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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1882

15 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers

Frightful Accident. Inquest

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 21 January 1882 · page 2

YESTERDAY afternoon an inquest was held before B. Lee, Esq., P.M. Coroner for the district, at the dwelling house of Daniel Hardy. Tambaroora Road, on view of the body of…

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Serious Railway Collision Near Melbourne. Melbourne

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 22 March 1882 · page 3

A railway collection which with the [?] of August last fresh within their [?] created intense alarm amongst the passengers, occurred on one of the suburban…

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Miscellaneous Items. Serious Accident

The Carcoar Chronicle · Saturday 1 April 1882 · page 2

A serious accident occurred at Bathurst on Monday night which might have been fatal. A man named Mulhall has been engaged in sinking a well at a house which is…

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Inquest. Fatal Accident

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 19 July 1882 · page 2

ON Monday morning an inquest was held in the Board Room of the Bathurst Hospital before the District Coroner (B. Lee Esq., P.M.) and a jury of twelve touching the death of…

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Horrible Accident at an Inquest

The Carcoar Chronicle · Saturday 29 July 1882 · page 4

An accident occurred on Thursday morning in connection with an inquest on the body of a man named George Irons, which from the circumstances surrounding at was of a peculiarly…

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More Tram Accidents

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 5 August 1882 · page 2

TRAMWAY accidents are now becoming of such common occurrence that [?] they are allended with loss of life, they fail to excles more than a passing company. That the…

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How to Keep from Drowning

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 9 September 1882 · page 1

The human body weight a pound in the water, and a single chair will carry tow grown persons. That is, it would keep the head above water, which is all that…

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Miscellaneous Items. Terrible Accident Through Firearms

The Carcoar Chronicle · Saturday 9 September 1882 · page 4

On Wednesday night, [?]ful dreadful accident occurred to a lad named Cohen, who in company with two others, was opossum shooting at West Dubbo, some two miles away. The…

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Inquest. Fatal Accident

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 20 September 1882 · page 2

AN Inquest was held at the dwelling of Thomas Fitzpatrick, at Durmana. on Saturday last, before B. Lee Esq., Coroner, and a jury of seven, touching the death of Thomas…

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Inquest. Death by Drowning

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 7 October 1882 · page 2

AN inquest was held on Wednesday, a [?] Exchange Hotel, corner of Pipe and [?] before Mr. H. H. Hut [?] (acting in the absence of the District…

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Railway Collision

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 15 November 1882 · page 2

One of those occurrences which cause great excitement took place on tho railway line near the Bathurst Station on Saturday morning last, while the majority of the citizens were soundly…

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The Late Railway Collision

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 18 November 1882 · page 2

FROM the Sydney papers we learn that a report with reference to the recent railway collision has been prepared for the Minister, in which injuries sustained by the passengers are detailed…

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BLAYNEY. (Advocate.) the Fatal Accident on the Railway

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 29 November 1882 · page 2

An inquest war held before the District Coroner (J. O. Dodd, Esq., J.P.) on Monday, at the Cosmopolitan Hotel, Blayney, touching the death of Stephen Buttarly, when the following,…

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The Bathurst free Press. “Magna est veritas et Prœvalebit.” Saturday, December 9, 1882. Injured Workmen

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 9 December 1882 · page 2

IN the 1st January, 1883, an Act will some into force which will place an obligation upon employers of labour which [?] has not been legally enforced in…

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The Creswick Mining Fatality

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 27 December 1882 · page 2

A TELEGRAM to the Evening News, dated Thursday, states: Five of the miners who were imprisoned in the New Australian Company's mine at…

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