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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1893

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Fatal Accident

Goulburn Herald · Monday 16 January 1893 · page 2

A FATAL se[?]ent happened at about e[?]tes a.m. yesterday to Mr. O[?]weld Beer, a young managed about twenty-two, of Lake Bathe[?]d. It appears fast the unfort[?]te…

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Monday 16 January 1893 · page 3

A PAINFUL accident happened on Friday afternoon on the Middle Arm road to Mr. William Grubb, a resident of Train-street, Goulburn. Grubb was driving, and had a restive horse in…

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Three men Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 January 1893 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Yesterday after noon between 4 and 5 o'clock, the yacht Ailsa unset in a squall about a mile and a half off Red Bluff, St. Kilda. The owners,…

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Fatal Railway Accident Through Drunkenness

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 17 January 1893 · page 4

A TERRIBLE accident happened as Saturday evening's train from Cooma came down the grading just above Woden. A fettler named Alfred Yeomans left Queanbeyan station on a…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 January 1893 · page 2

MR. WILLIAM GRUBB, of Train-street, was the victim of a painful accident which occurred on Friday afternoon. As he was driving along the Middle Arm Road, a short distance from town, the…

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Fatal Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 January 1893 · page 2

A YOUNG man named Oswald Boer, a resident of Lake Bathurst, died at the hospital yesterday afternoon from the effects of injuries received the previous day. He was riding across a paddock…

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Accidents

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 18 January 1893 · page 3

ON Monday forenoon Willie Green, eldest son of Mr. George Green, baker of this town, met with a somewhat serious accident. He was driving out of his father's yard with some [?]…

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The Late Fatal Accident at Lake Bathurst. (Communicated.)

Goulburn Herald · Friday 20 January 1893 · page 5

QUITE a gloom was cast over Lake Bathurst and the surrounding district when it became known that the accident lately recorded which befel Mr. Oswald Bear on Sunday last…

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Four Children Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 21 January 1893 · page 2

BRISBANE Friday.—A terrible affair is reported from Drillham. On Sunday last four of the children of C. F. Rochrig, a selector, were drowned when bathing in a deep…

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Two Brothers Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 January 1893 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Two brothers named Wm. and Herbert Coles, aged 16 and 9 years, went fishing in the river Campaspe on Friday. Not returning home their father went in search, but saw…

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A Shunting Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 January 1893 · page 2

THROUGH some mistake in the points two trucks containing wheat ran off the line at the Goulburn railway station on Monday evening, near the bridge at the south end. No damage was done beyond a…

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Shunting Accident

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 25 January 1893 · page 2

A SHUNTING accident took place in the railway yards on Monday evening, by which two trucks, laden with wheat, were thrown off the line and considerably damaged, while the…

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Sad Fatal Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 January 1893 · page 4

FORBES, Monday—Yesterday an unfortunate accident which proved fatal happened to a man named William Morris, a tailor by trade, who was galloping a horse round a…

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Terrible Fatality at Bodalla. Mrs. E. M. Mort and Miss Dight Drowned

Goulburn Herald · Monday 30 January 1893 · page 3

MR. N. C. C. PHILLIPS, Librarian of the Goulburn Mechanics' Institute, received a telegram on Saturday evening, conveying the sad news of a terrible fatality which…

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Accident at the Baths

Goulburn Herald · Monday 30 January 1893 · page 2

YESTERDAY afternoon a youth named George Craig, son of Mrs. Craig of Sloane-street, met with a painful accident at the Corporation Baths. Craig was attempting the foolish…

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Monday 30 January 1893 · page 3

A YOUNG man named Lacy fell down in a fit in Anburn-street near the funtain this morning about nine o'clock. His head came in contact with a stone or the kerbing…

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The Drowning Fatality near Bodalla

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 January 1893 · page 2

BODALLA, Monday.—The coroner for the district held to-day an inquiry respecting the drowning of Mrs. Edward Mort and Miss Dight. Evidence was given by Mrs. Laidley Mort and Miss Manning, but…

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Drowning Accidents

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 January 1893 · page 2

MUDGEE, Monday—James Little, the proprietor of the coach running between Mudgee and Gulgong, was drowned last night in Cloudy Bay, near Mudgee, while out fishing. It appears that he…

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Distressing Fatality Near Bodalla. Two Ladies Drowned While Bathing. Bodalla

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 January 1893 · page 4

A TERBIBLY sad accident, which has cast a deep gloom over the whale district, occurred here yesterday afternoon Whilst several ladies, members of the Mort family, and some friends, were bathing in…

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Two Children Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 January 1893 · page 4

YOUNG, Saturday.—Two children, named David Coleman and Agnes Beatrice Scott, aged respectively 7 and 5 years, were drowned in a tank on Mr. Scott's selection on Thursday afternoon. From…

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