Accidents
YESTERDAY a rather painful accident happened to James Lee, son of Thos. Lee, builder of this city. It appears he was at work fixing-the joists on Mr. Duucanâs new buildings in Auburn-street, and was…
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Accidents, 1878
67 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 3 of 4
Drowned while Bathing
A BOY aged 11 years named Edward Kennedy, while bathing with another at Ruscutterâs Bay, got beyond his depth and was drowned. The body has not yet been recovered. The other boy would have…
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THE Melbourne Age reports that a farmer named Patrick Connell, when attempting to cross the railway line at Kyneton, was knocked down by a goods train and literally smashed to pieces, portions…
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LAST Sunday, while Mrs. Manton and her daughter, Mrs. C. Oakes, were being driven home from church, having a little grandchild of Mrs. Mantonâs in the carriage, the…
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WHILE a train containing a number of workmen was passing along the line near Comet, in Queensland, a guy fell upon it and swept all the men in the last truck off, five or six…
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ON Friday evening last an accident of a very painful character occurred to Reuben Russell, a butcher in the employ of Mr. B. OâDonnell of Auburn-street. It appears from what we can glean that…
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A MAN named Peter Lawson, aged forty, was found drowned in Darling Harbour, near the Bahic Wharf, last Friday by two boys. At the inquest it transpired that the deceased…
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A LITTLE child thirteen months old, son of Mr. Gallagher of Merriwa, was drowned last Friday in a tub containing six inches of water, which had been placed in the yard for the…
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ALEXANDER SHEPHERD, son of Mr. Lynn Shepherd of the Australian Arms Hotel, was killed near Milton by a large tree falling on the hut where he was dwelling. Charles…
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LAST Thursday Mr. A. Myers, while working in his factory, met with a rather painful accident. He was engaged in the vicinity of a patent battling machine, and placed his hand…
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AT Dubbo last week a little boy, aged eleven years, named Allan Moore, while bathing got beyond his depth and was drowning, when his sister (Emily Moore, aged fifteen)…
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AN accident rendering necessary a rather painful operation happened about four weeks ago to a lad in Bungendore named Michael Reilly, nine year of age. It seems that in jumping from a height be…
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MR. DAN. RIDGIE, whilst travelling on horseback with three other men on the Taralga Road late last night, came in contact with a heap of road metal, over which his horse stumbled and fell. The…
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ON Saturday afternoon last an accident of a somewhat painful character occurred to Mrs. William Chisholm, who resides at Merrilla. It appears the lady named was out riding in the paddock…
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On Thursday last a man named Jackson, in the employ of Mr. Beer of Tarago, met with an accident while driving his master's team into town. He was riding on the dray, and wishing…
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An accident occurred to the 9.43 a.m. express train from Cambridge to Liverpool street on the Great Western railway on Tuesday. The only stoppage is at Bishop…
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ON Thursday evening an accident of a very painful and serious character occurred to a man named Jackson, who is in the employ of Mr. John Beer of Tarago. It seems that…
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THE district coroner (Dr. Blake) held an inquest on Saturday, at the residence of Mr. Thomas Jackson, in Rossi-street, on the body of his son, Robert Jackson, who was drowned at the…
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ON Saturday evening as Mr. Thomas Stubbings, owner of the brick-yards across the Mulwarree, was holding a young horse for a friend to mount, the animal kicked Mr. Stubbings in the face, laying…
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âA MOTHERâ writes, giving a series of accidents wh[?]ch have recently occurred to cricketers one young man, a few weeks ago, was struck by a stray ball during practice in Sydney and died. Bailey…
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