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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1909

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 June 1909 · page 2

Mr. Reg. Gray had a most painful experience last week while working in the locomotive shops. He was endeavouring to hold up a weight which had slipped, and in no doing…

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Found Drowned Near Braidwood

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

Braidwood, Friday.—Mr. Fred. Robinson, hotelkeper, of Sydney, who was on a visit to Mongarlowe for the benefit of his health, was found drowned in a shallow pool of…

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Man Accidentally Shot. in the Presence of His Wife

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 July 1909 · page 5

Armidale, Friday.—A shocking fatality occurred last night, about three miles from Armidale, at Montrose, when Mr. William Henry Haynes was accidentally shot by Mr. James…

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Buggy Accident

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 3 July 1909 · page 2

ON Wednesday last, a number of our local residents had a most unpleasant [?] perfence owing to a buggy accident and one which was attended with [?]…

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Cable News. Collision in Channel. London, July 5

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 July 1909 · page 2

The French cargo steamer Circe struck the New Zealand Shipping Company's Whakatane, 5902 tons, from London for Auckland, in a fog off Dungeness, in the English Channel,…

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Fatal Burning Accidents

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 July 1909 · page 2

Inverell, Monday.—A little boy, aged 4 years son of Mr. W. D. Cross, Gilgal, was playing near a fire on Friday, when his clothes ignited. He was so severely burned that he…

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Accident at Tarago. Struck by a Motor Car

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 July 1909 · page 4

On Saturday afternoon a boy named Chinnery, whose parents live about a mile from Tarago, was coming from the direction of the hotel, when he was struck by…

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Accident to a Motor Car

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 6 July 1909 · page 2

On Friday a gentleman travelled through Yass on a motor car and got as far as the hill between Mr. E. Loonies’ and Mr. L. Kimmage’s about 13 miles…

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Rev. Canon Kingsmill. a Serious Accident

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 7 July 1909 · page 2

THE friends of the Rev. Canon Kingsmill at Young, learn with regret that he met with a serious accident At Manly on Saturday when attempting to stop a…

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Another Death From Drowning

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 July 1909 · page 4

On Saturday afternoon last word was received in town of the death of Mr. Bernard McGrath, son of Mr. Frank McGrath, of Jinglemoney. It appears that deceased was…

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Bicycle Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 July 1909 · page 2

Mr. Robert Belgrove, in the employ of Mr. G. Lansdown, had a nasty fall from his bicycle on Sunday through the handles working loose. He was precipitated on to some road metal, and…

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[?] Accident

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 13 July 1909 · page 2

[?]On Saturday afternoon Mr. R. Wiseman was returning home on his motor bicycle, he had reached Mr. Nash’s hotel when he struck a dog…

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Chapter of Accidents

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 14 July 1909 · page 2

THE town of Cowra was thrown into a state of excitement on Monday morning last, when (the news rapidly di[?]sted of the occurrence of two serious accidents…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 July 1909 · page 2

Sylvester Hughes, a boy of four or five years of age, was coming out of a lane to the footpath in front of the Victoria Parade on Wednesday afternoon, when he was run over by a…

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Fatal Burning Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 July 1909 · page 4

Cooma, Friday.—An old resident, Mr. William Butler, aged 73, died on Tuesday from the effects of a burning accident, and shock. He fell in a fire in a fainting fit the week before, and was not…

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Accident on a Battleship. Two Stokers Killed

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 21 July 1909 · page 3

News was received here this morning by wireless telegraphy of an accident which took place on board the battleship Prince of Wales yesterday, resulting in…

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The Latest. Sydney, Thursday. Lad Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 July 1909 · page 2

Daniel Dawson, aged 15, fell to the basement of Mark Foy's, a distance of about twenty feet, sustaining serious injuries. FIRE AT SUMMER HILL…

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Nurse's Railway Accident. Extraordinary Damages

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 24 July 1909 · page 3

After a long legal, fight Miss Hunt, a trained nurse, was to-day awarded [?]11,600 damages for personal injuries, the Long Island Railway Company…

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Destroyer in Collision. Barge Sunk. Two Men Drowned

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 28 July 1909 · page 3

The torpedo-boat destroyer Spiteful collided in the Solent, off Yarmouth, with the Rochester barge Preciesa, which sank immediately with two of…

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One-armed Cyclist Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 July 1909 · page 4

William Riley, aged about 26, a one armed cyclist living in Comber-street, Paddington, was found by a ranger at Centennial Park at about 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday lying on the track with his broken…

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