death of three men—Owen Owens Peter-Audrecoli and Vincent Cattan[?]—cou[?]red in the Northern Company's Waroonga mine…

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America's Accidents. a Preacher's Statement

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 3

A correspondent of the Washington "Evening Star" wrote from New York on 5th January:-- "Fifty-seven thousand five hundred…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. Two Men Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 April 1907 · page 4

Cedric Roberts and Martin Anderson, labourers, were assisting to unload the steamer Corio to-day, when a sling containing twelve bags of salt fell on both men…

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America's Accidents. a Preacher's Statement

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 6 April 1907 · page 3

"Fifty-seven thousand five hundred persons are under sentence of death in the United States. They are hourly awaiting their end, which may come at…

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Accident at Marengo

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 6 April 1907 · page 3

DURING the Easter Monday Sports at Marengo, a rather Revere accident befel a young man named John Ryan of Bendick Morrell. Whilst a contestant in one of the…

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