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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1889

125 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 5 of 7

Fatal Riding Accident

National Advocate · Friday 29 November 1889 · page 3

Esther Richards, aged 16, while riding with her brother fell from her horse and broke her neck, dying, immediately…

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INTECOLONIAL. Terrible Driving Accident. Melbourne

National Advocate · Saturday 30 November 1889 · page 3

Joseph Toohey, while driving with his wife and family near Yea, got out of the buggy to pick up the hat blown off of the head of one of the children, when the horsed bolted. All…

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Drowned from a Steamer

National Advocate · Monday 2 December 1889 · page 3

The Captain of the Rodonde, who arrived from Brisbane on Sunday, reports the drowning of a steerage passenger named Crawford while on the voyage…

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Steam Ship Collision. Brisbane

National Advocate · Monday 2 December 1889 · page 3

The steamers Koonowarra and Ranelagh collided on the Mary river yesterday, the former striking the Ranelagh and making a fearful gap in her side iron plates. The vessel…

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Painful and Dangerous Accident

National Advocate · Wednesday 4 December 1889 · page 2

Yesterday George Cheeney, a teamster, of Newbridge, while driving a six-ton load of coke from Rydal to the Sunny Corner mine met with a most distressing accident, which…

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A Serious and perhaps Fatal Accident

National Advocate · Wednesday 4 December 1889 · page 3

At Dubbo last night a party consisting of Mr. E. Geddes, Mr. Hardy, Miss Hardy, and Mrs. Whitefield were driving in a buggy toward the Talbragar River, when the Horse…

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By Telegraph. Intecolonial. Railway Accident. Melbourne

National Advocate · Thursday 5 December 1889 · page 3

A train, carrying children and adults from Baeelms Marsh to Bullart, run off the line owing to the station master's neglect to lock the points. The driver applied the brakes,…

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Accident to Emin Pasha

National Advocate · Saturday 7 December 1889 · page 3

An accident happened to Emin Pasha at Bagamoyo. Being nearsighted he walked out of a window and [?] a distance, sustaining a fracture of the skull. Medical men despair of…

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Fatal Accident

National Advocate · Saturday 7 December 1889 · page 3

Alexander Smith, shipwright, was killed by falling timber on board the Rodondo…

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Fatality at Prospect

National Advocate · Monday 9 December 1889 · page 3

A Patal accident occurred on Saturday at the quarries, Prespect Waterworks. A rock fell on a man named Goodford, killing him and seriously injuring two others…

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Collision Off the New Zea­land Coast

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 9 December 1889 · page 3

The steamships " Rotoru" and " Arrawata collided during a fog off the coast of New Zealand on Saturday morning. Both vessels were severely injured, but no…

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Fatal Quarry Accident

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 9 December 1889 · page 3

A serious accident occurred at the Prospect Reservoir Quarry on Saturday last, when a man named George Goodsell was killed. Joseph Tyson and Andrew…

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An Æronaut Drowned

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 10 December 1889 · page 3

An æronaut named Tassell made an ascent from Honolulu, but was carried out to sea and drowned…

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An AEronaut Drowned. Auckland

National Advocate · Tuesday 10 December 1889 · page 3

The news from Honolulu by R.M. steamer contains the item that the aeronaut, J. V. Lascelles, made an ascent there, and when descending the parachute was carried out to…

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Frightful Accident at Bourke

National Advocate · Tuesday 10 December 1889 · page 3

On Monday afternoon a terrible accident occurred at Bourke. Miss McKay, employed at Fry's Exchange Hotel, was out riding when her horse bolted, and, to save collision with a…

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Local Items. the Harvest Accident

National Advocate · Tuesday 10 December 1889 · page 2

George Brownwick, who met with a terrible, accident, while harvesting, at Eglinton, on Saturday, by falling off a load of hay on his head, is slightly improved this morning,…

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Coach Accident

National Advocate · Tuesday 10 December 1889 · page 3

At Binda Pinch, on the road from Mount Victoria to the Jenolan Caves, the coach capsized, the driver, Wilson being a good deal shaken…

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Fatal Mining Accident. Sydney, This day

National Advocate · Tuesday 10 December 1889 · page 3

An explosion took place in the mine of the Britannia Gold Mining Co. at Forbes at 9 o'clock on Saturday night which proved fatal to one man. L. Ryan and Charles Murphy…

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Railway Collision

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 12 December 1889 · page 3

A railway collision occurred at Somerton station (Victoria.) Two engines were derailed but no serious damage was done…

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