Accident to Mr. Lewton
NEWS has been received in a private letter of an accident which happened on board the steamer Carthage to Mr. Lewton, late Inspector of Permanent Way, who is now on his way to…
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Accidents, 1888
311 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 6 of 16
Accident
AN accident happened on Saturday afternoon on the banks of the Wollondilly, which resulted in a young man named James Murphy breaking his right leg. Some persons were on the river in…
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A TERRIBLE accident happened on Monday afternoon to a lad named Arthur Watsford, aged 17 years, son of Mr. J. Watsford, stationmaster at Parramatta. The lad was an apprentice at…
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John Fielder, a well-known jockey, while riding Fleeto in the Autumn Handicap at the Canterbury Park races on Saturday, was thrown through his horse stumbling. His left collar…
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A MAN named John Crawley, who has seen active service in the British army, had the misfortune to fracture his left forearm under the following circumstances:âHe was out with a…
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ON Wednesday morning a Rad accident resulting in death, occurred to a fettler named William Thompson, father of the lad apprenticed to Mr. Henry Price, blacksmith,…
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A collision occurred in the Red Sea between the Orient R.M.S. Garonne and the steamer Lucinda. The latter vessel was sunk. The Garonne had her bows stove in…
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A BOY named Adam Burgess, aged eight years, mot with an accident on Saturday night on the Norwood-road near the lane leading to the Ravensworth gardens. He was returning…
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KIAMA, Monday.âA terrible accident took place at the Bombo quarries to-day. It appears that two men were charging a hole 20ft. deep in a column of basaltic rook some 60ft in height…
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KIAMA, Tuesday.—Myers, one of the unfortunate victims of yesterday's disaster at Bombo, died in the hospital last night. The body was conveyed to Bombo and placed with the…
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A terrible accident took place at the Bombo quarries, Kiama, on Monday. It appears that two men were charging a hole 20 ft. deep in a column of basaltic rock some…
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MESSRS. Hill and Co.'s blue metal quarry at Bombo, near Kiama, was on Monday the scene of a dreadful accident. It appears that Joseph Farquharson, the quarry-master, and Robert…
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ON Monday last, whilst driving a horse attached to a cart, Mr. John Sharman, a butcher in the employ of Mr. Wm. Porker, while boating the horse with a whip was struck in the…
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KlAMA, Tuesday.—The accident at Hill and Co.’s Bombo Quarry, about one mile north of Kiama, yesterday afternoon, was of a shocking character. About 4 o’clock two men…
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Accident.—Yesterday a lad named Southern employed at Mr. Sheekey's cordial factory, bad his left wrist severely cut by the bursting of a lemonade bottle while he was filling it. The wound was…
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THE Rev. Arthur J. Webb met with a painful accident on Friday morning at the opening of the Wesleyan Conference in the Lonsdale-street Church, Melbourne. As an assistant secretary…
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A SON of Mrs. Henderson, of Lansdowne, while out tiding on Sunday at Gurrundah fell with his horse, fracturing his leg. He was brought into town and attended to by Dr. Gentle.—Last…
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KIAMA, Wednesday.âThe inquest on the blasting accident at Bombo was resumed to day about noon, by Mr. Henry Connell, the coroner for the district. The only witness examined was Mr…
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On Monday last a child of Mr. Weir, a resident of the Wheeo district, received severe injuries by burning. It appears that the children were in the habit of playing upon the top of a heap…
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