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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1890

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Fatal Mining Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 14 January 1890 · page 2

A FATAL mining accident occurred at the Golden Gate claim, Hillgrove, on Friday. Michael Grooney was sending up stuff in a bucket from the bottom of tho shaft,…

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A Peculiar Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 14 January 1890 · page 3

ABOUT three months ago, Joseph Eldridge son of Mr. John Eldridge of Binda, was playing about his father's residence, when he tripped and fell upon n stick, which…

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Terrible Mining Accident at Sandhurst

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 15 January 1890 · page 3

A THURIBLE accident occurred in the Lazarus Company’s mine, Sandhurst, New Chum line of reef, on Friday morning, which caused the almost instantaneous death of a foreman of a shift,…

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The Railway Accident in America. LONDON, Jan. 13

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 January 1890 · page 4

It is now ascertained that the official portion of the Australian mails supposed to have been burnt in the fire at Sydney, N.T., were rescued, and will be forwarded on to their destination…

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A Terrible Fatality

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 17 January 1890 · page 2

A TELEGRAM from Adelaide on Wednesday says:-- A shocking burning accident is reported from Port Lincoln, whereby two little children named King, aged two…

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Terrible Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 17 January 1890 · page 2

A peculiar accident, which resulted fatally, befol a Chinese hawker named Ah Got at Bourke on Monday last. Deceased had just arrived from Enngonia…

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Accident with a Machine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 January 1890 · page 4

THIS morning Mr. Middlehurst, of the Railway Department, met with a serious accident while working with a shaping machine. From some cause or other his right hand was caught and a…

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Workmen's Accident Fund in Belgium. LONDON, Jan. 17

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 January 1890 · page 4

The Belgian Government has instituted a fund to compensate workmen for injuries sustained while in the employ of the Government. The fund amounts to 2,000,000 francs…

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A Suicide and Fatal Accidents

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 January 1890 · page 4

BRISBANE, Sunday.—Wm. Allison, sawmill proprietor, of Sugarloaf, near Stanthorpe, an old identity, while out riding dashed into a projection tree and was killed. Louisa Peterson, of…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 January 1890 · page 2

THIS morning Master W. Mc Connell, who resides at the Argyle Inn, fell while climbing over a fence and fractured his collar-bone. He was conveyed to the Apothecaries' Hall, where…

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Terrible Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 January 1890 · page 4

About half-past 7 o'clock on Saturday morning a shocking accident happened on the railway line a few hundred yards from the Redfern railway station. About…

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Fatal Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 28 January 1890 · page 2

ON last Saturday morning the tunnel near the Redfern Railway Station was the scene of another fatal accident, when a man, whose name the police have…

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Drowned Whilst Bathing

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 January 1890 · page 2

HOBART, Wednesday.—A lad named Victor Stuttered, the son of an Ulverstone storekeeper, was drowned whilst bathing in the River Leven to-day. The body was recovered two hours…

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Drowning Fatality at Calabash

The Burrowa News · Friday 31 January 1890 · page 2

An inquest was held at Calabash on the 20th inst, on the body of a young man named Frederick John Goodsell, whose death by drowning had been reported…

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Drowning Fatality near Braidwood

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 4 February 1890 · page 2

Braidwood, Monday.—George Smithers, who was employed by Mr James O'Brien, of Mount Elrington station, was drowned this morning while crossing the Jambaicumbene Creek, on the…

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Accident to a Mail Coach

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 4 February 1890 · page 4

BEGA, Saturday.—News has just reached town that the coach from Bega last night, which met the Sydney mails at Lyttleton, has been capsized in Bembooka River. The accident…

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Cab Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 4 February 1890 · page 2

SOME little stir was created in Auburn-street this afternoon through a cab accident. It appears that the back band broke while the horse was coming down Church Hill. The shafts…

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Accident to the Express Goods

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 February 1890 · page 2

THE express goods train, better known as the paper train, was four hours late to-day through the engine failing on the other aide of Granville…

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Narrow Escape from Drowning

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 8

NOWRA, Wednesday,— Two more narrow escapes from drowning occurred the other day at Dangera Creek, near Yalwal, the spot where Linkenbagh nearly…

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Shocking Mining Accident to Two Men

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 3

SCONE, Thursday.—A shocking accident occurred at the Royal Standard Mine, Stewart's Brook, on Wednesday, whereby two men named Caslick and Gunning were seriously injured by…

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