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Southern Highlands · Accidents

Accidents, 1904

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Accidents

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 20 July 1904 · page 2

A lad named Henry Jones, a son of Mr. W. H. Jones, of Greenhills, Mittagong, met with a painful accident one day last week. He was chopping wood near an upright post, and while wielding the age he…

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Fatal Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 20 July 1904 · page 6

Mabel Straoke or Urquhart, a girl. fell over the precipice between two peaks of Castle Hill, near Townsville, on Saturday , afternoon [?] height of…

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Sensations in a Railway Accident

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 30 July 1904 · page 4

Describing the accident to a party of tourists while ascending the Schneebleg, in Austria, when a rope-railway waggon ran off the line and fell, with its occupants, about 60ft.,…

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Railway Fatality

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 6 August 1904 · page 1

A shocking accident occurred at St. Lsonards railway station on Tuesday night, when a woman named Elizabeth Davidson, residing at 33 Willoughby…

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Found Drowned

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 6 August 1904 · page 2

At Cross Roads on Friday a man named Brown, who had been employed by Mr. J. Boylan's Hotel, Pyrmont, to lock after his farm, was…

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Fatality at Barber's Creek

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 6 August 1904 · page 2

A sad accident, which proved fatal, occurred at Clout's sawmills on Tuesday evening about 5.15 p.m. It appears that a young man named Walter James…

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Shooting Accident

Robertson Advocate · Friday 12 August 1904 · page 2

Henry Orick, a warder of the Callan Park Asylum, Sydney, was admitted to the Cottage Hospital at Bowral on Tuesday night suffering…

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The Bowral Free Press And Berrima District Intelligencer. Saturday, August 13, 1904. Serious Gun Accident

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 13 August 1904 · page 2

A gun accident attended by very painful and serious results occurred at Moss Vale on Tuesday last, Mr Henry Crick, a son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Crick, being the victim. It appears that Crick and his…

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Accident to a Cyclist

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 13 August 1904 · page 2

At Moss Vale on Tuesday R. Arnst. one of the com[?]etitors in the Goulburn to Sydney road rce, met with a serious accident while on his way to Melbourne. The front forks of his bicycle snapped,…

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Accident

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 17 August 1904 · page 2

A young lad named Alick Henderson, son of Mrs. Henderson, Woodbine-street, Bowral, met with a very painful accident a short time ago. He was engaged…

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An Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 31 August 1904 · page 5

'Why, Johnnie, you've got a big lump on your head. Have you been fighting again, you disgraceful boy?''Fighting ? Not me!'…

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Sensational Motoring Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 10 September 1904 · page 1

A sensational accident happened on the Port Hacking road on Wednesday afternoon, when a large motor car containing two ladies and two…

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Fatality at Wey Wey

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 1 October 1904 · page 2

Many expressions of regret and of sympathy with Mr. A. G. Ralston, the well-known barrister, and alderman of the Sydney City Council, were heard…

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A Motor Collision

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 5 October 1904 · page 1

Motor-cycles are all the rage just now, but the expense of learning to work them is very heavy. The annual death-roll is high. A specially…

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Fatal Burning Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 5 October 1904 · page 2

On Thursday morning Lily Wyatt, a domestic servant at Mercadool station homestead, sustained terrible injuries from burning. While occupied in…

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Terrible Burning Fatality

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 8 October 1904 · page 3

A message from Walgett says: "On Thursday morning Lily Wyalf, a domestic servant at Mercadool station homestead, sustained terrible injuries from burning…

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A Distressing Accident

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 8 October 1904 · page 2

Newcastle, Wednesday.—A shocking accident occurred on the northern break-water to-day. A man, named James Woods, aged 5.3, residing at North…

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Tram Accidents

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 8 October 1904 · page 3

Mr. Justice Simpson remarked, at the Central Criminal Court on Tuesday, that he was not at all surprised when he heard of actions being brought against the Railway…

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Shooting Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 2 November 1904 · page 2

A lad named joseph Godfr[?]y, 14 years of age, son of Mr. Godfrey. of Goulburn, sustained a serious accident at Pojar on friday last, and had a narrow escape of…

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Brother and Sister Drowned

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 5 November 1904 · page 2

Tumut, Thursday.—John Brannock, aged 24, and his sister, aged 30, were drowned last evening while attempting to cross the Tumut River, which is in flood…

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