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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1887

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Accidents

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 January 1887 · page 2

A young man named Walton, employed in the Railway Department, met with a light accident on Thursday evening last whilst shunting. By some means his left hand was…

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A Chapter of Accidents

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 January 1887 · page 4

SOME nasty accidents took place at Bathurst in the sporting field during the holidays. Harry Ashworth was out on Saturday on a bicycle when he fell and broke one arm, besides…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 4 January 1887 · page 2

A MAN named Matthew Smith, in the employ of Mr. Hogg, Marulan, while engaged on New Year's Eve in loading some time at the Marulan railway station, by some means missed his…

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The Keilawarra Collision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 January 1887 · page 2

THE Marine Board on Tuesday finally dealt with the circumstances attending the fatal collision between the Keilawarra and the Helen Nicoll on the 8th ultimo by calling upon Mr…

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Shocking Accident on Board the Steamer Burwah

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 January 1887 · page 4

A SHOCKING accident occurred on board the steamer Burwah on Friday night when leaving the Brisbane wharf for Maryborough. The particulars obtained are very meagre, but it is…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 January 1887 · page 4

AN accident happened before breakfast yesterday` morning at the new court-house buildings, at the rear of the post-office, to a young fellow named Harry Lee. He was mounting a ladder…

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Death by Drowning

The Yass Courier · Friday 14 January 1887 · page 2

ON Wednesday a man named Francis Head, a wheelwright by trade and who had been working for Mr. M. Reid, went down the river about one o'clock to have a bathe. He swam…

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Death by Drowning at Yass

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 January 1887 · page 4

ON Wednesday a man named Francis Head, a wheelwright by trade, and who had been working for Mr. M. Reid, went down the river about. one o'clock to have…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 January 1887 · page 2

AN accident occurred at Lake Bathurst yesterday to Mr. Gann, a resident of the vicinity. He was on horseback and by some mischance collided with a buggy, sustaining as the result of the…

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1887 · page 2

ACCIDENT.—As the Rev. Father Carroll was returning in his buggy from Tarago on Friday night last he saw a party of men approaching on horse-back at a gallop. Fearing an accident he…

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Shocking Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 January 1887 · page 2

AN accident attended by fatal results happened at the Goulburn railway-station yesterday morning shortly after half-past eleven. A young man named George Keys, who had only been…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 January 1887 · page 4
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A LITTLE girl named Sarah Carey, three years old, was admitted into the hospital last night in a state of unconsciousness. The little creature, who is the daughter of a railway fettler…

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Fatal Accident in the Goulburn Railway Yard

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 20 January 1887 · page 2

YESTERDAY morning, about half-past eleven o'clock, a terrible accident occurred in the railway-station yard, near the locomotive shed, whereby a young man named George Keys lost his life…

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Railway Collision

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 21 January 1887 · page 2

ON Sunday morning a goods train of 33 trucks ran into a passenger train which had been brought to a standstill near Petersham. A serious smash occurred,…

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Fatal Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 21 January 1887 · page 2

ON Wednesday last, about half-past 11 o'clock, a terrible accident occurred in the yard at the railway station, Goulburn, by which a man named George Keys, 24…

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Serious Buggy Accident Near Braidwood

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 January 1887 · page 6

ON Wednesday morning, at about 10 o'clock (says a Braidwood telegram), Mr. W. Sebbens was proceeding to Nelligen in a buggy and pair, and whilst descending…

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Fatal Accident by Drowning

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 27 January 1887 · page 2

FATAL ACCIDENT BY DROWNING.—We regret to state that Mr. Henry Steele, district court bailiff for this district, was accidentally drowned yesterday morning whilst crossing the Wollondilly, near…

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Death by Drowning

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 27 January 1887 · page 2

A SAD fatality happened at Towrang yesterday morning, by which Mr. Henry Steele, District Court Bailiff of Goulburn, lost his life. Mr. Steele, in company with a young friend…

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Death by Drowning

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 28 January 1887 · page 2

ON Wednesday morning Mr. Henry Steele, the District Count bailiff for the Goulburn district, was drowned in the Wollondilly River at Towrang. Mr…

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