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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1879

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Accident

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 January 1879 · page 4

AN accident of a painful nature occurred on Thursday last to a man named Hills, who resides at Budgong. It appears that the unfortunate man was working a thrashing…

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Railway Accident near Murrumburrah

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 January 1879 · page 3

LAST night the mail train from the up country districts left Murrumburrah as usual for Sydney. On nearing Rocky. Point Station, between Murrumburrah and Binalong, the…

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Railway Accident at Cunningham Plains

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 11 January 1879 · page 2

An accident, fortunately unattended with any serious consequences happened to the up mail-train on Wednesday night. The particulars which follow are…

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Railway Accident

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 January 1879 · page 4

DR. SELBY MORTON, of Goulburn, is attending a man named Huggins, an employe on the Southern line, Nattai, who had his feet crushed by trucks while shunting at midnight…

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Sad and Fatal Accident

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 January 1879 · page 4

THE unfortunate carrier named Friend, who met with a serious accident at the railway goods-shed on Saturday last through lifting a heavy bar of iron which fell on him, breathed…

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Accident to Captain Dignam

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 22 January 1879 · page 2

On Monday evening last about 5.30, while Captain Dignam was riding through Benson's lane, the road being very slippery at the time owing to the heavy fall of rain,…

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Fearful Accident from Burning

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 January 1879 · page 7

AN accident of a very shocking nature occurred lately at Rockley, near Bathurst. At about seven in the morning, a little girl named Margaret Dwyer, aged ten years, and daughter…

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Another Accident

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 January 1879 · page 4

LAST evening news was brought in to the Goulburn Hospital to the effect that an accident of a serious nature had occurred to Mrs. Williams, the wife of Mr. George Williams who resides at Little Razor…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 January 1879 · page 4

ACCIDENS on the Southern Line are becoming rather frequent. On Thursday evening John Hollis, of Pioton, aged 24 years, railway fireman, met his death near Homebush. After passing Homebush…

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Escape from Drowning

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 January 1879 · page 4

LAST Thursday Mr. T. J. Jessep, fruiterer, was riding a young horse across the river at Upper Gundaroo in order to get across to Mr. Massie’s house. The river was flooded…

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Another Fearful Railway Accident

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 January 1879 · page 4

A YOUNG woman, aged about 19 years, was run over near the Stanmore-station, Sydney, Friday night. The engine-drive felt a jerk and pulled up. Shortly afterwards, Mr…

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Sad-and Fatal Railway Accident

The Burrowa News · Friday 31 January 1879 · page 3

ANOTHER terrible, fatal accident occurred from the suburban, railway line last nigth, the victim in this cases being a young women, nut more than 19 years of age…

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[?]Lway Accident Melbourne

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 5 February 1879 · page 4

[?]o’clock on Monday morning [?] graph) a terrible fatal [?] at the Footscray railway [?]illiamstown, line. A window…

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Fatal Accident at Berrima

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Monday 10 February 1879 · page 2

On Thursday, the 6th instant, fatal accident occurred to a man named Kiernan, recently come from Wollongong to Joadja kerosene mines. He was taking some trucks…

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Accidents

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 February 1879 · page 6

ON Sunday last a girl about thirteen or fourteen years of age, daughter of Mr. John Bye, a carpenter residing off Clifford street, met with a very painful accident through being bitten by a dog. It…

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Accident

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Monday 17 February 1879 · page 2

An old man named James Harvey, who resides at Woodhouselee, whose age is about seventy-eight, met with a severe accident at the Argyle Hotel, Montague-street, on Friday night. Ho…

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Accident

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 February 1879 · page 3

ON Friday an did man named James Harvey, residing siding at Woodhouselee, was rising from a chair in the Argyle Hotel, Montague street, when his walking-stick slipped from under him. He fell and…

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Fatal Result of an Accident

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 19 February 1879 · page 2

On the 31st January, Charles Evelyn Liardet, a very promising youth of about sixteen, railway telegraph operator at Jordan's Crossing and youngest son of Mr. Liardet,…

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Fatal Mining Accident

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 February 1879 · page 6

YESTERDAY (Friday) news was telegraphed that eight mutilated bodies had been found near the mouth of the pit at the Kartangata mine, near Otago, new Zealand, an explosion having occurred…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 March 1879 · page 4

YESTERDAY afternoon a shocking accident took place at the Newtown Railway Station, resulting in the death of a man, who, up to the present, has not been identified. It appears that about two…

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