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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1911

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Double Railway Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 January 1911 · page 2

Wellington, Monday.—John M'Auliffe and William Snell, residents of Temuka, were thrown from a cart through a collision with a train, and both were killed. The bodies…

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The Railway Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 January 1911 · page 2

The funeral of Mr. P. Horan took place on Monday morning. There was a very big attendance, representatives from the Railway, the A.H.C. Guild and the Hibernian Societies…

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Shocking Double Fatality. Near Breadalbane

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 January 1911 · page 4

A shocking railway accident occurred near Breadalbane on Sunday morning, resulting ing in the death of Messrs. Patrick Horan and Richard Flood, of…

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Young Woman Drowned. Plucky Rescue

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 January 1911 · page 2

Albury, Monday.—A sad drowning fetality occurred to-day. At 9 o'clock this morning a party of three girls, Kate Berry, Emma Berry, and Lily Hanna, with a young man named-Coughlon,…

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Two Women Drowned. Heroic Attempts at Rescue

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 January 1911 · page 2

Taree, Monday.—A magisterial inquiry was held this afternoon by the coroner, Mr. H. Malone, police magistrate, into the circumstances surrounding the drowning of…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 January 1911 · page 2

Messrs. Allan Laverty and William Mc Kenzie, of Ifield, were driving in a sulky with a young horse down Goldsmith-street near the hospital, when [?]he animal bolted…

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Two Sisters Perish. Sad Drowning Fatality. Third Girl’s Narrow Escape. [?]

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 4

A sad double drowning occurred in the river at Bay’s-hill, half-a-mile from the hospital at about 4.30 this afternoon. Maggie Lyons(25) and Julie Lyons(23)…

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Nearly a Fatality

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 4

What would undoubtedly have been a drowning fatality but for the timely rescue effected by. Mr. T. Bodel, took place on Monday afternoon in the…

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Motor Accident

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 4

WHILE Mr. H. R. Chaw, of Dananbila and Mr. James Harcombe of Marengo were motoring from Cowra to Dananbilla on Saturday last, they…

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The Railway Fatality. the Inquest

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 4

An inquest into the death of Messrs. P. Horan and H. Flood, who were killed so tragically at Breadalbane on Sunday morning, was held in the Courthouse on Wednesday morning, before…

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Railway Fatality. Train Strikes Two Men

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 2

Newcastle, Wednesday.—A fatal railway acciden occurred this morning on the railway near Woy Woy, when the 8.15a.m. train from Sydney dashed into two telegraph linesmen, killing one…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 4

On inquiry at the hospital on Wednesday we learned that Mr. Wm. McKenzie, of I field, injured in a sulky accident on Monday, had not regained consciousness…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Wednesday. Serious Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 4

John Spilsbury, employed as a pitman in brickworks at Newtown, has been seriously injured by a fall of shale. STRIKE AT NARRANDERA…

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The Breadalbane Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 4

A correspondent writes:—The funeral of the late Mr. R. Flood, one of the vicitims in the recent fatality at Breadalbane, took place on Monday afternoon. The remains…

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The Fatal Railway Accident at Breadalbane. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 4

An inquest respecting the death of Patrick Horan and Richard Flood who were run down and killed by a train near Breadalbane, was held at…

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The Latest. Sydney, Tuesday. Fatal Accident to Police Superintendent

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 2

Superintendent Grudgeon, officer in charge of the south-western police district, was thrown out of a buggy at Deniliquin yesterday, and sustained severe injuries, from which he died this…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 2

Nurse Hunterford, of Sydney, while on duty at Mr. Norman Rogers' residence in Bradley-street on Monday last slipped, fracturing her left leg near the ankle. She was…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 4

Mr. J. A. Gegg had the misfortune to fall off a load of hay last week, and was severely injured. He is now, however, progressing favourably. Dr. Weir attended the patient…

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Accidents

The Yass Courier · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 2

While riding a bicycle down Cooma-street on Tuesday afternoon, Mr. W. Fields, of the Railway Department, met with an accident. The fork of the…

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Railway Accident at Cooma

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 4

A railway accident occurred at Cooma on Friday. Two big trucks being used in connection with some contract work fell down an embankment where some new construction work was…

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