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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

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Harbour Collision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 March 1910 · page 4

The steamer Wyreema came into collision with the collie Currajong off Bradley's Head at above 9 30 on Tuesday night. The impact was terrific, and the Currajong sank. The Wyreema afterwards…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 March 1910 · page 4

On inquiry at the hospital on Wednesday we learned that the condition of Mr. Anthony Roberts, injured in a fall from a cart, was about the same…

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A Serious Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 March 1910 · page 4

Mrs. John Howard, sen., was the victim of a nasty accident on Sunday morning last. She was driving a cow into the yard near the house, and in turning suddenly…

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5000 Drowned in Mexico

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 5

The flood at Monterrey, in which 5000 people were drowned on the 27th of August last, was caused by the rising of the Santa Catarina, usually a…

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Perilous Train Accident the Driver’s Promptitude

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 4

AN accident of a thrilling character occured on the Preston (Vic.) railway line between Clifton-hill and Merri Station, about 12 o’clock on Tuesday night. That it was…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 March 1910 · page 4

S. Divall, a young fellow, was out driving in a sulky with two friends on Sunday afternoon. About a quarter of a mile this side of Tarlo Gap the horse commenced…

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Three Men Drowned

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 16 March 1910 · page 2

Three men were drowned while trying to cross the bar at Greymouth in an oil launch…

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A Cricketer Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 2

Armstrong is in Christchurch (N.Z.) under medical treatment. When in Dunedin he met with an accident. On the hills he slipped, and in trying to right himself he threw…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 4

George Sykes, a boy of 14 years, residing at Spring Valley, met with an accident on Tuesday morning. It appears he was standing on a fence, when he slipped, and injured…

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Accident with Poison

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 2

Mr. P. Heffernan, of Gurrundah, met with a very painful accident while preparing poison for rabbits. It is understood that while mixing phosphorus and carbon the…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 2

Mr. J. Maloney, butcher, had the misfortune to meet with a rather severe accident on Tuesday, when he was kicked on the forehead by a horse. He was knocked senseless, and received a very…

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Accident at the Tolwong Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 March 1910 · page 6

A slight accident occurred on Thursday at the Tolwong Mine. A bucket loaded with long rails came off the fixed ropes of the aerial tramway and caused some damage to…

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Eight Hundred Japanese Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 March 1910 · page 4

Reuter reports that 50 fishing boats were wrecked in a storm off the eastern coast of Japan. Eight hundred persons were drowned…

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Accident to Mr. A. Manson

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 March 1910 · page 4

Mr. A. Manson, of "Belmont," the well-known orchardist, met with an accident on Saturday evening, and had a narrow escape from severe, if not fatal, injuries. He was…

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Cure for Accidents

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 23 March 1910 · page 6

There are several reasons why our railroads kill and maim thousands each year, while English railroad travelling is as safe as sitting at home. But the…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Wednesday. Marine Collision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 March 1910 · page 4

The steamer Manapouri, which arrived this morning from Newcastle, collided with the tug Gratitude off Terrigal last night, causing her to founder five minutes later…

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Accident

The Yass Courier · Friday 25 March 1910 · page 2

While driving between Barren Jack and Weejasper on Sunday afternoon, Mr. James McNally met with an accident. The buggy was running…

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A Child Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 March 1910 · page 4

Reginald Painter, a four-year-old infant, son of Mr. Win. Painter, of Stair Hill, Braidwood Road, was drowned in a waterhole on Easter Monday afternon. His mother…

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[Reuter's.] London, Tuesday. Soldiers Caught in a Storm.—four Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 March 1910 · page 4

Six hundred of the Wiltshire, regiment accompanied by General Methuen; left Pietermaritzburg to surprise a militia camp, when a storm caused a spruit to rise…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 March 1910 · page 4

The Rev. G. E. Menlove met with a slight accident on Sunday. He was alighting from the Bishop's motor car, thinking it had stopped, but the vehicle had not been brought…

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