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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1881

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Accidents at Wallaby Drives

Southern Argus · Monday 15 August 1881 · page 2

On Saturday two more accidents occurred to parties engaged in wall[?]by drives. One was at Baw Baw, where a young man Joffcott received some shot in the face, but…

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Fayal Accident on the Railway

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 16 August 1881 · page 2

A man named on Friday last at Mittagong under the following circumstances. It appears that about eight o'clock in the evening the…

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Gun-shot Accidents at Wallsey Drives

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 16 August 1881 · page 2

[?] few days [?] by [?] this…

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Painful Accident to a Child

Southern Argus · Wednesday 17 August 1881 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon a serious and painful accident ocourred to a little boy three or four years of age belonging to Mr. Robert Jackson who lives beyond the long bridge…

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Serious Accident

Southern Argus · Friday 19 August 1881 · page 2

An accident of a painful kind occurred on Wednesday morning at Bowning. It appears Mr. C. Murray, junr., employed on Mr. Minaham's station, was bringing up…

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Dreadful Accident

Southern Argus · Saturday 20 August 1881 · page 2

An accident of a most serious nature occurred to Mr. John Wall, of L[?]nyon, on Monday afternoon last, in which the poor fellow had his right shoulder dislocated and…

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A Frightful Railway Accident

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 25 August 1881 · page 4

The San Francisco papers state that the accident on the Morelos Railway, late on the evening of Friday, June 25, loses none of…

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Frightful Accident at Moss Vale

Southern Argus · Friday 26 August 1881 · page 2

Yesterday a youug man-named Edward Jeffrey, was admitted into the Goulburn Hospital, suffering most severely from burns received on the day before. The patient, it…

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Accident in a Railway Carriage

Southern Argus · Friday 26 August 1881 · page 2

A very painful accident happened to a young lady, a passenger by the 525 train from Sydney on last Monday afternoon. It appears that she was in the act of…

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Serious Accident

Southern Argus · Tuesday 30 August 1881 · page 2

A man named Hanlon, discharged from Young gaolton Thursday, met with a severe accident whilst on his way by coach to Murrumburrah. By his good conduct…

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Accident

Southern Argus · Wednesday 31 August 1881 · page 2

A Chinaman named A[?] Tak, living, with his countrymen in Ranken-street, Bathurst, met with an accident on Thursday night which nearly cost him his life. He had been…

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Accidents near Crookwell

Southern Argus · Thursday 1 September 1881 · page 2

Our correspondent writes:—Mr.Cunningham. of Redbank, met with an accident last week which might have had a much more serious termination. Whi'st working in the…

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Terrible Railway Accident in Melbourne. MELBOURNE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 September 1881 · page 4

A TERRIBLE accident occurred on Tuesday morning to the Brighton express train. When the express was approaching Jolimont, the axle of the engine broke, and several of the…

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Terrible Railway Accident at Melbourne. Melbourne

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 1 September 1881 · page 2

MELBOURNE has all day been in a state of great excitement over a terrible railway disaster. The express-train which left Brighton for the city at 8.54 a.m. this morning consisted of nine carriages,…

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Terrible Railway Accident at Melbourne

Southern Argus · Friday 2 September 1881 · page 2

The following are the full particulars of the late railway disaster which was attended with such fatal results. The express train which left Brighton for the city at 8.54 a, m on…

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Terrible Railway Accident. Loss of Life. Melbourne

The Burrowa News · Friday 2 September 1881 · page 2

This morning, when the early express train from Brighton was approaching the Jolimont crossing, a wheel strode, the chair of the railway, upsetting the…

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The Late Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 September 1881 · page 4

THE scene of the railway accident on Wednesday last showed that the debris had been entirely removed, and there remained no trace whatever of the accident. An…

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The Terrible Railway Accident at Melbourne. Further Particulars [ by Telegraph.] Melbourne

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 3 September 1881 · page 2

Melbourne has all day been in a state of great excitement over a terrible railway disaster. Nothing that has happened for a long time past has absorbed so much attention. Now that full…

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Accident

Southern Argus · Thursday 8 September 1881 · page 2

A son of Mrs.Francis, Bungonia road, whilst possuming on Monday night, accidentally fell over a high stump which was on the side of a hill, and sustained a fracture of…

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Brave Rescue from Drowning

Southern Argus · Wednesday 14 September 1881 · page 2

A correspondent of the maitland Mercury gives [?] of a rescue from drowing, attended with dangerous surroundings, that occurred near Lake Macquarie. He says:…

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