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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1885

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Buggy Accident

Southern Argus · Saturday 20 June 1885 · page 2

Melbourne, June 19.—Mr. Austin Saqui, the well-known bookmaker, was seriously injured yesterday by his buggy coming in contact with a cart. Mr. Saqui had to be…

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Death of the Injured Man

Southern Argus · Tuesday 23 June 1885 · page 4

A shocking tram accident took place in Crown-street, Surry Hills, on Friday night, at about half-past 10 o'clock, by which a man named Frederick Hemmings received…

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Accident at Gunning

Southern Argus · Tuesday 23 June 1885 · page 3

Our correspondent writes:—Late on Friday evening a sad occurence happened to a young man named Albert Easterby. From what I can learn, he and another lad were riding at a somewhat…

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Terrible Colliery Accident at Lancashire

Southern Argus · Tuesday 23 June 1885 · page 2

London, June 19.—A terrible accident occurred yesterday in a colliery at Pendleburg, Lancanshire. The bodies of 22 victims have already been recovered, but there are still 142 men and boys…

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Fatal Blasting Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 June 1885 · page 4

A navy named Petersen was struck on the head by a stone from a blast at a cutting near Wollongong, on the railway works He was knocked down by a small stone, upwards of a…

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Terrible Tram Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 June 1885 · page 4

A shocking tram accident took place in Crown-street, Surry Hills, on Friday night, at about half-past 10 o'clock, by which a man named. Frederick Hemmings received such…

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Serious Accident at Gunning

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 June 1885 · page 4

ON Saturday evening just a young man named Easter by, residing at Gunning, was admitted into the hospital. He had been out riding, and by some means or other came foul of a stump, sustaining a…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 June 1885 · page 2

AN elderly lady named Jarvis, a resident of Queanbeyan, met with an accident early yesterday morning. She was conveying a person of unsound mind to the Goulburn goal hospital in the police cart,…

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A Serious Accident

Southern Argus · Saturday 27 June 1885 · page 6

A friend of ours drove out his girl the other evening, and the horse, a young one taking fright at a Salvation Army procession, bolted, and in trying to turn up a bye…

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A Terrible Accident

Southern Argus · Saturday 27 June 1885 · page 5

Sydney, June 20.—A terrible accident occurred at Sanders' Quarry, Pyrmont, this morning. Three men were moving a stone ten tons weight, when the crane broke, one…

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Accident with a Chaffcutter

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 June 1885 · page 4

On Tuesday morning last a young man named David Brogden, son of Mr. David Brogden, farmer, of Back Creek, Araluen, met with a serious accident while setting a…

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 30 June 1885 · page 2

ACCIDENT.—On Saturday last man named Michael Carroll, sixty-seven years of age, in the employ of Mr. R. Robertson of the Australian Hotel. Taralga, had the bone of his left thigh broken by a…

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Accident at Taralga

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 June 1885 · page 2

AN old man named Michael Carroll was yesterday admitted into the hospital. On Saturday last Carroll, who has been employed by Mr. Robertson, hotelkeeper, Taralga, was given some money by…

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Accident

Southern Argus · Thursday 2 July 1885 · page 2

On Tuesday afternoon Henry Pedley, a green-grocer, whilst proceeding along Auburn-street in his cart, was thrown out, and fell to the ground head foremost. Some persons came to his assistance at…

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Fearful Accident on the Railway Line

Southern Argus · Thursday 2 July 1885 · page 2

On Friday evening, about 7 o'clock (says the Dubbo Dispatch) a fatal accident occurred on the railway line, about four miles from Nyngan, by which a fettler named Patrick Reedy met his…

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Accidents

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 July 1885 · page 2

A GREEN-GROCER named. Henry Pedley was thrown out of his cart on Tuesday afternoon last in Auburn-street, and sustained injuries to the head which were at the time considered very serious…

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The Cootamundra Accident

Southern Argus · Saturday 4 July 1885 · page 2

After nearly three weeks' hearing, the action Adams v. Commissioner of Railways was brought to a conclusion in the Supreme Court, on Thursday, and resulted in a verdict for the defendant. For…

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Serious Accident to Hanlan

Southern Argus · Saturday 4 July 1885 · page 2

London,,July 1.—Edward Hanlan while rowing at Toronto yesterday inct with a serious accident, by which he was nearly drowned…

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The Cootamundra Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 July 1885 · page 4

After nearly three weeks hearing, the action Adams v. the Commissioner for Railways was brought to a conclusion on Thursday, and resulted in a verdict for the defendant. For the first…

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Another Street Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 July 1885 · page 4

ANOTHER street accident occurred in Sydney on Friday morning, by which three men were more or less seriously hurt, the only wonder being that no lives were lost, and the suffering inflicted was slight…

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