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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1884

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Serious Accident

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 3 January 1884 · page 4

An accident of a serious nature occurred on Christmas Day to Miss Stattery, daughter of Mr. E. Slattery, grazier, of Near Frogmore more, while riding home from a visit to a friend's…

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Saved From Drowning Only to Die

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 5 January 1884 · page 4

The Pastoral Times relates that Mr. Lonegren, the licensee of the Bridge Hotel, Deniliquin, had carried several buckets of water from the Billabong Creek for the purpose of…

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Shocking Mining Accident in Victoria. Melbourne

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 5 January 1884 · page 2

A terrible accident happened this morning at the Union Goldmining Company’s mine, at Mount Greenock, which is expected to terminate fatally to two of four men who were very…

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Fatal Coach Accident

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 10 January 1884 · page 4

Post Masquarie, Tuesday. —A sad coach accident happened this morning about tea miles from Post Masquarie, on the Meaning read, by which two passengers were killed. The…

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Suicide by Drowning in a Tank

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 26 January 1884 · page 2

ON Thursday morning about two [?] George Ly[?] whilst suffering from [?] drowned [?] as [?] of [?] in his [?]…

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Fatal Gun Accident

Southern Argus · Saturday 26 January 1884 · page 2

Last Thursday afternoon, what proved to be a fatal accident happened at Bungonia. Constable Dorman, who is in charge there, had been out on duty, and when he returned home, about 4 o clock p.m., his…

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Fatal Accident From Firearms

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 26 January 1884 · page 2

A very sad accident, which has [?] fatally occurred at B[?]gonia on Thursday to the wife of constable D[?]. It appears that Dorman returned from…

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The Fatal Gun Accident at Bungonia

Southern Argus · Tuesday 29 January 1884 · page 2

Last Saturday morning the Coroner, Mr. A. M. Betts, held an inquest at Bungonia into the circumstances attending the death, of Mrs. Dorman, at which the following evidence was taken:—…

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The Late Case of Accidental Shooting at Bungonia

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1884 · page 2

MR. BEITS, Coroner, held an inquest on Saturday last at Bungonia, upon the body of Mrs. Dorman, whose sad death from the discharge of a revolver was recorded in last issue. The following evidence…

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Accidental Shooting

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 January 1884 · page 4

IN our last issue we reported the accidental shooting of Mrs. Dorman, wife of Constable Dorman, of Bungonia. News was brought into town on Friday evening that the unfortunate young woman had…

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Serious Accident

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 2 February 1884 · page 3

We regret very much to record a serious accident to the Venerable Archdeason Puddicombe, which happened on Thursday evening, as he was returning from the funeral of the late…

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 4

On Thursday morning an accident occurred in Auburn-street. A buggy containing Mrs. Ah Fong, another woman, and several children, was leaving the establishment of Mr. Walker when the…

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The Dreadful Railway Accident in Canada

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 7

The papers to hand by the last mail give full particulars of the terrible railway accident which occurred in Canada at the beginning of the present year. The…

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Frightful Coach Accident. Five Persons Seriously Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 February 1884 · page 2

ONE Of the most terrible mail coach accidents of which the annals of the colony present any record happened, on Tuesday, about three miles out of Queanbeyan on the Cooma Road. Shortly before 4…

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Terrible Coach Accident. [By Telegraph.] Queanbeyan

Southern Argus · Thursday 28 February 1884 · page 2

A frightful coach accident happened three miles from Queanbeyan this afternoon. The cooma mail was approaching Queanbeyan with ten adult passengers besides children. On descending the steep…

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Frightful Coach Accident at Queanbeyan. Five Persons Seriously Injured

The Yass Courier · Friday 29 February 1884 · page 2

ONE of the most terrible mail coach accidents of which the annals of the colony present any record happened pesterday about three miles out of Queanbeyan on the Cooma Road. Shortly…

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Frightful Coach Accident

The Burrowa News · Friday 29 February 1884 · page 2

A FRIGHTFUL coach accident happened about three miles from Queanbeyan on Tuesday last. The Cooma mail was approaching Queanbeyan, with 10 adult…

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The Late Coach Accident Near Queanbeyan

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 1 March 1884 · page 6

THE following description of the late coach accident near Queanbeyan, some particulars of which were given by telegram in our last issue, is abridged from the Queanbeyan Age: —One of the most terrible…

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The Coach Accident Near Quean Beyan

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 1 March 1884 · page 3

About 3|½miles out of Queanbeyan is a steep gradient known to travellers as the Stringy Bark. It is a portion of the Queanbeyan to Cooma-road leading up through o gap in a high…

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