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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1885

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 21 March 1885 · page 4

On Wednesday an accident happened in Goulburn to Master Dalglish, aged four, son of Mr. Dalglish government surveyor. It seems that his brother put him on his pony, but omitted to have…

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Accidentally Choked

Southern Argus · Saturday 21 March 1885 · page 2

Sydney, Match 20.—A man named Patrick Crenzie, living at Ryde, was acidentally choked this morning while eating his breakfast…

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Accidental, but not Fatal, Poisoning

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 March 1885 · page 2

LAST night a married woman in North Goulburn who had been for a considerable time suffering from toothache, and had in consequence been unable to sleep, took between 30 and 40 drops of a compound…

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Distressing Accident

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 28 March 1885 · page 5

Yesterday morning a young man named John Mullens, an upholsterer in the employ of Messrs. Furner and Sons, whilst engaged in feeding a chaff-cutter, had his right arm…

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Painful Accident

Southern Argus · Saturday 28 March 1885 · page 3

At seven o'clock yesterday morning, a young man named John Mullin, in the employ of Messrs. O. Furner and Son, whilst engaged feeding a chaffcutting machine, got his right hand caught in the…

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Shocking Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 March 1885 · page 3

A SHOCKING accident occurred yesterday morning at 7 o'clock to a young man named John Mullens, in the employ of Messrs. O. Furner and Sons. He was engaged in feeding a steam chaff-cutter, when…

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Fatal Accident on H.m.s. Nelson

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 4 April 1885 · page 3

H.M.S. Nelson, which is being repaired in the Alfred Graving Dock at Williamstown, was on Monday (says the Melbourne Age) the scene of two accidents, one…

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Collision in the Harbor

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 April 1885 · page 2

A COLLISION of a somewhat serious character occurred in Sydney harbor on Wednesday morning, although it was fortunately unattended with the loss of life. It appears that shortly after midnight…

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A Railway Collision Averted. Melbourne

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 April 1885 · page 2

A NARROW escape from a disastrous collision occurred on the railway line near East Brighton to-day. An excursion train from Melbourne filled with visitors to the military encampment at…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 9 April 1885 · page 2
Also in Goulburn Evening Penny Post

AN inquest was held in the South Sydney morgue on Monday by the city coroner touching the death of Charles Joseph Thomas, who was killed at the Burwood railway-station by the down train which…

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Narrow Escape from a Serious Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 April 1885 · page 6

THE other day three of the fettlers employed on the first length of line south of Moss Vale, George Woods (ganger), John Boland, and Matthew Stubbings—and especially the last…

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Fatal Accident near Yass

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 April 1885 · page 6

AN inquest was held in the ward-room of the Yass hospital on Thursday afternoon to inquire into the cause of the death of a young woman named Jane Williams, who died in…

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Accident to a Train

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 April 1885 · page 2

THE engine attached to the second division of the down mail train on Friday morning broke down at Jerrawa Siding, and was detained until a spare engine was sent from the Yass station to bring the…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 April 1885 · page 2

ON Monday last a son of Mrs. Manion, of Middle Arm Road, whilst out opposum-hunting fell from a tree. The result was a broken collarbone and other injuries. The sufferer was brought into Goulburn…

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Fatal Gun Accident at Young

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 14 April 1885 · page 3

Young, Saturday.—A fatal accident here this morning by which a little boy named Reginald Harry Russell Boll, son of Mr. Sydney Bell, manager of the local…

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Fatal Shooting Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 April 1885 · page 2

A FATAL accident occurred at Young, on Saturday morning, by which a little boy named Reginald Harry Russel Bell, son of Mr Sydney Bell, manager of the local branch of the Bank of New South…

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A Fatal Gun Accident

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 15 April 1885 · page 2

QUITE a gloom fell over the residents of this town on Saturday last, when it became known that Reginald Boll, a son of Mr. Sydney Bell, manager of the Bank of New South Wales, had…

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Serious Accident

Southern Argus · Thursday 16 April 1885 · page 2

Sydney, April 15.—A man named Alexander Anderson was seriously hurt yesterday by a tree falling upon him at the Sydney water-works. One leg was smashed, and has…

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Fatal Gun Accident at Young

Southern Argus · Thursday 16 April 1885 · page 3

A fatal accident occurred at Young on Saturday morning, by which a little by named Reginald Harry Russell Bell, son of Mr, Sydney Bell, manager of the local branch of…

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