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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1909

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Accidents

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 October 1909 · page 2

Miss Nellie Watts, of the Kenmore Hotel, met with an accident at the sale of work, held in the Mechanics' on Saturday afternoon. She was in attendance on the…

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Fatal Accident at Show

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 19 October 1909 · page 2

Melbourne, Sunday.—On Thursday Charles Stewart M’Coll was riding King of Arms in the Novice High Jump at Bendigo Show. The…

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Train and Tram. Disaster Near Paris. 13 Killed; 25 Injured

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 22 October 1909 · page 8

Thirteen deaths have, so far, been recorded in a railway accident between Sceaux and Longjumean in the suburbs of Paris, and some twenty or thirty…

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Shocking Riding Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 October 1909 · page 4

Mullumbimby, Friday.—While a son, aged 10, of Mr. James Chinnicks, was helping his fr the with a scuffler he met with a fearful accident at Billinudgel yesterday. The boy was riding a…

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Telegrams. Business Man's Disappearance. Accident Feared. Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 October 1909 · page 6

Mr. Neville Dowling, a prominent city business man, disappeared from his home early this week, and has not since returned. It is feared that he has met with some…

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Accident

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 26 October 1909 · page 2

On Sunday afternoon Miss Mary Roche, Nurse Morgan, and Miss A. Roche ,of Bowing were returning from the laying of the foundation stone…

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Accidents with Firearms. How to Avoid Them. Instructions to School Boys

The Burrowa News · Friday 29 October 1909 · page 6

The serious loss of life by the careless use of firearms has from time to time caused suggestions to be made that legislation should be provided to…

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Bicycle Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 29 October 1909 · page 4

Mr. Eugene Malone, a young married man employed at Mr R. T. Sheriff's bakery, and residing in Dehison- street, met with a severe accident on…

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Accident

The Yass Courier · Friday 29 October 1909 · page 2

On Tuesday Mr. McNevin. who has been spending his holidays in Yass with Mr. Skinner, of the telegraph office, went for a ride on his bicycle,…

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Child's Shocking Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 November 1909 · page 2

Perth, Monday.—A shocking accident occurred at Mr. A. E. Cockram's farm at Belmont. The four-year-old son of Mr. J. W. King, whilst playing in the hay during…

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Honeymoon Tragedy. Bride Drowned

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 3 November 1909 · page 5

Mrs Marin Bella Kershaw, who had been married only a few days, was drowned at Crookham, a village on the Berkshire side of the Thames,…

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Terrible Motor Fatality. Woman’s Head Smashed

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 3 November 1909 · page 2

A TERRIBLE motor accident occurred late on Sunday night at Elwood (Vic.), where a car, owned by Mr, S, G. Black, and driven by his chauffeur, J. Martin,…

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Woman Seriously Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 November 1909 · page 2

Adelaide, Wednesday.—Mrs. Catherine Jones, widow, met with a mysterious happening on Monday evening, and she is now in the hospital in a critical condition. Mrs. Jones…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 November 1909 · page 4

As Mr. G Brown, of Parksbourne, Was using adze on Monday last, he had the misfortune, to cut his right leg, just below the [?]nee, rather badly. He was taken to town immediately and…

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Sad Drowning Fatality at Kenmore

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 November 1909 · page 4

A young man named Ollie Heazlett, 18 years of age, employed on the railway as a tinsmith, was drowned in the Wollondilly River at Kenmore on Saturday…

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Bather Drowned at Windsor

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 November 1909 · page 1

Windsor, Sunday.—Joseph Moore, 23, who name here from Derbyshire (England), nine weeks ago, was drowned while bathing in the Hawkesbury River this morning…

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Terrible Burning Fatality. Mrs. J. J. Massey the Victim

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 13 November 1909 · page 4

“A GREAT shock was felt throughout the community on Thursday, when the information was given that a terrible burning accident had…

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No Passengers Killed. a Year’s Record in Train Accidents

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 13 November 1909 · page 2

During the year 1908 no railway passengers lost their lives In accidents to the trains In which they were travelling, while the number Injured, viz., 283, is…

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Two Brothers Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 November 1909 · page 2

A double drowning fatality occurred at Cronulla on Monday. Three brothers named Bass, recent arrivals from England, and resident at 121 St. John's-road, Glebe, had…

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The Undertow. Surf Bathers Drowned

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 17 November 1909 · page 3

TWO brothers, Sydney [?] 80, and Hubert Bass, 23, were surf-bathing at Oaks Busch, Cron[?] on Monday morning, when they were carried out by the undertow…

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