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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1890

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The Late Fatal Accident at Quialigo

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 8 May 1890 · page 2

ON Tuesday last Mr. O'Brien, coroner, held an inquiry at the Wire Paddock lint at Quialige touching the death of the lad James McClelland, who, as reported in our last,…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 May 1890 · page 4

THE friends of Mrs. Quinn, of Cullarin, will regret to learn that an accident befell her on Tuesday evening. While stepping from one room to another at the Imperial Hotel, where…

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Fatal Accident at Quialigo

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 May 1890 · page 4

ON Tuesday last the Coroner (Mr. Harold O'Brien) held an inquiry at the Wire Paddock Hut, at Quialigo, touching the death of a lad named James McClelland, who was killed on…

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Two Men Killed and Two Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 May 1890 · page 2

AN accident, which resulted in the death of two young men, occurred on Monday afternoon at about half-past 4 o'clock at the Lands Office in Bent-street, Sydney. A box containing about…

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Railway Collision near Maitland. Sydney, Tuesday, 12.53 p.m

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 May 1890 · page 3

A RAILWAY collision occurred between the up and down trains at Farley, near Maitland, yesternight. A man named Mc Fadyen was killed, and eight others were injured. The…

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Accident to a Professional

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 May 1890 · page 2

WHILE at Braidwood Mr. C. Hugo, of the Buffalo Minstrels, slipped down some stairs and ruptured the ligaments of his ankle joint. On his visit to Goulburn he consulted Dr. Prangley,…

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The Late Fatal Accident near Nelligen

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 May 1890 · page 4

FURTHER particulars to hand from a correspondent relative to the late tragic death of Mr. Wright at Benandra, says the Braidwood Dispatch, show that the poor fellow met his…

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Street Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 May 1890 · page 3

A LIGHT village cart belonging to Mrs. Cullen of the Oddfellows' Arms came to grief this afternoon at the lamp post at the corner of Auburn and Clifford streets. The horse walked…

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Telegrams. [Through Greville’s Telegram Company.] Terrible Railway Accident. Sydney. Tuesday , 11 a.m

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 14 May 1890 · page 3

A terrible railway collision has taken place at Farley, near Maitland. The Brisbane mail train is smashed. One man is killed and eight others are injured…

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The Bathurst Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 May 1890 · page 3

THE departmental board of inquiry which was appointed, in accordance with the provisions of the Railways Act of 1888, to inquire into the recent fatal accident near Bathurst, has just…

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Railway Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 16 May 1890 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.- News reached Newcastle at 1.30 this morning that a fatal railway accident had happened near Maitland. At 1.45 a relief train was…

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Terrible Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 16 May 1890 · page 2

A FRIGHTFUL, accident happened on Monday afternoon at the new Lands Office extension, whereby two young men were killed and some other workmen injured…

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An Extraordinary Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 May 1890 · page 4

ALBURY, Friday.—A fatal accident is reported from Yarrawonga. A man was found face downwards in a mud puddle, and, on being raised, it was discovered that the man was to all…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 May 1890 · page 4

A YOUNG man named Nicholls, living with his parents at North Goulburn, near the railway gates, sustained an accident yesterday afternoon whilst engaging in a hurdle race with some…

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Terrible Accident at the Lands Office

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 17 May 1890 · page 4

AT about half-past 4 p.m. on Monday a frightful accident, happened at the new Lands Office extension, whereby two young men were killed and other workmen were…

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Terrible Railway Accident. West Maitland, Tuesday, 4 p.m

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 17 May 1890 · page 4

Further particulars concerning the fatal railway accident which occurred at Farley this morning show that the night was dark, and a very dense fog prevailed but it is not…

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Serious Accident to Sir Henry Parkes. Thrown Out of a Cab. Double Fracture of the Right Leg

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 20 May 1890 · page 2

ON Sunday afternoon Sir Henry Parkes met with a serious accident, which only by a miracle escaped being wores than it is in result. The premier, with Lady Parkes, left…

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The Accident to the Premier

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 May 1890 · page 2

SIR HENRY PARKES is making as good progress an can be expected under the circumstances which confine him to his bed. Naturally the fracture of his leg is causing great pain, and will…

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Street Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 May 1890 · page 2

A horse belonging to Mr. W. Mills with a cart attached bolted from the railway station on Saturday afternoon, and in front of the Commercial Hotel collided with a buggy in which…

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Accident to a Ferryboat. LONDON, May 17

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 May 1890 · page 4

A ferry boat capsized while crossing the River Oder, at Ratibor, in Silesia. The boat was laden with 42 children, who were proceeding to a confirmation service, and 36 of those on board were…

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