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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1913

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Blasting Accident

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 23 April 1913 · page 2

On Wednesday morning last, Mr. Syd. Daris, son of Mr. A. T. Davis, of Murrumbateman, met with a serious accident while working at Mr. W. T…

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A Remarkable Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 April 1913 · page 2

Raymond Terrace, Wednesday.—Charles Boyce, of William Town, aged 19, met his death Sin a peculiar way. He had skinned a cow, and placed the hide and knife in a bag. When…

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Chapter of Accidents

The Yass Courier · Thursday 24 April 1913 · page 1

A young man named Thomas Kelly who had arrived at, the Wad[?] railway trucking yards with a cattle the train from Gippsland on…

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Accident to a Child

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 April 1913 · page 2

The two-year-old daughter of Canon McDonnell, of Goulburn, had the misfortune to break the two bones of her leg on Monday. It appears that the little one was playing with her…

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Aeronautic Accidents. London, April 22

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 April 1913 · page 4

Paymaster Berne, a naval airman, was conversing with Lieutenant Lushington, who was about to make an ascent at Eastchurch yesterday, when the engine of the aeroplane suddenly…

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Fatal Accident at North Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 4

James William Foley, a married man, 47 years of age, met his death while employed at the North Goulburn Government quarries. Foley was at work on Thursday afternoon between one…

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Burning Accident. in Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 4

Vera Smidt, the eight-year-old daughter of Mrs. Smidt, of Auburn-street, was the victim of a burning accident this (Saturday) morning. It appears she was playing with matches at…

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Sleep-walking Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 May 1913 · page 1

Melbourne, Tuesday.—A married woman named Celia Capeness, aged 35 years, residing with her husband and son at Oxford-chambers, Bourke-street, Melbourne, was killed this…

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The Quarry Fatality. the Inquest

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 May 1913 · page 4

The inquest into the death of William James Foley, a quarryman at North Goulburn, who died on Friday as the result of injuries sustained on Thursday last, was continued…

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A Railway Accident. Pathetic Sequel

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 May 1913 · page 4

The death occurred in the Wangaratta Hospital on Sunday morning of Mrs. Ellen Kelly, mother of the young man, Thomas Kelly, who is at present an inmate of the Albury Hospital…

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The Quarry Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 May 1913 · page 4

At the funeral of the late Mr. James Foley, who was accidentally injured whilst engaged at the North Goulburn Quarries on Thursday, the 24th instant, and subsequently died in the…

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A Serious Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 May 1913 · page 4

Mr. Charles Brown, a married man employed at Springfield, met with a serious accident on Thursday evening. He was driving a team f horses attached to a dray through a gateway,…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 May 1913 · page 2

On Saturday Roy Smith, son of Mrs. Smith, of Bourke-street, was thrown from a cart, sustaining concussion of the brain. The boy was riding in the cart when the wheel struck a…

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Accident

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 7 May 1913 · page 2

Mr. Thus. Hancock, of Young, and with a serious accident whilst at work on his holding at Crowther on Monday. He appears to have been…

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Another Fatal Gun Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 May 1913 · page 2

Bombala, Friday.—At Craigie, a village a few miles from here, yesterday the wife of a settler named Herbert Elton was shot dead. Mrs. Elton, whose maiden name was Annie…

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Cliff Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 May 1913 · page 4

At about 10.30 on Sunday morning the body of a widow named Agnes Charlotte Read, 49, lately residing with her family at Margera. Areadia-street, Coogee, was found by her…

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Taralga. the Recent Sad Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 May 1913 · page 4

The Coroner (Mr. C. Ross, J.P.) held an inquiry at Byrne's Hotel on Thursday afternoon into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr. William Chalker, junior, who was…

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Serious Affray in Goulburn Gaol. Warder Injured

The Burrowa News · Friday 16 May 1913 · page 6

A serious affray is reported from Goulburn Gaol. Rumours were flying around the city on Saturday regarding an alleged sensational episode, in which…

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Collision in Mid-air. Berlin, May 15

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 May 1913 · page 2

Captain Jucker, while bi-planing with a passenger at Johannisthal yesterday, collided with a monoplane, and both machines crashed to the earth…

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Accident on Crookwell Road

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 May 1913 · page 4

An accident to members of Martin's Orchestra occurred this (Saturday) morning on the Crookwell Road, about 12 miles from Goulburn. The orchestra had been to Crookwell and played at…

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