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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1884

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 April 1884 · page 4

ABOUT 6 o'clock last evening, Mr. Walker, cordial manufacturer, of Sloane-street, received a severe cut in the right cheek at the corner of the mouth, through a bottle, which he was corking, bursting,…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Southern Argus · Tuesday 29 April 1884 · page 2

At the Sydney railway station on Friday afternoon a serious accident took place, causing injuries more or less severe to several person's, one of whom died late at night from the effects of the shocking…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 April 1884 · page 2

A YOUNG man named Jellett, in the employ of Burge Brothers, was riding along Sloane-street yesterday-evening, when the horse slipped and fell, throwing its rider. Assistance was at hand, and…

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The Railway Accident at Sydney

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

A SHOOKING accident occurred at the Sydney railway station on Friday afternoon at 20 minutes to 6, inflicting wounds more or less several on several boys coming in from Newington College, and causing the…

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The Late Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 April 1884 · page 2

AN inquest was commenced in Sydney on Saturday, touching the death of the lad Fletcher, who was killed in the railway accident at Redfern. The evidence of the father of deceased, the medical…

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Accident to Miss Carry Nelson

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 May 1884 · page 4

ON the 22nd April the performance at the Princess Theatre, Dunedin, terminated somewhat abruptly owing to an accident by which Miss Carry Nelson was severely injured. During the progress of the…

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Shocking Railway Accident

The Burrowa News · Friday 2 May 1884 · page 3

A SHOCKING accident occurred at the Sydney railway station on Friday afternoon at 20 minutes to 5, inflicting wounds more or less severe on several boys…

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Alarming Accident in a Theatre

Southern Argus · Saturday 3 May 1884 · page 8

On the 22nd April the performance at the Princess Theatre, Dundedin, terminated somewhat abruptly owing to an accident, by which Miss Carry Nelson was severely, injured…

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Painful Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 May 1884 · page 3

A BOY named Alfred Cady on Thursday fell down on a broken pickle bottle, and out his wrist severely A very nasty wound, was inflicted, and two of the tendons were cut. Ho went to Mr. John Ferguson,…

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The Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 May 1884 · page 4

THE inquiry into the cause of the railway accident at Redfern, at which the boy Fletcher was killed, was continued on Friday morning by Mr. Coroner Shiell. Shortly before one o'clock, the evidence…

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Shocking Accident. Near Kiandra

Southern Argus · Tuesday 6 May 1884 · page 2

A shocking accident occurred at Kiandra on Wednesday night. Mr. Samuel Thomas, engaged in drawing timber for the New Chum Hill claim, was retirning with his dray to camp in the Section, and…

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Serious Accident on the Railway

Southern Argus · Thursday 8 May 1884 · page 2

A serious accident occurred on Monday at Junce railway station. A railway porter named Ellis, while endeavouring to jump from a stationary train on to a special train of empties coming into the…

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Fatal Accident Near Gundagai

Southern Argus · Thursday 8 May 1884 · page 2

A fatal accident occurred on Monday at the railway works, Five Mile Creek, near Gundagai. A man named Jeremiah Connor, a baker, while under the influence of drink, ran quickly down an…

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Accident at Gundaroo

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 May 1884 · page 4

Some time ago, a youth, aged about 14 years, a son of Mr. William Casey, of Gundaroo, was driving a cart, in which there was a chaff-cutting machine, the bolt of the cart…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 May 1884 · page 3

ON Thursday an accident, which might have resulted very seriously, happened to a little boy named Arthur Gillespie. The little fellow was playing on a fence, and a piece of paling of which…

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Serious Accident

Southern Argus · Tuesday 13 May 1884 · page 2

On Thursday evening a serious accident occurred at the Perseverance crushing machine at Adelong. The engine-driver Ayres, after starting the engine, went to connect one of the Denny pulverisers, and…

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Fatal Accident

Southern Argus · Tuesday 13 May 1884 · page 2

A fatal accident, which has since resulted in the death of a young man named Jacob Jones, occurred at Burrawang on Saturday last. The deceased, who was about 25 years old, in the employ of Mr. J. T…

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Sad Fatal Blasting Accident on the Cooma Railway Works. Inquest on the Body of Deceased

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 May 1884 · page 2

AN inquiry was hold yesterday afternoon, before the coroner, Mr. A. M. Betts, at the hospital, touching the death of one Michael Doodey, who died in the institution on Sunday morning from the…

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Appalling Shipwreck on the Coast of Nova Scotia.—124 Persons Drowned

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 15 May 1884 · page 4

HALIFAX, N. S., April 5.—A steamship disaster, which took place on Thursday night at the very entrance to Halifax Harbour, has been paralleled in horror only…

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Accident to a Constable

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 May 1884 · page 2

LAST night Constable Wallace met with a painful accident in the execution of his duty. Noticing a horse, saddled and bridled, straying in the street, he went to secure the animal. When he caught…

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