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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1883

74 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 4 of 4

Drowned Whilst Bathing

Southern Argus · Tuesday 2 October 1883 · page 2

A young fellow named Archibald Samuel Ferguson met his death by drowning in the Wollondilly, near Rossi's bridge on Sunday. Deceased was son of Mr. Samuel Ferguson,…

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Drowned in a Well

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 2 October 1883 · page 3

DROWNED IN A WELL.—A magisterial inquiry was hold on Thursday at Mr. Jenkins's selection at Deepwater by Mr. A. A. Develin J.P., on the body of a man named Joseph French, who was found drowned…

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Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 October 1883 · page 4

PARTICULARS were received in town yesterday morning of a railway accident that occurred at Bowning on Tuesday to the No. 11 goods train that leaves Goulburn at 9 55 p.m. The cause of…

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Accident to a Building in Melbourne

Southern Argus · Saturday 13 October 1883 · page 4

Early on Sunday morning the watchman on duty at the warehouse of Messrs. John McGee and Co., wine and spirit merchants, Flinders-lane West, found the eastern wall…

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Fatal Accident at Queenscliff Baths

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 17 October 1883 · page 2

A sad fatal bathing accident occurred at Queenscliff on Sunday morning. A party of gentlemen arrived there the night before on a cruise in the yacht Minnehaha, and on a Sunday morning…

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Sad Boat Accident

Southern Argus · Saturday 3 November 1883 · page 4

A boat accident is reported from Napier, New Zealand, resulting in the death of three young men, and accompanied by unusually harrowing details. It occurred in the Inner…

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Terrible Accident

Southern Argus · Saturday 17 November 1883 · page 4

An accident happened at the North-Eastern Steel Company's Works, Middlesbrough, on September 19, which had a melancholy connection with the annual…

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Accidental Life Insurance

Southern Argus · Tuesday 20 November 1883 · page 2

Under the presidency of the Rev. Francis Tail, a lecture on the above subject was delivered by Mr. W. Grosse, the travelling agent of the New Zealand Accident Insurance Company, in the Mechanics'…

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Railway Accidents

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 November 1883 · page 2

IT is not often that accidents occur on the New South Wales railway lines, but within the past few days two, following quickly upon one another, have taken place. Fortunately,…

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Shocking Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 November 1883 · page 4

THE coroner (A. M. Betts, Esq) held an inquest, on Saturday, at Show's Creek, on the body of Alexander Taylor, who had been killed the previous day by a tree falling on him…

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Drowned While Bathing

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 4 December 1883 · page 2

A YOUNG man named Henry Bonnett met his death on Sunday afternoon at about half-past 4 o'clock, at Towrang, while bathing. He and two cousins went into the…

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Another Death by Drowning Magisterial Inquiry

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 December 1883 · page 4

A MAGISTERIAL inquiry was held at Towrang, Tuesday, before Mr. Alexander, P.M., on view of the body of a young man named Henry Bonnett, 27 years of age, when the following evidence was…

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Serious Buggy Accident

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 18 December 1883 · page 2

About eleven o'clock yesterday morning a serious accident happened at the head of Clinton-street. Mr. Robert Paton of Stairhill and Mr. John Slocombe of Clinton-street…

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Accidental Marriages

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 19 December 1883 · page 4

A MAN should marry by all means ; yet I am convinced the greater part of marriages are unhappy, and this is not an opinion that I give as coming from myself : it is…

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