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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1875

43 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 3

Fatal Accident at Binalong

The Yass Courier · Friday 15 January 1875 · page 2

A MAGISTERIAL enquiry was hold before Mr. John S. Futter, J.P., on the 11th instant, on the line of railway near Binalong, on the body of Robert Georgo Morloy, deceased…

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Serious Accident at Tarago

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 16 January 1875 · page 3

On Monday evening Thomas Moran, one of the drivers of Messrs. Cobb and Co.'s coaches from Tarago to Queanbeyan met with a savere accident. He was sitting on the…

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Drowning of Mr. James Miller

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 23 January 1875 · page 3

The Parramatta correspondent of the S. M. Herald gives the following particulars of the drowning of Mr. James Miller:—The district coronor held an inquest at the…

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Drowned Whilst Bathing

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 26 January 1875 · page 2

AN inquest was held on Saturday last at Carpenter's White Horse Inn, Yass, by the district coroner (Dr. Blake), on the body of a boy named John Duff…

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Drowned in a Dray Track

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 2 February 1875 · page 2

ON Sunday afternoon, the district coroner (Dr. Blake) held an inquest at Ings's White Swan Inn, upon the body of Mrs. Alice Holmes, of Blakney Greek, a very old resident of this district…

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Singular Death by Drowning

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 6 February 1875 · page 2

AN inquest was held at the White Swan Inn, Yass, on Sunday, to enquire into the cause of the death of Mrs. Alice Holmes of Blakeney Creek, then and there lying dead…

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Extraordinary Railway Accident in Queensland

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 10 February 1875 · page 4

AN accident which probably cannot be duplicated in the annals of railway disaster so far as the cause is concerned, occurred on Monday evening to the train running from…

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Terrible Railway Accident Near Oxford. (From the Times, December 25.)

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 20 February 1875 · page 4

A DREADFUL railway accident, in which thirty-one persons were hilled and upwards of seventy wounded, occurred yesterday morning on the Great Western Railway…

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Fatal Accident at the New Rush, Forbes

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 24 February 1875 · page 3

ON Monday afternoon ,word. was brought into town that a sad, and . what would probably prove a fatal accident, had occurred at, the prospector’s claim at the new rush. But little information,…

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Terrible Railway Accident Near Oxford

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 27 February 1875 · page 2

A DREADFUL railway accident, in which thirty-one persons were killed and upward of seventy wounded, occurred yesterday morning on the Great Western Railway line, a few…

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Tremendous Explosion and Fatal Accident

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 27 February 1875 · page 3

Brisbane, Monday.—On Saturday afternoon, Henry Parrish, a manufacturer of some explosive material, residing in the suburbs, was blown up and killed by an explosion. It appears that be had over two cwt…

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Drowning of the Hon. W. M. Arnold

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 6 March 1875 · page 3

ON Tuesday afternoon news reached sydney of the death by drowning in the Paterson River of the Hen. W. M. Arnold, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. From the particulars to hand it appears…

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Accidents

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 13 March 1875 · page 4

On Wednesday, as Mr. Fox, confectioner of Auburn-street, was returning from the sale at Wollogorang, where he had provided the luncheon, he met with an accident when about three-quarters…

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Fatal Accident

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 24 March 1875 · page 2

On Monday last the coroner Mr. Betts, hold an inquest at Spring Valloy on the body of William Crossio, who came by his death from the effects of injuries received through falling…

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Accident

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 28 April 1875 · page 2

Yesterday a serious accident happened to a boy five years old, son of Mr. Henry Simpson, employed at the City Mills. It appears the boy was playing near his father's residence at the south end…

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Terrible Accident in a Church

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 12 May 1875 · page 4

A TERRIBLE accident occurred in St. Androw's Church, New York, on 25th February. The New York Tribune gives the following particulars…

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Supposed Drowning of Three Persons

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 9 June 1875 · page 2

On Sunday evening last a young man of about nineteen years of age, named Clarke, whose father has the contract for making a causeway over the Wollondilly…

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The Late Cases of Drowning

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 12 June 1875 · page 4

On Thursday the coroner, Mr. Betts, held an inquest at the dwelling-house of John Rowe at the Old Township upon the body of that person's son, aged seven years. From…

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The Late Case of Drowning in the Sooley

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 19 June 1875 · page 4

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Shocking Railway Accident

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 19 June 1875 · page 4

THE South Australian Chronicle reports a inquest on the body of a man named Henry Burnett, or Barnett, which had been found on the north line of the railway. The jury…

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