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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1909

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Fatality at Araluen

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 October 1909 · page 6

Robert Leslie, aged 13, eldest son of Mr. W. Leslie, of Araluen, was accidentally drowned on Thursday morning…

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A Dastardly Act at Dalton. Several Men Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 October 1909 · page 6

Gunning, Thursday.—Some persons perpetrated a dastardly act last night at Dalton. The caps were removed from the wheels of vehicles belonging to people attending the final meeting…

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Bride Drowned at Close of Honeymoon

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 5 October 1909 · page 2

Upon the arrival of the mail steamer Mara[?]a at Brisbane from Sydney it was learned that the vessel encountered the full force of the southerly gale. When only a…

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Chemist's Shop Wrecked. Six People Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 October 1909 · page 2

A few minutes before 11 o'clock on Monday morning an explosion occurred at a chemist's shop at the corner of William-street and Riley-street North, Sydney, the force of which…

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Terrible Disaster in Java. Six Hundred Persons Drowned. Singapore, Sept. 10

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 October 1909 · page 2

Reports have reached here giving details of enormous damage resulting in East Java owing to the crater of a volcano giving way when it was full of water. Torrents rushed with great violence…

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Bicycle Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 October 1909 · page 4

On Saturday two cyclists met with a serious accident. One cyclist, P. M'Cauley, a young fellow, employed at Mr. A. J. Bayson's grocery store, was coming down…

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A Fatality Explained

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 October 1909 · page 4

Mclong, Friday.—At the adjourned inquiry touching the death of Thomas Ryan, who died soon after admission to the local hospital on September 9, a certificate of analysis from the Government Analyst…

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Shooting Fatality at Queanbeyan

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 October 1909 · page 4

Queanbeyan, Monday.—Cecil Hardy, the victim of a recent shooting accident, died in the hospital this morning. The important question of the reclassification of…

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Peculiar Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 October 1909 · page 2

Our Taralga correspondent writes:— John Quinn, jun., of Stone-quarry, the eldest son of Mr. N. Quinn, met with a peculiar and painful…

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Serious Shooting Accident. Man Shot with a Revolver

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 October 1909 · page 2

This (Thursday) morning a young man named Edward Bruce Cowley, of 39 Burham-street, Erskineville, Sydney, who was on a visit to Goulburn, went out shooting birds in the…

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Accident at a Show

The Burrowa News · Friday 8 October 1909 · page 6

An accident took place at the Singleton show-ground on Friday morning, 1st instant. Leonard Bailey, of Singleton,…

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The Recent Accident to a Girl

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 October 1909 · page 6

Gertrade Tutton, the young girl who recently accidentally pierced one of her eyes with the blade of a pair of scissors whilst unlacing her boots, has been under treatment at St. Vincent's Hospital,…

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A Racehorse Killed. Extraordinary Accident

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 9 October 1909 · page 4

THE WYALONG STAR gives the following particulars of the extraordinary accident which happened at the races during the race for the Welter Handicap, 7s [?]…

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Fatal Shooting Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 October 1909 · page 1

Cobar, Saturday.—A fatal shooting accident occurred at Priory Tank, half-way between Cobar and Nymagee, on Thursday The caretaker, Mr. Jacobs, was…

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Accident to a Minister

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 October 1909 · page 2

Rev. M. Bembrick, of the Lagoon-street Methodist Church, was the victim of a slight accident in Auburn-street to-day (Tuesday). He had halted on one side of the street to…

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Two Young Men Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 October 1909 · page 2

Launceston, Wednesday.—A shocking boating fatality occurred on the river Tamar this afternoon. An eight-oared crew front the Tamar Rowing Club, consisting of…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 October 1909 · page 4

Mr. Walter Gamble, employed at the loco. yards, met with an exceedingly painful accident on Wednesday. It appears he was bumped by a slowly moving engine and fell…

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Accidentally Shot by a Brother

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 October 1909 · page 4

Gordon Chatfield Edwards, 10, was accidentally shot by a brother, Hector Gerald Edwards, 8, while the family were at tea at their home, Tooral, Macmillan-road, Artarmon, on Thursday night. Ronald…

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Queer Accident. Doctors Baffled

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 16 October 1909 · page 2

The very remarkable story of a miner’s death caused by a splinter of rock so small that It could not be found subsequently was told (says…

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Fatal Accident at a Show. Mr. C. S. M'coll Killed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 October 1909 · page 4

Melbourne, Sunday.—On Thursday Charles Stewart M'Coll was riding King of Arms in the Novice High Jump at Bendigo Show. The horse struck the rails and came down, throwing M'Coll on…

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