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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1873

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

Shocking Mining Accident

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 4 January 1873 · page 6

A fatal accident occured in the Golden Fleece Company's claim to a man named Elisus Jones, who was engaged on a stage on a…

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Terrible Colliery Accident

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 5 February 1873 · page 4

On Thursday morning an accident, arising from an eruption of water occurred at the Pelsall-hall Colliery, belonging to Messrs. Morgan…

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Correspondence. Injured Innocence. To the Editor of the Yass Courier

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 18 March 1873 · page 3

SIR, -- As the Rev. John Gibson appears most anxious to attract public attention to his case, and may possibly feel hurt should no notice be taken of his letters, the fourth of which…

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Collision Between Gunboat Men and Fishermen

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 26 March 1873 · page 4

On December 28 a fracas of an extraordinary character took place at Berwick, which has caused an excitement of no ordinary kind. It arose out of the…

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Terrible Railway Accident in America

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 29 April 1873 · page 4

AMERICAN papers of the 12th Feb., landed at Queenstown on Wednesday, contain the following particulars of the dreadful disaster that occurred near Scrubgrass, the last station on the…

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Terrible Coach Accident Near Peel.—coroner's Inquest

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 14 June 1873 · page 3

AN accident of a very terrible nature, by which one man lost his life and three other persons were severely injured, occurred on the Sofala road, within to mile or so of the village of Peel, late on Monday…

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Terrible Accident in America

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 9 August 1873 · page 2

A terrible accident occurred here this afternoon (May 4). The rite of baptism was being administered to a number of recent converts…

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Curious Accident to the Tichborne Claimant

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 3 September 1873 · page 4

CLAIMANT.—The Tichborne claimant met with an accident on June 21, at Leeds. Several thousand persons assembled at the Royal Park, where it had been announced…

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Fatal Accident to the Bishop of Winchester

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 27 September 1873 · page 6

FATAL ACCIDENT TO THE BISHOP OF WINCHESTER.—Wide and sincere will be the grief felt by the sad news of the death of the Bishop of Winchester, which took place on…

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Four Railway Accidents

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 27 September 1873 · page 6

THE first occurred at the Wigan station, on the London and north-western line, about a quarter-past one o'clock on August 2. The Scotch express train, consisting of two engine,…

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Fatal Mining Accident at Young.-- a Defective Rope

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 14 October 1873 · page 2

ON Friday last an accident, which I regret to say resulted fatally, took place to Mr. Alexander Robertson, the mining manager of the Burrangong Gold Mining Company. The deceased's…

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Two Children Accidentally Poisoned by Their Mother

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 5 November 1873 · page 4

ON Tuesday morning last, 14th instant, a painful sensation was created in town by a rumour which gained currency, to the effect that a woman named Elliott, wife of a…

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Serious Accident to a Mail Driver

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 19 November 1873 · page 4

Monday afternoon last, at about half-past four o'clock, a serious accident betell Mr. James Heathwood, one of the drivers in the employ of Messrs. Cobb and Co. He was driving a coach (luckily an empty…

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Death by Drowning

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Saturday 22 November 1873 · page 3

THE district coroner (A. M. Betts Esq.) held an request at the hospital yesterday morning on the [?] of Edward Nichols, who had not been seen [?] heard of since Tuesday week…

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Found Drowned

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 22 November 1873 · page 3

The district coroner. Mr. A. M. Betts, held an inquest yesterday at the Goulburn hospital touching the death of one Edward Nicholls, whose dead body had been found in the Wollondilly River, near…

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