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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1872

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

Destructive and Fatal Fire. Prince of Wales Theatre and Twelve Houses Destroyed. One Man Killed and Several others Seriessly Injured, (From the Empire.)

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 13 January 1872 · page 4

WE have to chronicle the conference of one of the most extensive and destructive fires that ever took place in Sydney. It appears that about half-past 3 o’clock on Saturday…

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Death by Drowning

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Saturday 24 February 1872 · page 2

YESTERDAY an inquest was held at Rossiville before the district coroner (A M. Betts Esq.) and a jury on the body of Thomas Hall. From the evidence of a witness named Godfrey it…

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Fearful Accident

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 4 May 1872 · page 2

AN accident attended with fatal results occurred on Friday evening at the Murdohead Quarry, Blackhill, near Peterhead, leased by Messrs. Fraser and Sons, granite polishers,…

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The Railway Accident Near Cannes

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 4 May 1872 · page 8

THE terrible accident on the railway that runs along the shore of the Mediterranean, parallel with the Corniche road, from Marseilles to Mentone, and thence on to the…

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Disastrous Boat Accident and Supposed Loss of Four Lives

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 11 May 1872 · page 3

On Friday morning last four men, usually employed in this port as coal-trimmers, named John Mc Carthy, James Bennett, Peter Nelson, and Patrick Canlan, borrowed a boat from…

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Fatal Accident—inquest

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 19 June 1872 · page 2

ON Saturday last intelligence reached Goulburn of the drowning, at Thorn's Crossing over the Mulwarree, two miles from town, of Mr. James Johnson of Spring Valley, farmer and mail-contractor. The…

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Drowning

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 22 June 1872 · page 2

As many lives are annually lost by drowning, the following may be found useful in the bush and everywhere when the services of a medical man are not immediately…

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An Escape From Drowning and Daring Rescue

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 20 July 1872 · page 3

On Monday afternoon, the children of Mr. Owen Malone were in the ground facing his house playing, when one of the boys named Hugh, about three years old, fell down the well in the yard. The…

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Frightful Accident to an Aeronaut

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 14 August 1872 · page 4

THE balloon ascension connected with Noyes' circus is one of the show's great cards. Every afternoon immense crowds congregate on the bluffs to witness it. Yesterday the…

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Shocking Railway Accident

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 21 September 1872 · page 2

BELLEVILLE, Canada, 22nd June.—The night express went down past this place at twenty minutes past two this morning full of passengers, among whom were many…

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Terrible Railway Collision

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 28 September 1872 · page 2

On the 3rd August a shocking collision occurred on the Lancashire and Yorkshire line, within four miles of Manchester. The engine of a luggage train struck a passenger…

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Death by Drowning

The Yass Courier · Friday 11 October 1872 · page 2

ON Tuesday last the body of a man named Patrick Tully was found lying in a rocky part of Derringullen Creek, about half a mile from William Geoghan's place. Geoghan, on…

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Dreadful Gun Accident

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 7 December 1872 · page 3

The Tamworth Weekly News is informed that a terrible accident occurred during the early part of the week. It seems that the son of a shepherd in the employ of Mr…

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Melancholy Fatal Accident

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 14 December 1872 · page 3

On Sunday afternoon Bathurst was thrown into a state of excitement by some boys rushing tip to the town with the news that several others had been drowned in…

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