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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

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Accident

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 12 July 1910 · page 2

Last week an accident happened to Mr. Alf. Thatcher, of Jugiong. A horse he was riding, fell, throwing Mr. Thatcher heavily. The injured…

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A Miraculous Escape. Accident to the Sydney Express

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 13 July 1910 · page 3

IT has just been learned, says the Albury correspondent of the SYDNEY SUN, that the express [?] from Melbourne to Sydney which [?] through here early on Friday…

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Football Accident

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

While playing football at Gobarralong, near Gundagai, on Saturday last, Mr. King Bound, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Bond, of Goulburn, met with an accident. A collision with…

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Accident to Army Airship. London, July 14

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 July 1910 · page 3

The army airship Beta has met with an accident. While journeying from Aldershot to Bournemouth she broke a crank and was compelled to descend at Andover…

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LOCAL & General. Serious Railway Accident. Two Trains in Collision near Melbourne. Sydney

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 19 July 1910 · page 2

A terrible railway accident happened this morning in the Victorian Capital, when two suburban trains collided at Richmond in a very heavy…

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TELEGRAMS. Serious Railway Accident in Victoria. Eight Persons Killed. Many Injured. Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 July 1910 · page 4

A terrible railway accident occurred at Richmond, near Melbourne this morning, when an engine of an Elsternwick train crashed right through the rear carriage of…

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Railway Disaster. Nine People Killed. One Hundred and Ten Injured

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

Melbourne, Monday.—Another appalling railway disaster has occurred in Victoria. Two passenger trains collided at Richmond station this morning, during a fog, with the result…

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Sad Shooting Accident

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 19 July 1910 · page 2

News reached town on Sunday afternoon that Master Norman Garner, son of Mr. James Garner, of Walgrove, had been accidentally shot…

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Fatal Accident. an Araluen Resident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 July 1910 · page 4

Mr. Hugh O'Reilly, of Araluen, who has been engaged carrying between Araluen and Tarago, met with an accident on Wednesday, evening, which subsequently…

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Railway Smash. at Richmond, Victoria, Ten Passengers Killed and Sixty Injured

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 20 July 1910 · page 2

A RAILWAY accident occurred on Monday informing Victoria almost squally dis[?]traous in its effects to the catastrophe: at Braybrook on Easter Monday, 1008, At…

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Flood of Whisky. Ten People Injured, One Killed. Carts Caught in Deluge

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 20 July 1910 · page 5

The Loch Katrine Distillery, on the south side of Glasgow, was the scene of an extraordinary accident last month (as already briefly recorded in a "Herald"…

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Nuns Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 July 1910 · page 2

Two nuns were drowned in a cellar of a convent at Epinal, France, owing to an inrush of floods. The storms still continue…

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Sixteen Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 July 1910 · page 2

Helensburgh, Wednesday.—The little mining village of Helensburgh was yesterday morning the scene of an accident which would, had it occurred a few seconds earlier,…

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Runaway Railway Cars. Collision in Ireland

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 July 1910 · page 2

An alarming accident occurred on the railway at Roscrea, King's and Tipperary counties, Ireland, yesterday. A portion of an excursion train standing in a station in…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 July 1910 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon in Park-street, Eastgrove, a lad on a bicycle collided with a young man who was walking along the footpath. So severe was the…

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Boy Shot Dead. Sad Accident Near Yass

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 July 1910 · page 2

A sad shooting fatality occurred at Walgrove station on Sunday, Norman Garner, the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Garner, being the victim…

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Terrible Railway Accident

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 July 1910 · page 2

A disastrous railway at event took place on Monday morning at Richmond Station, near Melbourne. A train from Brighton to Melbourne…

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Accident

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 23 July 1910 · page 2

A painful accident happened Mr. E. Smith, railway goods porter, on Thursday afternoon. Whilst working at Young yards in a truck containing, harvesting machinery, one foot…

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Boating Fatality

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 27 July 1910 · page 7

Two men, named George Lewis and Harry Nott, were drowned while boating in Perth, W. A…

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Richmond Railway Accident Inquiry

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 27 July 1910 · page 7

The Victorian Premier states it is likely there will be an important development in connection with the railway disaster inquiry, the whole…

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