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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1890

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Collision in the Harbour

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

ON Saturday afternoon a collision occurred in the harbour, between Bradley's Head and Garden Island. The schooner Colonist was beating up on the port tack, when the Adelaide,…

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Collision in Sydney Harbour

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 4 March 1890 · page 2

Following the above disaster came the report of a collision in Sydney Harbour, between the schooner Colonist (owned by Mr. Phillips of Bathurst-street) and the steamer Adelaide of the Adelaide Steamship…

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Drowned in a Gutter

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

A sad accident, whereby a little girl named Mary Ellen Arthur lost her life, occurred in George-street, Redfern, on Monday afternoon. The girl, who is about 9 years of age and…

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Fearful Railway Accident in Victoria. Seven Men Killed—nine Injured. Melbourne

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

ABOUT 7 o'clock last evening an engine, driving before it a truck belonging to Neil M'Neil, contractor on the Penshurst and Koroit line of railway, came into collision with a bullock train…

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Terrible Wreck. One Hundred and Sixty Six Drowned

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

THE British-India Company's R.M.S. Quetta, Captain Saunders, which left Brisbane on the 18th ultimo for London, via Queensland ports, struck on no unknown rock near Mount…

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Fatal Accident at Laggan

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

Young Wm. Lawler, a blacksmith at Golspie, was killed by being thrown from his horse whilst returning from church at Laggan. He was in company with others and rode away from them…

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Sad Accident to a Child

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

QUEANBEYAN, Monday.—Charles M'Mahon, a child 6 years old, was instantaneously killed at Bulga Creek, Yarralumla, on Saturday, by a shot from a gun discharged by his cousin,…

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Fatal Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 4 March 1890 · page 2

AN accident which terminated fatally occurred on Sunday last near Laggan to a young man named William Joseph Lawler, blacksmith of Golspie. It…

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Fearful Railway Accident in Victoria. Melboune

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 4 March 1890 · page 2

About 7 o'clock last evening, an engine driving before it a truck belonging to Neil M Neil, contractor on the Penhurst and [?] line of railway, came into collision with a bullock…

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Fatal Railway Accident. SYDNEY

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 5 March 1890 · page 3

A railway accident occurred in Victoria yesterday, when 7 navvies were killed and 9 injured. [The above telegrams were, immediately after…

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Terrible Railway Accident Near Penshurst, Victoria

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 5 March 1890 · page 3

AT about 7 o’clock last Saturday evening an engine that was driving before it a truck belonging to Mr. Neil M‘Nail, the contractor for the Penshurst and Koroit (Victorian) line of railway, came into…

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Railway Accident in Carlisle. LONDON, March 4

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

A railway accident has taken place at Carlisle, the chief town of the county of Cumberland, in the north of England. The brake of an express train failed to work on being applied as it…

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Railway Accident

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

A RAILWAY accident occurred on Wednesday afternoon at a place known as Quakers' Hill, situated about 2 miles from Blacktown and 23½ miles from Sydney. The engine of a passenger…

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Terrible Mining Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 March 1890 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A terrible mining accident occurred at Lensborough, near Stawell, yesterday. Three men engaged in sinking a shaft for the Wimmera Gold-mining Company…

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A Sad Fatality

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 7 March 1890 · page 2

A TELEGRAM from Deniliquin on Monday states that a tremendous fire has been raging on Tuppal Station, owned by Thomas Brown. About 50,000 acres of…

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Foundering of the Steamer Quetta. Sank in Three Minutes. One Hundred and Sixty-six Drowned

The Burrowa News · Friday 7 March 1890 · page 3

Great consternation prevailed on Saturday evening on the receipt of a telegram from Brisbane announcing that a terrible marine disaster had occurred off the coast…

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Railway Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 7 March 1890 · page 2

ANOTHER railway accident, attended with considerable loss of life, occurred in Victoria on Saturday evening. It appears that at about 7 o'clock an engine…

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The Late Fatal Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 7 March 1890 · page 2

ON Monday afternoon the coroner, Mr. S. L. Cox, held an inquest at O'Brien's Hotel, Laggan, on the body of the young man, William Joseph Lawler…

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Sad Shooting Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 7 March 1890 · page 2

CHARLES MCMAHON, a child six years old, was instantaneously killed at Bulga Creek, Yarralumla, on Saturday, by a shot from a gun discharged by his cousin…

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The Late Fatal Accident at Laggan

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 8 March 1890 · page 4

On Monday afternoon the coroner, Mr. S. L. Cox, held an inquest at O'Brien's Hotel, Laggan, on the body of the young man, William Joseph Lawler, who died the previous night from…

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