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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1888

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Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 18 May 1888 · page 2

THE Rev. A. J. Webb, the pastor of the Wesleyan church, Goulburn, met with a painful accident in Melbourne on Friday last. Mr. Webb was in attendance as a delegate from…

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Serious Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 May 1888 · page 3

Mr. Michael Callaghan, the well-known contractor, met with a very serious accident on Queen's Birthday. He had been at work during the day, and when returning…

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A Sad Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 May 1888 · page 4

PICTON, Saturday.—On Thursday last a sad fatality occurred at Thirlmere. Mrs. Hines was driving her family in a cart to the Picton show when the cart overturned on a stump, a boy five…

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Terrible Fatal Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 May 1888 · page 2

ORANGE, Wednesday.—Mr. Robert Frost, a 40 years' resident, met with his death under painful circumstances this afternoon. He was riding home from town along the Cargo-road shortly…

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Fatal Accident in a Goods Shed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 June 1888 · page 4

A terrible accident occurred at the Albury railway goods shed. A young man named William M. Edwards, a clerk in the employ of Messrs. Permewan, Wright, and Co., forwarding…

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Accidents

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 June 1888 · page 2

A MAN named Robert Aitken, who had come from Mount Costigan, was admitted to the hospital yesterday (Monday) to be treated for a fractured arm. The arm was broken a couple of…

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Peculiar Accident at the Bendigo Races

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 June 1888 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—This afternoon, at the Bendigo races, an unfortunate accident occurred. Pride was being mounted for the Selling Hurdle Race, and…

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Railway Accident in Mexico. LONDON, June 6

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 June 1888 · page 6

News has been received of a fearful railway accident at Tampico, one of chief seaport towns in Mexico. A train ran off the rails and was wrecked, 18…

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Accident at Towrang

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 June 1888 · page 2

A NAN named Joseph Hare, employed by the Towrang Slaughtering and Fellmongering Company, met with a very painful accident to-day. He was engaged in boiling down and…

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Fatal Gun Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 June 1888 · page 2

COONABARABRAN, Monday.—Yesterday a youth 17 years of age, named John James Clarke, the Tambar Springs mailman, snapped the cap on a gun which he had loaded the week before, and…

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The Shooting Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 June 1888 · page 2

FURTHER particulars with reference to the accident to Messrs. F. Pritzler and S. Parry, referred to in another column, shows that the two named were shooting together. Mr. Parry…

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Skating Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 June 1888 · page 4

IT has transpired that Mr. E. G. Woodhart, waterworks engineer, met with an accident the other day while skating, and was unfortunate enough to break his leg. He is now in a fair…

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Shooting Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 June 1888 · page 4

SOME wild rumours were floating round on Tuesday afternoon to the effect that Mr. F. Pritzler, teacher, had been shot dead. Fortunately it transpired that the report had only a very slight…

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Accidents

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 15 June 1888 · page 2

ON Sunday last a girl five years of age, daughter of Mr. Henry Hone of Binda, met with a painful, accident. Being close to a sister who was chopping wood, she received a severe blow…

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Fatal Gun Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 15 June 1888 · page 2

ON Sunday a youth, 17 years old named John James Clarke, the Tambar Springs mailman, snapped the cap on a gun which he had loaded the week before, and had forgotten it. The…

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Accident at Binda

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 June 1888 · page 3

ON Saturday last a little girl five years old, named Lydia Hone, was running along a log at which her sister, a couple of years older, was playing at chopping…

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Serious Railway Accident at Lake Bathurst

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 June 1888 · page 2

WHAT—in view of the terrible consequences which but for a providential chance would have ensued—must be regarded as a very serious railway accident occurred at Lake Bathurst…

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The Late Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 June 1888 · page 2

MR. T. BRAMBLE, sen., plumber, was on board the passenger train which was run into at Lake Bathurst platform on Monday morning. He had a very narrow escape, being seated in the…

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Railway Accident at Como

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 June 1888 · page 4

A slight railway collision occurred at the Como station, on the Illawarra line, on Friday evening. On the arrival of the 5.40 p.m. train at Como, and the passengers for there having…

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The Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 June 1888 · page 4

THE railway accident at Lake Bathurst platform has engaged the attention of the Minister for Works and Commissioner for Railways. The Department are not yet in possession of…

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