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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1885

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Horse Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 April 1885 · page 2

YESTERDAY, a boy, son of Mr. Johnson, of Mummell, met with one of those accidents, which of late have been of frequent occurrence amongst youngsters. He was riding a horse, of which he…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 April 1885 · page 4

A CORRESPONDENT informs us that on Saturday last a woman named Mary McLaurin, a resident of Greenwich Park, was out riding, when the horse run her against a tree, causing a fracture of her leg…

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Accident to a Constable

Southern Argus · Saturday 18 April 1885 · page 2

On Wednesday evening Mounted Constable Wiles met with an accident whilst returning from the races. He was passing down Union-street at the time on horseback leading another horse. The…

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Shocking Fatal Accident

Southern Argus · Saturday 18 April 1885 · page 2

A shocking accident occurred on Wednesday afternoon in Bligh-street Sydney, by which a young man named Earnest Drewett, aged 19 years, lost his life. It seems that Drewett was employed…

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Fatal Accident at Kangaroo Valley

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 April 1885 · page 4

It is with regret that we report the sudden death of Mr. J. McAlloon of Barrengarry. It appears that on Saturday morning he went to Kangaroo Valley on horseback, and on returning home about…

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A Fatal Gun Accident

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 21 April 1885 · page 4

Young on Saturday week, when it becameknown QUITE. a gloom fell over the residents of that Reginald Bell, a son of Mr. Sydney Bell, manager of the Bank of New South Wales, had…

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Death by Drowning

Southern Argus · Saturday 25 April 1885 · page 4

The Bombala Times relates that on Sunday, 12th instant, information was brought into town that Mr. F. L. Standen, of Cathcart, was found drowned at Cathcart. The…

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A Moss Vale Resident Drowned

Southern Argus · Tuesday 28 April 1885 · page 2

On Friday morning the body of a man named John Boland was found floating face downwards in Darling Harbour. Deceased was a married man, and a native of Ireland. He was 33 years of age,…

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Colliery Accident in Germany

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 April 1885 · page 2

A TERRIBLE colliery accident is reported from Saarbrucken, and it is believed that nearly 200 lives have been lost. The disaster is appalling, the loss of life exceeding anything…

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Terrible Accident to Salvationists

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 April 1885 · page 2

A BRADFORD correspondent telegraph:—A terrible accident occurred to a Salvation Army procession at Wyke, near the town. A horse attached to a cart took fright at the…

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Shocking Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 May 1885 · page 3

A deplorable accident occurred on the Newtown-road on Wednesday night, from the effects of which a tram conductor named James Cardiff lost his life. It appears that…

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Frightful Fatality near Queanbeyan

Southern Argus · Tuesday 5 May 1885 · page 3

A visitor who chanced to be at Queanbeyan on Saturday has furnished us with the particulars of a shocking accident which occurred near that town on the same morning. The result of the occurrence…

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Accident to a Diver

Southern Argus · Tuesday 5 May 1885 · page 2

Sydney, May 4.—A diver had a narrow escape of losing his life this morning. After being beneath the water for nine minutes he struggled to the surface. He was then…

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Fatal Tram Accident

Southern Argus · Tuesday 5 May 1885 · page 2

Sydney, May 4.—Mrs. Sarah Weir fell out of a Waverley tram car yesterday, and alighted on her head. She died this morning from the injuries received…

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Accident at Tarlo

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 May 1885 · page 2

ON Saturday last a young lad, son of Mr. H. Peden of Tarlo, had his left arm broken, just above the wrist, through a fall from his horse, which he was riding to the post office. He was taken to Mr…

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The Queanbeyan Buggy Accident

Southern Argus · Thursday 7 May 1885 · page 4

We are indebted to the editor of the Queanbeyan Age for the fuller particulars which follow of the recent fatal buggy accident near that town:—…

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Gun Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 May 1885 · page 2

A sad accident formed the subject of a coronial inquiry at Hamilton, Victoria, on Wednesday. On the 23rd April Mr. and Mrs. Cameron left home, leaving two children—John, aged 10, and Ewan, 2…

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Accident at the Railway Goods Shed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 May 1885 · page 2

AN accident, attended by rather curious circumstances, occurred at the railway goods shed weighbridge this morning. A man had his waggon load on the bridge, and in some way the king, bolt of it…

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Queanbeyan. Fatal Buggy Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 May 1885 · page 4

SHORTLY after midday on Saturday information was conveyed to the police station that a buggy had been capsized on the Tharwa road, about a mile from town, and that its occupants—three young…

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 9 May 1885 · page 3

On Wednesday afternoon a lad named Henry Hazlewood, son of Mr. William Hazlewood of Goldsmith-street, whilst engaged at some work in Messrs. Ball and Co.'s foundry…

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