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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1884

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The Late Coach Accident at Moulamein

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 17 May 1884 · page 3

A telegram from Deniliquin says—With reference to the recent Moulamein coach accident, the passenger, Mr. Harvey Murray, a public school inspector, who…

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 17 May 1884 · page 4

Wallace, observing a horse saddled straying in the street went to secure it. As he caught hold of the reins, the horse, becoming frightened at the constable's helmet, reared, and Wallace was thrown to the…

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Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 May 1884 · page 3

AN accident happened at about ten minutes to 1 o'clock on Thursday morning to the No. 46 up goods-train, running between Harden and Goulburn. At the points at Rocky Ponds the engine…

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Found Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 May 1884 · page 2

THE body of a man whose name is unknown has been found in the river, at Wagga, below the bridge. An inquest has been held, and a verdict was returned to the effect that there was nothing to show how the…

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Accident to Queanbeyan Coach

Southern Argus · Tuesday 20 May 1884 · page 2

On Tuesday night last when Massrs. Pooley and Malone's coach between Queanbeyan and Tarago arrived at the Sandhills the pole of the vehicle suddenly broke without any previous warning. The…

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Accident at Yass

Southern Argus · Tuesday 20 May 1884 · page 2

Mr. E. H. Bates, of Yass, met with a very serious accident on Saturday. He was was engaged-roofing a two-storey house near the Hume bridge, when he happened to lose his balance, and fell a distance of…

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Accident to the Speaker

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 May 1884 · page 2

MR. E. Barton, Speaker of the Assembly, has met with an accident which will necessitate his absence from the House for some days. He is not aware how the accident occurred, but he first felt its effect…

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Dynamite Accident, and a Narrow Escape

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 May 1884 · page 4

AT the Bomba stone quarries, Kiama, on Thursday a case of dynamite, containing 5 lbs., exploded, injuring several men, two of whom were very seriously hurt, and it is feared that one of them will…

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Accident to the Ven. Archdeacon Puddicombe

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 May 1884 · page 2

OUR readers will be sorry to learn that the Ven. Archdeacon Puddicombe has met with a serious fall through the slipping of a chair which ho was using to assist himself in crossing the room. He…

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Another Blasting Accident at Bungendore

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 May 1884 · page 2

ANOTHER serious blasting accident occurred on the Goulburn to Cooma railway extension on Tuesday afternoon. The scene of the accident was about two miles from Bungendore, and the sufferer an…

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Buggy Accident

Southern Argus · Tuesday 27 May 1884 · page 2
Also in Goulburn Evening Penny Post

Last Saturday morning a horse belonging to Mr. T. McFadden broke away, from Thomas's Hotel with the buggy to which he had just being harnessed. The animal rushed down Auburn-street…

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Serious Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 May 1884 · page 2

ON Saturday morning, 17th may, an accident occurred to the goods and passenger train which left Auchland at 20 minutes past 6 a.m. for [?] which very nearly r[?] in dis[?]…

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A Singular Fatal Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 May 1884 · page 4

THE Auckland Evening Star reports that on May 18 Edward Bovey, butcher, of Upper Symonds-street, was lifting a sheep from a book with the aid of a pole used for the…

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Football Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 May 1884 · page 2

MASTER MO NEWIN, a student at St. Patrick's College, met with an accident yesterday while playing football, by which his clavicle was dislocated. Dr. Gentle was called in and restored it to its position;…

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Fatal Football Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 May 1884 · page 4

THE Melbourne Telegraph reports that an inquest was held by Dr. Youl at the Melbourne Hospital, on Saturday, upon the body of John Johnston, 14 years of age, who…

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Skating Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 31 May 1884 · page 4

LAST night Mr. R. Turner sustained a very unpleasant accident while skating in the rink at the Oddfellows' Hall. It seems his foot turned under him, and the result was that the…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 June 1884 · page 2

ON Sunday a man named Henry Russell, in the employ of Mr. Christopher Holt, who lives near Joppa Camp, dislocated his elbow, from what cause is not known. Dr. Morton…

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Shooting Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 June 1884 · page 4

A SAD shooting affair occurred on Thursday at Pallamalllawa, 18 miles from Moore. A respectable young man named Gwydir Pearce was shot dead by an Irishman named Jack Brady. It was Brady's…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 June 1884 · page 3

A MAN named Henry Lewis, who is in the employ of the Ringwood Coal-mining Company, met with an accident on Thursday afternoon that will incapacitate him from work for some time. On…

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