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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1869

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

(From the English papers.) Lamentable Hunting Accident

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 24 April 1869 · page 8

On Thursday, February 4, a sad fatality occurred by the upsetting of a boat in which a number of gentlemen connected with the York and Ainsty Hunt were crossing the…

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Flood in the Camden District—two Persons Drowned

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 12 May 1869 · page 3

The Nepean like the other tributaries of the Hawkesbury, was of course also flooded yesterday in proportion with the main stream. At Camden, that park known as the Cowpasture River rose as high…

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Flood in the Camden District-- Two Persons Drowned

The Yass Courier · Friday 14 May 1869 · page 4

The Nepean, like the other tributaries of the Hawkesbury, was of course also flooded yesterday in proportion with the main stream. At Camden, that part known as the Cowpasture River rose…

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Frightful Accident

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 23 June 1869 · page 4

The Leeds Mercury reports that yesterday afternoon a shocking accident happened at Saltburn-by-the-Sea, causing the death of three workmen through the falling of…

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Terrible Accident

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 18 August 1869 · page 4

On Wednesday last an accident of a very severe character occurred to Mr. John Vincent, of Mittagong. He was running in some wild horses, in company with another man…

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Fearful Accident at Aldershot

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 7 September 1869 · page 4

THE C, D, and E batteries, C Brigade, R.H.A., 5th Dragoon Guards, 7th Dragoon Guards, 6th Inniskillens, and 10th Hussars, formed up under the command of Major-general White, C.B., near…

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Lamentable Death by Drowning of the Rev

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 18 September 1869 · page 3

JOHN THOM, M.A., PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER.—Our Lismore correspondent writes as follows under date September 6:—It appears that on the evening of the 2nd instant, the late Rev. John Thom was in…

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Frightful Railway Accident

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 6 October 1869 · page 4

Another terrible accident occurred on the Erie railway, at Mast Hope station, thirty miles from port Jervis, on July 14, by which some ten or fifteen human beings were…

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Terrible Colliery Accident in America. Philadelphia, Sept. 8

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 6 November 1869 · page 2

A dreadful calamity occurred on Monday at Plymouth, in Pennsylvania, in the coal region of Avondale. The colliery had not been in use for some time on account of the…

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Melancholy and Fatal Accident Near Muswellbrook

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 20 November 1869 · page 3

It is with deep regret (says the Newcastle Chronicle) we have to record a melancholy and fatal accident which took place near Muswellbrook on Friday last. From the particulars that have…

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