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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

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Shocking Railway Accident. Man Killed at North Goulburn

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 23 May 1912 · page 2

ON Tuesday night a man, named Michael Craig, employed on the duplication works, met his death in a shocking manner. It appears he…

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Sensational Runaway Collision with a Motorcar

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 25 May 1912 · page 2

SHORTLY after 8 o’clock, on Tuesday night the audience that had assembled to listen to a political address in front of the Commercial Hotel were…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 May 1912 · page 4

Mr. A. Morris had a narrow escape on Friday morning. While driving along Auburn-street the hub of the trap he was in struck the hub of a baker's cart. There was a sound like a gun shot,…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 May 1912 · page 1

Cootamundra, Saturday.—An inquest was held at the local courthouse this morning, before Mr. Giles Shaw, coroner, on the body of Edmund Murphy, who was found dead on the railway at…

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The Latest. Blasting Accident. Five Men Killed. Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 May 1912 · page 2

A shocking blasting accident occurred at Minnamurra, in the Wollongong district, this morning, when a charge prematurely exploded in the locality of the railway siding. A mass…

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Fatal Railway Accident

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 29 May 1912 · page 1

An inquest was held at the Cootamundra courthouse on Saturday morning, before Mr. Giles Shaw, coroner, on the body of Edmund Murphy, who…

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Shocking Blasting Accident. SYDNEY

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 29 May 1912 · page 2

A shocking blasting accident occurred at Minnamurra in the Wollongong district, this morning in connection with the Railway works, five…

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The Railway Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 May 1912 · page 3

The inquest on the body of Michael Craig, the workman who was killed at the quarries, North Goulburn, on Wednesday, 22nd instant, was resumed to-day…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 May 1912 · page 2

Master K. McShane, a seven-year-old son of Mr. M. McShane, of The Forest, while running in a race at a school picnic on Friday. which was being held at Rhyanna Public-school, tripped…

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Railway Man Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 4

A shunting accident occurred at the Central Railway Station on Thursday evening, which resulted in several carriages being damaged, and one of the railway men receiving injuries that…

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A Thrilling Accident. Seattle, May 31

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 2

Mr. Turpin, an airman, in avoiding an excited spectator when landing after a flight yesterday, dashed straight for the heads of the people in the grandstand. The airman lowered his planes,…

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Shunting Accident. SYDNEY

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 2

A shunting accident occurred at the Central Railway Station last evening, resulting in several carriages being damaged. One railway man…

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Sensational Accident. Horse Team Bolts Down a Hill. a Miraculous Escape

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 2

A SENSATIONAL accident occurred on Wednesday last, on the Temora-road, about three miles from town, when a team of eleven horses attached to a…

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Drowning Fatality at landra

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 5 June 1912 · page 2

On Wednesday last the death took place by drowning of John Gledden, a bricklayer, 52 years of age, at landra. The deceased had been…

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News Items. Kicked by a Morse.—A Nasty Accident

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 5 June 1912 · page 2

On Friday morning last a painful accident befel Mr. Bert Hancock, on his farm at Crowther. It appears that early that morning Mr. Hancock…

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Cadets Run Down. Nine Boys Injured. Marching in the Dark

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 June 1912 · page 2

While a column of senior cadets, under the compulsory system, were marching along Randwick-road, near the Zoo, at 8.40 on Wednesday night, a taxi-cab crashed into the rear files,…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 June 1912 · page 2

Mrs. Armstrong, of Cowper-street, met with a nasty accident on Monday afternoon. When about to step in a vehicle the horse started off at a rush, and swerving suddenly capsized the…

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Accidents

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 8 June 1912 · page 2

On Thursday Mr. William Smith, employed at Mr. Ibbotson's timber yards, was working at the circular saw, when the little finger of the right hand came in contact with the blade, a jagged…

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A Terrible Fatality. Mr. Patrick Reardon. Killed Instantaneously. Run Over by a Railway Truck

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 10 June 1912 · page 2

THERE was a considerable sensation caused im Murrumburrah and Harden when it became known that Mr. Patrick Reardon had been…

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Another Tram Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 June 1912 · page 4

Shortly after 7 o'clock on Saturday evening a fatal tram accident occurred in George-street, between Goulburn-street and the Crescent Hotel. Michael Savage, a labourer, was noticed to…

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