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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1888

311 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 8 of 16

Railway Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 22 June 1888 · page 2

ON MONDAY an accident took place on the Cooma branch line, near the Lake Bathust platform, between a ballast and mixed train. The mixed train had arrived at Lake Bathurst shortly…

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Fatal Gun Accident on Momba Station

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 June 1888 · page 3

WILCANNIA, Thursday.—A fatal accident occurred to a man named James Peters while engaged in kangaroo hunting on Momba station. Peters had been using a muzzle-loader gun, the…

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Accident to Boys

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 June 1888 · page 3

A boy named Clout, living near Marulan, met with an accident the other day while out with his father wood-getting. By some means a piece of wood fell on the lad inflicting a deep wound in…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 June 1888 · page 2

A RUNWAY of a most sensational character occurred yesterday afternoon. A horse and vehicle belonging to Mr. I. Grant, mining manager, were left for a short time near the…

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Trolly Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 June 1888 · page 2

YESTERDAY, between the hours of 11 and 12 a.m., a young man named John Teavons met with a painful accident at Mittagong, and narrowly escaped losing his life. He was…

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Serious Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 June 1888 · page 4

On Wednesday evening a young man named George Mulligan, who resides at Jembaicumbene was leaving town for home on horseback when he met with a very serious accident. While…

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Accident on the Western Line

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 June 1888 · page 2

LITHGOW, Wednesday.—An accident occurred yesterday on the railway line between the Zigzag and Eskbank, Four men were returning to Eskbank from the bottom points in a trolly,…

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Fatal Buggy Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 June 1888 · page 4

ON Friday morning last, at the Parramatta District Hospital, Mr. J. E. Bowden held an inquest touching the death of a man, name unknown, who was killed on Thursday afternoon…

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Slight Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 June 1888 · page 6

WHILE skating at the rink on Thursday evening a youth, named Warren full and dislocated his wrist. The injury was attended to by Dr. Morton at Mr. Ferguson's dispensary…

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Football Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 July 1888 · page 4

A young man named William Cain broke his leg while playing in a football match on Saturday at Eastgrove. It appears there is a gutter on the boundary into which Cain put his foot…

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Accident at Mummell

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 July 1888 · page 2

MR. RICHARD LAME, of Mummell, was on Thursday thrown violently from his cart through the wheels of the vehicle entering a rut. The effects of the accident made themselves felt a…

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Serious Shooting Accident at Yarra

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 July 1888 · page 2

ON Saturday afternoon a very serious accident —the result of which, it is feared, will be fatal —happened at Yarra. Two boys named Hammond had been out shooting together…

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The Late Gunshot Accident

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 5 July 1888 · page 2

THE lad George Hedges, who was seriously injured at Yarra on Saturday last by a gunshot fired by a lad named Hammond, is in a very weak state. On Monday last Mr. Alexander, police magistrate, went…

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Slight Skating Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 July 1888 · page 4

WHILE skating at the rink on Tuesday evening Mr. Roberts, of the Railway Department, fell and broke his left wrist. The injury was attended to by Dr. Morton at Mr. Ferguson's…

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The Recent Firearm Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 July 1888 · page 2

THE condition of the boy Hedges, who received such shocking injuries at Yarra on Saturday as stated in our last, being very doubtful and precarious the Police-Magistrate went down to…

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Accident on a New Railway Line in Victoria

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 July 1888 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—About half-past 8 this morning the contractors' engine on the new railway line from Dunolly to Inglewood, drawing nine…

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Fatal Mining Accident at Charters Towers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 July 1888 · page 6

BRISBANE, Thursday.—A fatal accident occurred in the Bonnie Dundee shaft, Charters Towers, this morning, by which a miner named Thomas Davis was killed,…

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Accident on the Railway Line near Gunning

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 July 1888 · page 4

AN accident to the express goods train occurred yesterday at about half-a-mile this side of Gunning station. The good fortune which generally attends New South Wales in her…

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The Yarra Shooting Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 July 1888 · page 4

THERE is nothing fresh to report in connection with the above further than that the wounded boy has been removed to Mrs. Huggins boarding establishment, where Mr. Hammond has…

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Singular Double Accident to a Workman

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 July 1888 · page 2

THARGOMINDAH (Q.), Monday.—A buggy accident occurred near here late on Saturday night. Early in the week two men, working in a tank on the Boorara station, were driving a…

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