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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

286 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 5 of 15

Serious Accident to the Town Clerk

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 2

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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How the Accident Happened

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 2

Murrurundi, Friday.—As 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,…

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A Terrible Accidents. Forty-one Persons Killed, Over Sixty Injured. Melbourne ,Tuesday

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 3

Ballnrat and Bendigo express trains collided at Craybrook Junction The foremost carriages wore smashed to matchwood. The trains caught fire and passengers…

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Big Railway Accident at Murrindl, Two Trains Collide [From Evening News of Friday]

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 2

The public of New South Wales will soon begin to look for their daily railway accident as a matter of ordinary course, “It something be but soon done by the railway authorities to…

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Awful Railway Disaster. 43 KILLED, 13 INJURED

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 4

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…

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Accident at a Show. 700 People Overthrown

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 1

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…

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Terrible Railway Collision. at Braybrook Station. Fortythree Killed. 139 INJURED

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday Morning.-A terrible accident bat occurred at Bray-brook Junction, by which 43 passengers have been killed, and 139…

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Fearful Railway Disaster. Collision Near Melbourne. Forty-three Lives Lost. Forty-five Persons Injured. Melbourne, Tuesday morning

The Yass Courier · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 2

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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Railway Accident

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 3

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…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. Old Man Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 4

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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A Terrible Railway Tragedy. Over Forty Lives Lost. Over Two Hundred Injured

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 3

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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Railway Accidents. To the Editor

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 2

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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Reported Escapes From Railway Accidents

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 2

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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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 2

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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Collision with American Liner. London, April 26

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 4

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…

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Gladiator Collision. Forty Lives Lost. London, April 27

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 2

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…

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The Latest. Sydney, Tuesday. Fatal Accident to Engineer

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 2

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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Railway Accidents

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 4

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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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 4

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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Bicycle Accidents

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 4

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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