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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1889

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Bathing Fatality near Granville

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 March 1889 · page 4

MR. J. E. BOWDEN, the Parramatta District Coroner, held an inquest on Friday touching the death of two boys, aged about 12 years, named Thomas Edward…

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A Buggy Accident at Crookwell

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 March 1889 · page 3

CROOKWELL, Tuesday.—A buggy accident, which might have resulted seriously, occurred at Laggan on Sunday morning, the occupants being Mr. John…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 March 1889 · page 4

LAST Thursday afternoon a lad named King, stepson of Mr. Halloran, of Grafton-street, and employed at Mr. Pursehous's bespoke boot shop, while running accidentally collided with another…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 March 1889 · page 2

AN accident occurred at the new premises now being erected for the London Chartered Bank, at the intersection of Auburn and Montague streets, yesterday (Monday) afternoon, fortunately…

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Shocking Accident at Perth

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 March 1889 · page 3

Perth, Thursday.—A shocking accident has occurred on the Perth section of the Eastern railway. A man named Wood, whilst driving a dray over the Lord-street crossing, was run into…

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Shocking Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 March 1889 · page 4

A SHOCKING tram accident occurred in Sydney on Saturday afternoon, by which a man named Henry Alfred Currie, plasterer, residing at Waterloo, was killed when endeavouring to get…

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Fatal Accident to a Child

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 March 1889 · page 2

THIS morning a fatal accident befell a child named Hurry Saul. one year and seven months old, son of Mr. Saul, of North Goulburn. The father was replacing some old fencing with…

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The Recent Fatal Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 March 1889 · page 4

Yesterday afternoon the coroner (Mr. H. O' Brien) held an inquest at the Star Hotel touching the death of the child Harry Saul, who died on Thursday last by injuries received…

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Tram Car Accident. LONDON, March 21

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 March 1889 · page 3

A terrible accident occurred at Wigan, Lanceshire yesterday, when a steamcar overturned in rounding a curve. The car was crowded with passengers, of whom 20 were killed, a number of…

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The Collision off Dover. LONDON, March 23

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 March 1889 · page 4

The Dover bench of Magistrate have declined to commit Captain Bell, of the steamer Nereid, for trial for manslaughter in connection with the disastrous collision between the ship Killochan…

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Fatal Accident Near Mossvale

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 March 1889 · page 4

MOSSVALE, Saturday.—James Bender, 16 years of age, was riding home from the show hero on Thursday to Button Forest. The horse fell, throwing Bender on his head. He died on…

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Fatality near Marulan

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 March 1889 · page 2

THE police have received a telegram stating that a boy named Hildebrand, 13 years of age, living near Marulan, had been shot dead by an elder brother, aged 17. The message gives no…

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Accidental Death of a Melbourne Timber Merchant. LONDON, March 25

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 March 1889 · page 4

Mr. Andrew Kerr, for many years one of the leading timber merchants of Melbourne, who was on a visit to England, was killed at the Langham Hotel by accidentally falling down…

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Serious Accident to Mr. Frank Morris

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 March 1889 · page 2

THE town was considerably startled at about dinner-time to-day by a report which spread very quickly, that Mr. Frank Morris, the well-known sportsman, had met with a most serious…

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The Accident to Mr. F. Morris

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 3

THE friends of this gentleman will be glad to learn that he is progressing favourably. In addition to the injuries mentioned in the paragraph in Thursdays…

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Accidents

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 4

WHILE skating at the Elite Rink last night Mr. J. Sotheran fell and fractured his arm. Dr. McMaster attended.—Mr. F. Cooper was thrown out of his buggy yesterday and…

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Accident and Suicide

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 4

A resident of Moruya, named Phillip Henry Jeffery, on Friday accidentally shot his sister, causing her a serious scalp wound. Jeffery went for a doctor, and on…

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Collision in the Straits of Dover. LONDON, March 30

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 April 1889 · page 4

A collision took place in the Straits of Dover last night between the mailboat running between Ostend and Dover and a Belgian steamer. The mail packet was so badly damaged that the…

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The Recent Fatal Accident Near Marulan

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 April 1889 · page 2

A MAGISTERIAL inquiry was held at Marulan on Friday before Mr. Whittell, J.P., on the body of Seaver Hildebrand, aged 13 years, who was killed from a gun-shot wound, at the…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 April 1889 · page 2

A MAN named George Fuller Baker, an engine driver, fell down in a fit at the railway station yesterday and out and bruised his face in a very painful manner. He was admitted into…

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