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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1859

6 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers

Fatal Accident

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 12 March 1859 · page 2

We have to announce the accidental death of Mrs. Elizabeth Cook. better known on the Tuena diggings as Mrs. Johnson, which took place at Laggan on the 9th instant,…

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Local Intelligence. a Woman Found Drowned in the Street

The Yass Courier · Saturday 26 March 1859 · page 2

ON last Thursday afternoon an inquest was held before the District Coroner and a jury, touching the death of a married woman named Fanny Beechum, whose body was…

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Fortunate Escape From Drowning

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Wednesday 18 May 1859 · page 4

A GALLANT WOMAN; A FAITHFUL DOG.— A few days ago Mr Justin M'Carthy of Abbeyfeale, shopkeeper, was walking along the bank of the river Feale, near Purt…

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Accident

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 30 July 1859 · page 2

We regreat to learn that on Monday night. Mrs. Sellwood, who resides with her husband at Jinglemonie, accidentally fell into the fire and was severely burnt about the body and lower extremities…

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Poetry. Lines on the Death of the Late Mrs. Shaw. Who Was Accidentally Drowned at Tarlo, on the 28Th July, 1859

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Wednesday 3 August 1859 · page 4

But yesterday, and thou went here, The prized and lov'd one of us all; Next day, alas! upon thy bier Affection's tears did thickly fall;…

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Mail Accident. To the Editor of the Goulburn Herald

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Wednesday 24 August 1859 · page 2

MR. EDITOR,—In your report of the mail accident from Bungendore, as to how that occurred on the 17th, you omit to mention two important particulars: first, Mr. Moses was driving through the inability of…

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