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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1886

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

Caution.—a Reaping Machine Accident

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 2 February 1886 · page 3

A correspondent of the South Australian Register writes :—A few days since Mr. Pasohke, sen., a farmer in North Rhine, started to reap his wheat crop with a team of four horses. He…

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Railway Sick and Accident Society

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 2 February 1886 · page 3

A MEETING of the members of the Bathurst Society was held on Friday evening in the Presbyterian Sabbath School building. There was a good and representative attendance…

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The Bathurst Free Press "Magna est veritas et proevalebit." Tuesday, March 23, 1886. Latest Telegram Sydney. Serious Accident to the Bathurst Tourist Train. Sydney, Monday evening

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 23 March 1886 · page 2

At 11.15 this morning information was received at the Redfern Station that a serious accident had befallen the Bathurst tourist train whilst on the way to…

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The Railway Accident. Additional Details

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 25 March 1886 · page 2

A Few particulars concerning the railway accident on the Little Zigzag have reached us, and are supplementary of the detailed accounts of the matter published in the Evening News…

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The Colliery Accident at Lithgow

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 24 April 1886 · page 2

THE following statements of parties connected with the Lithgow Colliery is abridged from the Herald:—STATEMENT OF JOHN DUNCAN…

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[?]erious Railway accident at Sowral Collision Between a Tourist and a Goods Train Many Persons Injured. Bowral

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 11 May 1886 · page 2

A serious railway collision occurred to-day on the Southern line near the bridge between the tourist train and a goods train The No.7 down tourist train from Sydney which left…

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Fatal Accident. Coroner's Inquest

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 22 May 1886 · page 2

An inquest was held on Thursday afternoon at the Hospital, before Mr.R. Lee. District Coroner, and a jury of twelve, touching the death of one James Wright, whose body was then…

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Fatal Accident

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 25 May 1886 · page 3

An inquest was held at the Bathurst Hospital on Saturday afternoon, before the District Coroner and a jury of twelve, touching the…

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Latest Telegrams. Terrible Railway Accident Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 1 July 1886 · page 2

A TERRIBLE railway accident has occurred in Tasmania. The driver of the train was killed, the stoker's legs were cut off, and about 100 persons were…

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The Railway Accident

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 3 July 1886 · page 3

THE following telegram gives the full particulars:- Hobart, Wednesday.—A terrible accident happened shortly before midnight on Tuesday…

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Shocking Fatality near O'Connell

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 20 July 1886 · page 2

ON last Wednesday as Mr. Frank Goudge, of the firm of Goudge Co., storekeepers, of O'Connell, was proceeding to Wisoman's Creek, he found the body of a man who…

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The Alpine Accident in Austria. Discovery of the Bodies

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 19 August 1886 · page 3

A Reuter's telegram from Vienna says:— A telegram received from Windischamateri, by the president of the Austrian Alpine Club, states that the bodies of the Margrave Alfred…

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Boat Accident at Dunbar—nine Lives Lost

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 26 August 1886 · page 3

A boat disaster, by which nine persons lost their lives, occurred at Dunbar. The had only a short voyage to make across tho bay—a distance of about four miles. The voyage is…

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The Fatal Alpine Accident

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 26 August 1886 · page 3

The examination of the marks on the body of the Marquis Pallavicini and the spot where it was discovered in the Austrian Alps places it beyond doubt that, after falling with…

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The Bathurst Free Press. "Magna est veritas ct prevalebit." Saturday, September 11, 1886. Compensation to Injured Workmen

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 11 September 1886 · page 2

THE Act to extend and regulate the pliability of employers to make compensation for personal injuries suffered by workmen in their service, which was…

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Drowned. INQUEST

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 26 October 1886 · page 3

AN inquest was held on Friday by Mr. B. Lee, P.M., District Coroner, at Osborne, Mt. Pleasant, on the body of George Albert Bunyan, aged 5 years, who had been found…

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District Intelligence. Dubbo. Terrible Accident at the Railway Station

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 20 November 1886 · page 2

On Tuesday afternoon a terrible accident occurred at the Dubbo railway station, by which a resident of Nymagee named Mrs. Ellen Feany received such injuries that she only survived a…

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Sick and Accident Society. Locomotive Department

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 23 December 1886 · page 2

ON Tuesday evening the Annual Meeting of the members of the above Society was held in the Presbyterian School Room, Milltown. There was a good attendance and the President…

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Fatal Railway Accident at Blayney. INQUEST

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 25 December 1886 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held at the Hospital, before the District Coroner, Mr. B. Lee, P.M., and a jury of twelve, touching the death of Thomas Burke, who met with an…

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