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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1909

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Accident to Mrs. James

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 February 1909 · page 4

Mrs. James, wife of the member for Goulburn, met with an accident last Thursday at her residence. In walking to the bathroom she fell through the grass being slippery, and broke her left leg above…

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Serious Accident

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 2

ON [?] very serious accident [?] Walter Hayes employed by Mr. [?] as ajockey. The [?] was [?]ing the racing mare [?] when the animal…

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Motor Accident at Yass

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

Yass, Wednesday.—The Messrs. Osborne were proceeding to Gundaroo by motor, and when a few miles from Yass a man passed with a horse and cart. The horse shied round, and…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Wednesday. Fatal Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 February 1909 · page 4

Mr. J. G. Knox, a resident of Narromine district, was engaged in removing bricks from a deep well yesterday when without any warning the sides collapsed, burying…

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Drowned Daughter. Mother's Pathetic Story

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 26 February 1909 · page 2

On a charge or murdering her infant daughter, Alice Kathleen, by drowning her in a garden cesspool, at Girton. on November 19, the young married…

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Fatal Accident Man Killed at Murrumbateman

The Yass Courier · Friday 26 February 1909 · page 3

On Wednesday morning a sad f[?] accident occurred at Murrumbateman when Mr. John Brown, aged 70, a resident, of No. 30 Falcon Street, North…

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Motoring Accident. Lucky Escapes

The Yass Courier · Friday 26 February 1909 · page 3

On Wednesday morning a motor car belonging to Mr. Henry Osborne, of Currand[?]ey [?]ion, was ba[?]lly [?]sh a little further than a mile along the…

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Pea Rifle Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 4

Last week Mr. W. McConnell, of Bronte, sustained injury in a curious manner. He was on a rabbit shooting expedition and placed the butt of his pearifle on the ground while he fastered a gate. A…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 4

Mr. W. Rawelitie, an employee of Mr. A. Mills, butcher, met with a very painful accident this (Saturday) morning.. He was driving Mr. Mille's delivery cart, and whilat rounding a corner the…

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Drowning Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 4

Mary Ann Taylor (62), residing in Leichhardt, slipped in a flooded gutter on Saturday night, and was washed through a stormwater sewer into Blackwattle Bay. The body was…

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Drain Pipe Fatality

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

On Monday morning the Water Police found the body of Mrs. Mary Ann Taylor in Blackwattle Bay, fully half-a-mile from the spot where the fatality occurred. On…

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Accident

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

Mr. C. Smith, recently engaged on contract by Mr. Cody at Mr. McCallum's, Chatsbury, was out riding on Sunday afternoon, when the horse began to play up. The girth wan loose,…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 4

Mr. Harry Travers, of Eastgrove, met with a very painful accident on Friday evening. He fell from a load of wood and broke his left arm, sprained his right wrist, and badly hurt one…

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Aeroplane Accident. London, March 2

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 4

Owing to a propeller, becoming entangled in the starting machine of Mr. Wilbur Wright's aeroplane, it was thrown to the ground and damaged. Mr. Wright and a pasenger were not…

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Peculiar Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 4

Goulburn, Tuesday.--A resident of Bronte, named W. M'Connell, met with an injury in a peculiar manner. While after rabbits he placed the butt…

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A Dock Disaster. Fourteen Men Drowned. London, March 7

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

A terrible accident happened yesterday at the new Victoria Dock, Birkenhead, opposite Liverpool. During preparations to admit water to the During preparations to admit water to the…

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Accident

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 9 March 1909 · page 2

Mr. A. J. Reid a commercial traveller was driving a horse from Kangiara on Friday. He pulled up to give the horse a feed when another animal came along…

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Unfortunate Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 March 1909 · page 4

A very unfortunate accident happened on Friday morning at the loco. yards to Mr. William Crawford, a young man of, about 25 years of age, residing in Clifford-street…

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Centennial Park Cycling Fatality

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

At the Ceneral Criminal Court on Monday Ernest Edward Braden, a youth, was indicted on a charge of having feloniously slain Charlotte May Neil, at Sydney, on November 19,…

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Accident

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

Frank Mullins, carter for Mr. C. Sheekey, cordial manufacturer, was thrown from the cart on Monday, and was shaken very badly. On admission to the Hospital he was found to…

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