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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1889

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Accident at Marulan

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

ON Saturday evening Mr. D. Carrie, of Marulan, met with an accident, being thrown out of his buggy. His face was severely lacerated, and he was considerably bruised and…

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The Collision between the Glencoe and the Large Bay. LONDON, April 2

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 April 1889 · page 4

The Hon. Sir Charles Parker Butt, Judge of the Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice, has ruled that the steamer Glencoe was to blame for the collision with the ship Large…

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Accidents

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

LAST night Mrs. Horn, of Horn's Cottages, while walking from one room to another, missed her footing on the step and fell, her head striking the floor. She was rendered unconscious, and…

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Accident at Collector

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 April 1889 · page 3

A DAY or two ago, a respected resident of Collector, Mrs. McAuley, met with an accident at her own home, slipping and injuring her hip. It was at first thought…

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Fatal Mining Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 April 1889 · page 4

GUNDAGAI, Saturday.—The police received information this morning that a miner named Thomas Jenkins met his death yesterday from foul air at Jillengro, 20 miles from Gundagai…

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Accident to the Minister for Lands

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 April 1889 · page 2

THE numerous friends of the Minister for Lands will regret to hear that the hon. gentleman has met with an accident which, although not so serious as to incapacitate him from his…

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Fatal Accident to a Railway Guard

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 April 1889 · page 3

PICTON, Thursday.—A sad accident occurred at the railway viaduct to-day. An assistant-guard named Foreman, on the return express goods, fell off the breakvan…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 16 April 1889 · page 2

A DEPLORABLE railway accident, attended with the loss of two lives, and entailing considerable damage to the rolling-stock and the permanent way, occurred near Junee on Sunday morning. The mixed mail…

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Terrible Railway Accident at Junee. a Mob of Cattle Run Into. the Train Thrown Down an Embankment the Engine-driver and Fireman Killed

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 16 April 1889 · page 2

A SERIOUS railway accident, attended with the loss of two lives, and entailing considerable damage to the rolling-stock and the permanent way occurred near Junee on Sunday morning. A…

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The Junee Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 April 1889 · page 2

MR. Fehon, the only member of the Board of Railway Commissioners in Sydney on Monday, had under consideration the serious accident which occurred on the Southern Railway Line…

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Terrible Railway Accident at Junee

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 April 1889 · page 4

A SERIOUS railway accident, attended with the loss of two lives, and entailing considerable damage to the rolling stock and the permanent way, occurred near Junee on Sunday morning…

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Serious Railway Accident. Driver and Fireman Killed, Sydney, Monday

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 17 April 1889 · page 3

A SERIOUS railway accident, resulting in the loss, of two lives and great damage to rolling stock, occurred near Junee on Saturday morning. The mail train left Junee at a quarter-past 10 o’clock…

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Accident to the Southern Mail

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 April 1889 · page 2

THE southern mail which is timed to arrive at Redfern at 6 a.m. was three hours and three minutes late on Wednesday morning. The cause of the delay was the snapping of a bolt in…

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The Junee Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 April 1889 · page 2

JUNEE, Wednesday.—A departmental investigation is being held by District-superintendent Roberts, District-engineer Melrose, and Loco-motive-inspector Close into the circumstances of…

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The Junee Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 April 1889 · page 4

THE jury in the inquest on the bodies of the two men, Oates and Ferguson, killed in the Junee railway accident, brought in the following verdict:—"We find that the said Driver G. M…

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Railway Accident at Junee. the Driver and Fireman Killed

The Burrowa News · Friday 19 April 1889 · page 2

A railway accident, unfortunately attended with low of life, occurred two miles south of Junee Junction at a quarter-past 10 on Sunday morning. From…

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The Railway Accident Near Junee

The Yass Courier · Friday 19 April 1889 · page 2

A TELEGRAM from Junee to the S. M. Herald dated Tuesday, says: -- The adjourned inquest o the bodies of George Oates and A exande Ferguson, who were killed by the railway acciden…

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Two Ladies Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 April 1889 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Thursday.— Numerous cases of narrow escapes from drowning are reported. At Two Wells, 24 miles north of Adelaide, ,Mr. and Miss Dawkens were drowned. Mrs. Dawkens…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 April 1889 · page 2

A LITTLE girl named Jones, about two years old, daughter of Mr. Thomas Jones, of Sloane-street, South Goulburn, met with an accident on Tuesday morning. She was standing on a…

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Extraordinary Accident to the Melbourne Express

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 April 1889 · page 6

ALBURY, Wednesday.—An awkward accident, ca[?]sing much alarm to the passengers, happened to the express train from Melbourne last night. The train…

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