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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1909

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English Railway Accidents. a Year's Record. the Butcher's Bill

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 17 November 1909 · page 6

The annual report has just been made to the Board of Trade of the accidents that have occurred on the railways of the United Kingdom during the year…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 November 1909 · page 2

Mr. Inglis Pietersen, while working for Mr. C. Waugh on Wednesday, met with rather a serious accident. While chopping wood in a shed the axe he was using came in contact…

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Accident to Mr. and Mrs. Alkin and Child

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 November 1909 · page 4

Jamberoo, Monday.—A motor conveying Mr. and Mrs. Alkin and their child from Moss "Vole on Sunday, broke away coming down Jamberoo Mount in, and was only stopped with great difficulty at a…

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Accident at the Sports

The Yass Courier · Friday 19 November 1909 · page 2

The success of the sports on Monday was marred somewhat by a serious accident which occurred during the afternoon. Pat Lanham was…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 2

The five-year-old son of Mr. Sims, on Grafton-street, met with a nasty accident on Tuesday morning. He fell from a cart and broke his arm in two places. The little…

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Driving Accident

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 23 November 1909 · page 2

While crossing a nasty portion of :he Brook Creek on Sunday, a sulky [?] Mr. and Mrs. Charles B[?]k master, overturned on top of the…

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Woman Drowned in a Tub

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 November 1909 · page 2

A strange fatality was reported from Redfern on Wednesday evening, the victim being Mary Ann Harris (53), a married woman, residing at 57 Reservoir-street. Mrs. Harris,…

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Escape of Trains. Terrible Collision Averted at Yass. Courageous Engine-drivers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 November 1909 · page 2

Yass, Wednesday.—A terrible railway accident, the consequences of which would have been appalling to think of, was narrowly averted early yesterday morning at…

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Escape of Trains Terrible Collision Averted. Courageous Enginedrivers

The Yass Courier · Friday 26 November 1909 · page 2

A terrible railway accident, the consequences of which would be appalling to think of, was narrowly averted early on Wednesday morning…

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Escape of Trains. Terrible Collision Averted. Courageous Engine Drivers. Yass

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 November 1909 · page 2

A terrible railway accident, the consequences of which would be appalling to think of, was narrowly averted early yesterday morning at Goondah, the…

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City Devastated. Many People Drowned. Some Pathetic Incidents

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 27 November 1909 · page 7

One of the most beautiful and progressive cities in Mexico has been devastated by [?]ood. Monterey, the capital of Nuevo Leon, is in mourning, for 1100…

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Escape of Trains. Terrible Collision Averted. Courageous Engine-drivers

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 27 November 1909 · page 4

THE S. M. HERALD’S Yass correspondent of Wednesday, says ;— A terrible railway accident, th[?] of which would be appalling to think…

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Shooting Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 November 1909 · page 2

Donald Baxter, a resident of Goulburn, formerly of Currawang, met with an accident on Saturday. It is understood he had a revolver in his hand, when it exploded, the…

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The Rotthalsattel Accident

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 1 December 1909 · page 5

The Rotthalsattel route to the top of the Jungfrau, on which there has just been an accident, is very difficult and dangerous. It was first taken in 1864…

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Motor Accident to Mr. T. T. Alkin

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

Further details of the motor accident to Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Alkin and their little one have been received. It appears that of all the mountain passes to the coast the…

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Shocking Fatality. Death of Mr. James Joseph Barrett

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

Mr. James Joseph Barrett, of Tarago, who met with severe injuries on Thursday while yarding a bullock at his slaughter-yards, died at the Goulburn Hospital on Sunday night…

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Burning Fatality at Crookwell. Goulburn Man the Victim

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 2

A small wooden cottage, of two rooms, in Goulburn-street, Crookwell, was burnt down late on Saturday night. James Goodwin, a railway fettler, was caught in the building,…

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The Crookwell Tragedy. the Burning Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 December 1909 · page 4

As reported by wire (writes our Crookwell reporter), a small cottage situated in Goulburn-street was burned down on Saturday night last, and in consequence James…

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Accident to a Railway Employee

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

Mr. Charles Bowen, of Faithfull-street, met with an accident on Wednesday at Walla Walla, 11 miles from Culcairn. It appears he was working on the line with a screw-jack,…

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Fifty-nine People Drowned. London, Dec. 13

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 December 1909 · page 2

A storm on Lake Erie has done damage to the amount of 1,000,000 dollars (£200,000 Fifty-nine people were drowned by the [?] size and the wreck of lake craft…

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