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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1892

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Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 2 March 1892 · page 2

YESTERDAY week. Mr. Michael McCormack, son of Mr. Thos. McCormack of Laggan, met with an accident whilst training a horse over some jumps. The…

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Serious Accident at the Bathurst Masonic Hall

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 March 1892 · page 2

BATHURST, Tuesday.—A dangerous accident occurred at the Masonic Hall last night during a rehearsal in connection with tile forthcoming production of the " Pirates of Ponzance." By a…

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Fatality on the Railway

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 9 March 1892 · page 2

THE driver of tho express train, shortly after leaving Towrang on Saturday, saw a man some short distance ahead, who throw up his arms and rushed in front of…

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Serious Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 9 March 1892 · page 2

MASTER MICHAEL PURCELL, aged 13 years, son of Mr. L. Purooll of Lost River, Wheee, had the misfortune to be thrown from his horse on Wednesday…

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 4

An accident of a serious nature occurred to Mr. Duncan Mc Guinness, blacksmith, who is employed at the railway workshops. The accident happened through a piece of a tool…

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Painful Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 March 1892 · page 4

Mr. Duncan McInnes, blacksmith, employed at the railway workshops, met with a painful accident this week. A small fragment of metal broke off a tool with which he was working and struck him in…

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Monday 14 March 1892 · page 3

YESTERDAY afternoon William Nesbitt, a railway employé, was thrown from a horse and had one of his arms broken. He was attended by Dr. Mc Master, who reduced the…

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Accidents

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 March 1892 · page 4

A YOUNG man named William Nesbitt, a fireman on the railway, met with an accident while out riding on Sunday afternoon. His horse took fright and started bucking, throwing the rider, whose…

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Shunting Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 March 1892 · page 3

ONE of the engines used in the Goulburn Railway Station shunting yards ran off the line on Thursday evening, and embedded in the embankment. No one was hurt…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 March 1892 · page 4

A BOY named Willoughby, living in the country, was brought to Dr. Hollis's surgery this morning suffering from a fractured leg. The lad, who is between eight and nine years of age, was chasing…

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Shocking Accident to a Bride

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 March 1892 · page 2

AUCKLAND, Wednesday.—A fatal accident occurred last night to Mary Gerard, a young woman, who was married in Auckland in the morning and left with her husband for his home in the country…

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Monday 28 March 1892 · page 2

YESTERDAY afternoon n man named Charles Walters was thrown from his horse in Clinton-street, and falling on his head suffered concussion of the brain. Constable…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 March 1892 · page 2

A MAN named Charles Walters was thrown from his horse in Clinton-street on Sunday afternoon, alighting on his head, which induced concussion of the brain. Hr. A. de Lisle Hammond happening…

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Found Drowned

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 30 March 1892 · page 2

ON Sunday last a man named George Heyward, about eighty-four years of age, was found drowned in the Gundaroo river. An inquest was held at Sutton on Monday; no…

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Shocking Accident to a Bride

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 30 March 1892 · page 2

AUCKLAND, Wednesday.--A fatal accident occurred lust night to Mary Gerard, a young woman, who was married in Auckland in the morning and left with her…

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Accidents

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 March 1892 · page 2

A SERIOUS buggy accident occurred between Bowral and Mittagong on Tuesday night. Mr. J. Jones, an agent for the Mutual Life Insurance, and Mr. George Dawson, a storekeeper of Mitttagong,…

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Serious Buggy Accident

Goulburn Herald · Friday 1 April 1892 · page 4

A SERIOUS accident happened on Tuesday afternoon between Mittagong nod Bowral to Mr. John Jones, an agent for the Mutual Life Association of Autralaeia. Mr. Jones drove…

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Football Accident

Goulburn Herald · Monday 4 April 1892 · page 3

MR. EDWARD PRYKE while playing in a scratch football match at the Deanery, on Saturday, unfortunately twisted his ankle while running and fractured one of the small bones; Pryke…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Monday, 2.30 p.m. Serious Training Accident

Goulburn Herald · Monday 4 April 1892 · page 3

A SERIOUS accident occurred this morning at the agricultural society's ground. Two racehorses, Miss Levy and Fleetwood, were training in opposite directions, when they…

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A Chapter of Drowning Fatalities

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 April 1892 · page 4

HILLGROVE, Sunday.—A shocking drowning fatality occurred in Baker's Creek this morning. William Oakes was driving a baggy and pair, having with him Mrs. Passtoors and a girl 7 years old. He got…

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