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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1909

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LOCAL & GENERAL. Accident

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 24 August 1909 · page 2

Last Thursday night. Mrs. Mick Nash met with an accident whilst crossing Cooma Street—in fact she had just stepped off the…

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Serious Accident to Dr. and Mrs. Dowling

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 25 August 1909 · page 2

An accident of a very serious nature occurred to Mrs. Dowling, wife of our well known medico, on the afternoon of Sunday last. Dr. Dowling also received a severe…

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Disaster at Monte Video. Steamer Cut in Two. Eighty People Drowned. London, Aug. 25

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 August 1909 · page 2

A terribe disaster occurred in Monte Video, Uruguay, yesterday. The Argentine steamer Colombia, 875 tons, with excursionists from Monte Video, who…

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Sensational Balloon Accident

The Burrowa News · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 6

The well-known Australian Aeronant, Captain Penfold, who has made many balloon ascents and parachute descents in Sydney, had an experience on…

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LOCAL & GENERAL. Accident

The Yass Courier · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 2

A painful and somewhat serious accident be[?] Mrs. McNamara on Monday afternoon. She was walking about her kitchen in…

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Railway Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 August 1909 · page 2

West Maitland, Friday.—A shocking fatality occurred this afternoon on Deep Creek Ridge, on the Aberdare Coal Company's railway line, neat Weston. Three…

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In Three Tram Accidents

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 August 1909 · page 4

Arthur Stevens, a one-armed man, whose address is as yet unknown, is at present lying in an unconscious condition at the Sydney Hospital as the result of being knocked down by at [?] in Har is-st act…

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Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 August 1909 · page 4

Samuel Wright, a bootmaker, living at Sydanham, fell between a train and the railway platform at St. Peters station on Thursday. It is stated that about 4.18 the train was starting…

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Double Drowning Case

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 August 1909 · page 2

Colla[?]enebri, Monday.—Carl Ritrer, aged nine, and Albey Waters, aged seven, sons of two well known residents of Collarenebri, were playing on the bank of the Barwon River yesterday evening,…

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(From Our Correspondent.) SYDNEY, Monday. Street Collision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 August 1909 · page 4

An electric tram and a van collided in George-street this morning. Two men in the van were hurled on to the roadway, and both seriously injured, one sustaining…

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Peculiar Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 August 1909 · page 4

On Monday morning one of Mr. J. Cody's carts, which was in attendance on a contract being performed at North Goulburn, near the gaol, became stuck in the road, which was heavy…

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Accident

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 31 August 1909 · page 2

A painful accident happened last Friday to a young lad named Garland about thirteen years of age. He ran and tried to climb up on a large roller…

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Thuddungra. Fatal Accident

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 1 September 1909 · page 7

A fatal accident befel Mr. Patrick Walsh, one time owner of Kikiamah Station, on Friday last. It appears that, while engaged clearing land with his brother for…

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Motor Car Fatality. London, Sept. 2

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 3

Lord de Clifford was killed by the upsetting of his motor car yesterday at Horsham. He suddenly applied the brake to the car to avoid a cart. The motor overturned, and he was…

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Fatality at Melbourne Show

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 September 1909 · page 4

Melbourne, Friday.—A shocking fatality happened at the Royal Show to-day. An elderly man named Alfred E. Atkins, a visitor from Port Pirie, was inspecting the…

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Swept Out to Sea. Two School Girls Drowned

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 8 September 1909 · page 6

The "London Express" of the 26th July reports:--Two girls were drowned while bathing, and three others rescued with the…

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Queen Maud's Peril. Carriage Accident on a Glacier. Marvellous Escape

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 8 September 1909 · page 6

From Christiania on 16th July the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:--While on their tour from…

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The Latest. Sydney, Thursday. Fatal Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 September 1909 · page 2

John Hanson, a coal lumper, was assisting to unload the collier Bellambi this morning, when he fell from a plank into the hold, a distance of about fifteen feet. He…

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Accidents

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 September 1909 · page 2

As a young man named Ernest Charles, son of Mr. J. F. Charles, was engaged in grafting on Friday afternoon the knife slipped and his left hand was so severely gashed that medical aid…

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White City Accident. Smash on Alpine Railway

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 11 September 1909 · page 5

The accident on the Alpine railway at the White City, in which nine people were injured, was referred to at Tuesday's meeting (June 29) of the London…

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