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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1887

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Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 6 May 1887 · page 3

ON Tuesday last Mr. Robert Bensley, of Apple-tree Forest Farm, Crookwell, met with an accident. It appears that he was at Mr. Charnock's place assisting in…

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Fatal Accident to a Child

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 May 1887 · page 4

A SAD accident occurred on Tuesday evening to a little boy, two years and two months old, named Charles Gordon Mather, whose parents reside in Mr. Henry's late residence, Moss Vale…

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Disastrous Railway Collision Near Melbourne. Melbourne

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 May 1887 · page 2

THIS evening the 5.40 express from Melbourne to Windsor and the 5.30 ordinary train came into collision near the Windsor station. Five persons were killed, and several others were…

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Terrible Railway Accident at Melbourne. Five Persons Killed and Nearly Fifty Wounded

The Burrowa News · Friday 13 May 1887 · page 2
Also in The Yass Courier

A terrible railway accident occurred on Wednesday evening close to the Windsor railway station. The ordinary 5.30 train from Melbourne was brought to a…

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Terrible Railway Accident Near Melbourne. Five Passengers Killed. Forty Injured

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 14 May 1887 · page 3

A [?]ERRIBLE railway accident occurred near the Windsor station on Wednesday night, resulting in the death of .five passengers and the injury of between 30 or 40 others. The excitement in…

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Disastrous Railway Collision Near Melbourne. (Telegram to S. M. Herald.)

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 14 May 1887 · page 4

THIS evening the 5.40 express from Melbourne to Windsor and the 5.30 ordinary train came into collision near Windsor station. Five persons were killed, and several others were hurt. The accident arose…

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Theory of the Accident

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 14 May 1887 · page 3

The accident arose from neglect of the renditions in the blocking system, but on whose shoulders the blame rests will only be definitely known when an official inquiry takes place. All that is…

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Fatal Tram Accident at Moore Park

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 May 1887 · page 4

A WELL-DRESSED man, whose name is at present unknown, met with his death on the tramline in Moore Park last night, under melancholy and somewhat…

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Terrible Railway Collision at Melbourne. Disaster Between Prahran and Windsor. an Express Runs Into Another Train. Six Persons Killed and Many Injured

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 17 May 1887 · page 4

WE have to-day (Wednesday) to record a very serious railway accident on the south suburban system. The disaster-- for such it must be termed, as it involved not only the wreckage…

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Fatal Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 May 1887 · page 4

A SAD accident, which resulted in the death of a young woman named Louisa Poll, is reported from North Shore. On Saturday afternoon, Mrs. Taylor, of Kirribilli, who was in company with…

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Serious Accident at Crookwell

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 May 1887 · page 2

Mr. Edward C. Bray, auctioneer, of Crookwell, met with a serious accident on Monday morning. In company with Mr. Throsby Robertson, J.P., he was leaving…

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The Windsor Railway Accident. (Abridged from Friday’s “Melbourne Argus”) Additional Particulars

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 18 May 1887 · page 4

THE question as to who is to blame for the collision which took place at Windsor between an express and an ordinary train on Wednesday evening is not yet cleared up,…

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Windsor Railway Accident. (From Saturday’s “ Melbourne Argus).” Later Particulars

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 18 May 1887 · page 3

THE excitement which was everywhere, noticeable in the Railway Department during .“Thursday had almost disappeared yesterday. ,The work in connection with the despatching and receiving of…

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The Terrible Railway Accident Near Melbourne. Five Presons Killed. Upwards of Fifty Injured

The Burrowa News · Friday 20 May 1887 · page 2

One of the most shocking disasters that has over occurred on the Victorian railways took place in a deep cutting nearly midway between the Prahran and…

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Sad Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 20 May 1887 · page 2

ON Monday last a serious accident befel Mr. E. C. Bray, the well-known and highly respected auctioneer of Crookwell. It appears that Mr. Bray, in company with…

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Another Fatal Football Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 20 May 1887 · page 2

ALBERT PASCOE, twenty years of ago, stepson of George Robertson of Ballarat, recently received severe injuries in a scrimmage at a football match at…

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Collision at Sydney Heads

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 21 May 1887 · page 3

AT about a quarter to twelve o'clock on Thursday night Inspector Donahoe of the water police, received a telegram from Manly from Captain Cooper of the Pomme.de.Terre, a well known coasting schooner,…

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Serious Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 21 May 1887 · page 5

A TERRIBLE accident happened on the unopened section of the Fassifern railway, Queensland, between 7 and 8. o'clock on Thursday morning. A ballast…

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Preventing a Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 May 1887 · page 4

IT will no doubt interest our readers to learn that the Commissioner for Railways placed on record last month the distinguished services of Mr. Close,…

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