Serious Accident to the Town Clerk
The numerous friends of Mr. H. C. Cox, our respected town clerk, will regret to hear that he met with a serious accident on Friday night. He was stepping from his…
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Accidents, 1908
286 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 5 of 15
How the Accident Happened
Murrurundi, Friday.âAs far as can be gathered the accident was caused through a mistake in the signals. The Glen Innes train was running late owing to the heavy holiday traffic,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Terrible Accidents. Forty-one Persons Killed, Over Sixty Injured. Melbourne ,Tuesday
Ballnrat and Bendigo express trains collided at Craybrook Junction The foremost carriages wore smashed to matchwood. The trains caught fire and passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Railway Accident at Murrindl, Two Trains Collide [From Evening News of Friday]
The public of New South Wales will soon begin to look for their daily railway accident as a matter of ordinary course, âIt something be but soon done by the railway authorities to…
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A dreadful railway accident occurred late on Monday night at Braybrook Junction, about seven miles from Melbourne, where the Ballarat and Bendigo lines meet. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident at a Show. 700 People Overthrown
A sensational accident occurred at the [?] jumping exhibition in Prince Alfred Park[?] Monday evening. The whole staging of the [?] ling seats collapsed without the slightest where…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Terrible Railway Collision. at Braybrook Station. Fortythree Killed. 139 INJURED
MELBOURNE, Tuesday Morning.-A terrible accident bat occurred at Bray-brook Junction, by which 43 passengers have been killed, and 139…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fearful Railway Disaster. Collision Near Melbourne. Forty-three Lives Lost. Forty-five Persons Injured. Melbourne, Tuesday morning
The most appalling disaster in the history of Australian railways occurred late last night at Braybrook Junction, about seven miles from Melbourne…
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A SERIOUS railway collision occurred at the Murrurundi railway station at 4,25 a.m. on 17th inst. The mail train from Sydney to Glen Innes had just…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. Old Man Injured
Joseph Gay, 73, in attempting to alight from a moving train at Redfern Station this morning was thrown heavily on to the platform and then rolled on to the permanent…
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THE DAILY TELEGRAPH gives the following account of the some connected with the awful Victorin[?] railway accident by which 48 lives were lost and over 200 injured :—…
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Dear Sir,—The frequency of the above lately may prove a benefit in the end if they call attention to the overwork, long hours, and work expected from our men,…
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The recent railway accidents have given rise to much talk, and curious statements are I bring made regarding narrow escapes which are said to have occurred recently. Official in"…
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Albert Shaw, a young fellow, living at Inveralochy, was standing in front of Mr. C. Waugh's mercery establishment to-day, when he was suddenly seized with a fit,…
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When the blizzard was at its height on Saturday afternoon, the American liner Saint Paul, 11,629 tons, outward bound from Southampton, crushed into the port…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gladiator Collision. Forty Lives Lost. London, April 27
The Gladiator was returning to Portland from Spithead in a blinding snowstorm. When she was steaming past Fort Victoria, well inside Hurst Point, Hampshire, at a speed of 10…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Latest. Sydney, Tuesday. Fatal Accident to Engineer
Walter Alfred Smith, a metropolitan engineer, in connection with the Department of Public Works, met with an accident while in the performance of his…
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The names of 317 persons have now been recorded as having suffered injury in the Braybrook disaster. this represents about a third of the total number of passengers on both trains…
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Albert H. Barnes (42), employed at Messrs. Baxter and Co.'s boot factory, and residing in Clifford-street, got his hand caught in a machine at which he was working on Monday morning. The…
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Mr. William Gamble, a well-known resident of Goulburn, was proceeding from his home in Goldsmith-street to Auburn-street on his bicycle on Saturday, when he met with a serious…
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