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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

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A Remarkable Fatality

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 1 April 1910 · page 2

PERTH, Tuesday,--Chas. Holder, employed at the Pier Hotel, Fremantle, mot his death in a singular fashion. While standing on the steps of the hotel, Holder…

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Mother and Son Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 April 1910 · page 4

Molong, Thursday.—A sad double drowning fatality occurred at Pine Cliff this afternoon. Mrs. William Reece and her son went to a dam with a horse and cart to get water,…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 April 1910 · page 2

A boy named Jack Apps, aged 12 years, and son of Mr. J. Apps, of Breadalbane, met with a painful accident on Tuesday. He was driving a chaff-cutter, and got his leg caught in…

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Double Drowning

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 April 1910 · page 4

Melbourne, Sunday.—The coroner yesterday held an inquiry respecting the deaths of George Craig, aged 7, and Victor Futcher, aged 9, who were accidentally drowned in the Yarra…

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Aviation Fatality. London, April 3

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 April 1910 · page 4

M. Leblon while flying in a monoplane was killed at Sebastian, owing to a defective motor. When at a height of 14oft, the motor suddenly stopping; the aeroplane lurched…

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[Reuter's.] London, Monday. Fatal Marine Collision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 April 1910 · page 2

The four-master Kate Thomas, bound from Antwerp for Port Talbot, has been sunk in a collision, and fourteen persons were drowned, including the wives of the captain and chief…

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Fatal Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 5 April 1910 · page 3
Also in Goulburn Evening Penny Post

A sad accident which terminated fatally occurred on Saturday evening, the victim being the eldest son (aged 22 years) of Mr. J. Crow, of Roscommon, near…

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Balloon Accident

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 6 April 1910 · page 2

Thousand of spectators at Stetin watched a balloon ascend with four passengers. As it cleared the ground it was driven against…

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The Latest. Sensational Accident. One Man Killed. Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 April 1910 · page 2

A sensational accident occurred in George-street West this morning. Herbert De Meres was driving a horse attached to a light spring-van along George-street near the fire station,…

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Drowned While Catching a Fish

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 April 1910 · page 4

A number of man were fishing off the rocks at Boat Harbour (near Cronulla Beach) on Sunday afternoon, and Joseph W. Cannon, one of the number, was hauling in a fish from the Bell Buoy Rock,…

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The Weejasper Fatality. Child’s Shocking Injuries

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 12 April 1910 · page 3

In our last issue brief mention was made of the death of Mona Hillier, through injuries received by her clothes catching fire on Wednesday…

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Fatal Racing Accident

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 13 April 1910 · page 2

AN Accident, tho outcome of which was that a jockey named Tod Collins (20) was so badly injured that ho died in the Bathurst Hospital on Friday night,…

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(From Our Correspondent.) SYDNEY, Thursday. Railway Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 April 1910 · page 2

John McRobertson, 47, a farmer, residing near Bankstown, was found lying across the rails near Punchbowl railway station late last night with both legs completely severed. He…

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Riot at Grenfell. Policeman Badly Injured. Election Excitement. Grenfell

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 16 April 1910 · page 2

The election at Grenfell did not pass off without more than the excitement which usually is manifested at election time…

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The Latest. Sydney, Tuesday. Found Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 April 1910 · page 2

The body of an elderly woman was found floating in Athol Bay this morning. It is believed to be that of a resident of Mosman who had been missing from her home since…

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Ladder Fatality

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 20 April 1910 · page 2

A man named Hutchison, who was hurled from a ladder at Redfern, died last night…

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Balloon Accidents

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 20 April 1910 · page 2

A balloon in Saxony was shattered by a storm, four of the occupants being dashed to death. Eight balloonists have been killed in…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 April 1910 · page 2

Patrick Collins, a man of 35 years of age, and a resident of Goulburn, while on a visit to Liverpool on Saturday, met with an accident that resulted in the fracture of his arm…

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Cycling Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 April 1910 · page 2

Mr. Alan Turner while acting as starter in the road race on Friday afternoon had a nasty fall from his motor cycle on the Windellama road. When returning to town he ran over a…

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