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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1892

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The Late Bicycle Accident

Goulburn Herald · Friday 22 April 1892 · page 4

WE are pleased to learn that Mr. John Bingham, who was so seriously injured recently by a bicycle accident, is now much better, and hopes are entertained…

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Fatal Accident near Mittagong Railway Station

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 4

MITTAGONG, Friday.—A shocking accident happened about 60 yards from the railway station to a young man named Richard Lipscomb at about a quarter to 11 o'clock this morning. He was…

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Fatal Result of a Bicycle Accident

Goulburn Herald · Monday 25 April 1892 · page 2

WE regret to record the death of Mr. John T. Bingham, who as previously reported was seriously injured, while mounting a bicycle. He was under treatment in the…

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Four Jockeys Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 April 1892 · page 4

FOUR jockeys wore admitted into St. Vincent's Hospital on Saturday, suffering from injuries received from full at the Australian Jockey Club's meeting on the Randwick R Racecourse during the…

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Latest Intelligence. Disastrous Collision. Sells' Circus. Sydney, Tuesday, 2.15 P.m

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 April 1892 · page 2

Two special trains engaged by Sells Brothers to transport their troupe of performers collided on the northern line nose Tenterfield about 4 o'clock this morning. The sleeping car was smashed and…

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Fatal Railway Collision

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 27 April 1892 · page 2

A SERIOUS railway accident occurred early on Tuesday morning near Tenterfield. Messrs. Sells Brothers' circus, after having performed at Tenterfield on Monday night, left by four…

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Shocking Fatality in Victoria

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 27 April 1892 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.- A shocking fatality occurred at Bat's Ridge, about four miles from Portland, yesterday evening. A settlor named Wm. Kempton had been…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Wednesday, 9 a.m. Frightful Railway Accident. Nine Persons Killed and a Number Injured

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 27 April 1892 · page 3

A FRIGHTFUL railway accident occurred early this morning near Tarana, on the Western line. Nine persons were killed and many were injured. Mr. Frederick Furner was a…

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Railway Accident Near Tenterfield. Sells' Circus Trains in Collision. One Man Killed and Four Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 April 1892 · page 4

ARMIDALE, Tuesday.—An accident, attended with fatal results, happened this morning at 3.30 to one of Sells Brothers' four special transport trains. The scene was an incline some distances north of…

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The Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 April 1892 · page 2

The following is a list of the injured:— Miss M'Donald, wound in the forehend. John Richards, a fettler, contusions on the forehead. H. Gilmore, three scalp wounds…

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Appalling Railway Disaster. Nine Persons Killed. Fourteen Others Injured. Lithgow

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 April 1892 · page 2

A TERRIBLE railway accident happened on the Western line at 2 o'clock this morning to the mail train which left Sydney for Bourke at 8 o'clock on Tuesday night. The scene of the catastrophe is in…

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The Accident to Sells' Circus Train

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 April 1892 · page 2

ARMIDALE, Wednesday.—The inquest concerning the death of Archlie Banks, who was killed at Sandy Flat, near Bolivia, yesterday, was held to-day at the Armidale Hospital. John Coleman, driver of the…

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Railway Accident Near Tenterfield. Sells' Circus Trains in Collision. One Man Killed and Four Injured

The Yass Courier · Friday 29 April 1892 · page 2

Armidale, Tuesday.-- An accident attended with fatal results happened this morning at 3.30 to one of the Sells Brothers' four special transport trains. The scene was an incline some distance north of…

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Terrible Railway Accident. Nine Persons Killed. Fifteen Others Injured. Result of a Broken Rail. Ghastly Sight

The Yass Courier · Friday 29 April 1892 · page 2

News comes to-hand of a terrible accident on the railway in the neighbourhood of Tarana. The station bearing that name is 120 miles from Sydney, on the Bathurst and Bourke line, and is…

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The Late Appalling Railway Disaster. Nine Persons Killed and Fourteen Injured

Goulburn Herald · Friday 29 April 1892 · page 4

IN addition to the particulars previously published of the terrible disaster which occurred on the Western line on Wednesday morning, we append the following:—…

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Terrible Railway Accident. Vine Persons Killed

The Burrowa News · Friday 29 April 1892 · page 2

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The Late Accident on the Northern Line. Verdict of Manslaughter Against Two Railway Officials

Goulburn Herald · Friday 29 April 1892 · page 4

AN inquest was held at Armidale on Wednesday touching the death of Archie Banks, a coloured man belonging to Sells circus, who was killed in the railway collision on Tuesday…

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The Rails at the Scene of the Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 April 1892 · page 3

With regard to the line on which the accident happened, we have [?]soertained that the rails are practically of the same standard as in use on the suburban lines prior to the Commissioners taking…

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One Man Killed and Four Others Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 May 1892 · page 4

CARCOAR, Tuesday.—At noon to-day a fatal accident happened at the Carcoar Cobalt Company's mine. Eight miners were working in No. 3 drive at a depth of 35ft. It appears that a quarter of an…

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Fatal Accident at Burrowa

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 3 May 1892 · page 2

A SHOCKING accident, which has had a fatal termination, occurred to Mr. Michael Farrell, of Burrowa, on Wednesday morning last. It would appeal that during the past few months…

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