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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1890

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A Remarkable Story. Two Companions Visit Coogee. One Agrees to Be Drowned. a Claim Upon an Insurance Office

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 2 April 1890 · page 4

A cask of a most remarkable character has for a day or two being engaging the attention of the police, Step by step the detectives placed in charge of the matter…

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Extraordinary Fatal Accident

The Burrowa News · Friday 4 April 1890 · page 4

A FATAL accident of a very extraordinary character occurred in Adelaide-street, Brisbane, on Wednesday night. Dr. J. little, whose residence is situated on the…

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Terrible Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 4 April 1890 · page 2

THREE person were killed in an accident on the New Wallsend Coal Company's line. AT a short distance from the colliery, a party of working people…

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Fatality at Lake Bathurst. Three Men Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 April 1890 · page 2

ON Monday evening a report was circulated in town that three men had lost their lives at Lake Bathurst through a boating accident. Investigation proved that the news was unfortunately…

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Sad Fatality at Lake Bathurst. Three Young Men Drowned

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 10 April 1890 · page 3

A DEPLORABLE Calamity occurred at Lake Bathurst on Sunday night last, by which three young men while boating lost their lives. Two of them were residents of Goulburn,…

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Supposed Drowning of Two Men

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 April 1890 · page 5

RAYMOND TERRACE, Monday.—Two men named James Hogg and John Cheers left Limeburners' Creek Hotel at 3 o'clock on Saturday morning for Aliceton, about…

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Accidents

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 April 1890 · page 4

Two accidents to boys occurred on Easter Monday. A lad named Weather by fell down some rocks at Governor's Hill and severely out his face, stitches being required, while one of his…

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Three Men Drowned

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 11 April 1890 · page 2

ON Monday evening a report was circulated in Goulburn that three men had lost their lives at Lake Bathurst through a boating accident. Investigation proved…

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Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 11 April 1890 · page 3

ON Tuesday evening last a boy named James Withers, son of Mrs. Wilson of Laggan, met with a painful accident while loading his gun. It appears he was in…

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The Lake Bathurst Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 4

THE bodies of Richard Thompson and Daley, the two remaining victims of the boating fatality at Lake Bathurst, were recovered yesterday. An inquest was dispensed with, the inquiry in…

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The Sensation of Hanging and Drowning

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 2

In an article on The Days of the Dandies, in Blackwood's Magazine, some curious examples are given by the writer of a well-known…

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The Lake Bathurst Boating Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 April 1890 · page 4

MR. JOHN HORTON has kindly sent us particulars of the sad fatality at Lake Bathurst on Easter Sunday and of the search for the bodies of the missing men. The former were embodied…

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Wreck of the Barque Emilie.—The Captain and Seven Men Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 April 1890 · page 2

AUCKLAND, Monday.—It is now definitely ascertained that the barque wreaked near Stewart Island was the Emilie, timber laden, She was insured for £1350 in the New Zealand and Union…

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Gun Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 April 1890 · page 2

Last Saturday a party of boys, one of whom is the youngest son of Mr. Robards, produce dealer, went out shooting with a pea-gun, choosing the locality at the rear of St. Patrick's…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 April 1890 · page 2

On Saturday last a little boy named Edward Purschouse, son of Mr. W. Pursehouse, of Auburn-street, fell off a see-saw and fractured his arm. The case was attended by Dr. Mc…

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A Sad Accident at Krawarree

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 April 1890 · page 4

On Monday morning last Mr. John Watt, of Krawarree, met with an accident. It appears ho was riding a young horse in his yards, when the animal commenced bucking, and the ground…

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Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 18 April 1890 · page 2

JUST as we were going to press we heard that on Wednesday Mr. John Donnellan, photographer, was thrown out of his buggy near Tuena, and rendered…

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Curious Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 April 1890 · page 3

ON Thursday Mr. Wm. Johnson, of Woollahra, whilst visiting friends at North Goulburn, was indulging in a post prandial yawn, when he suddenly found that that innocent enjoyment was…

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Sad Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 April 1890 · page 2

A West Maitland telegram of Monday says:—"A little girl 5½ years of age, the only child of the Rev. Dr. Ellis, was accidentally drowned by falling into an underground tank at her parents'…

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The Floods. (From Monday’s “Echo.”)bourke. a Scarcity of Food Threatening. City Fathers Indeed. Fears of a Drowning. Another Break in the Railway. the Flood [?]is.'' Higher Than in 64. BOURKE

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 23 April 1890 · page 2

Between midnight of last night and noon to-day nothing of a startling nature occurred. Food is threatening to become scarce. The aldermen are going round the town in boats taking…

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