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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1893

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Accident at the Baths

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

On Sunday afternoon a lad named George Craig, son of Mrs. Oraig, Stoane-street, met with an accident at the baths. He was about to dive from the gallery, when his foot clipped, and he fell on to…

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Shocking Accident While Bathing

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

MELBURNE, Monday.—Frank Seber, aged 23, while bathing some companions in a waterhole near Violet Town on Saturday afternoon came in contect with a slick, which entered his right side,…

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Fatal Gun Accidents

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

ORANGE, Friday.— Yesterday two young men named William Dower, 21, and Henry Warren, 17, son of Mr. Richard Warren, J.P., a well-known resident, went out shooting near Mullion Creek…

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The Bodalla Drowning Fatality

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1893 · page 2

THE corner for Bodalla district held an inquiry on Monday respecting the drowning of Mrs. E. M. Mort and Miss Dight. Evidence was given by Mrs. Laidley Mort and Miss…

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Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 1 February 1893 · page 2

A BOY named James Croak, aged 12 years, was yarding cattle, at Taralga on Tuesday last, when the pony he was riding throw him and dislocated his elbow. He…

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Accidents

The Yass Courier · Friday 3 February 1893 · page 2

DURING last week Master Chris. "Ward, son of Mr. J. J. Ward, auctioneer, had a very disagreeable accident; He was playing round about at home, and coming into violent…

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Accident to Miss Gillespie

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 February 1893 · page 5

MISS GILLESPIE, eldest daughter of Mr. C. Gillespie, met with an accident yesterday afternoon while driving, near the tannery, at Garroorigang. The horse got the reins under its tail. and holted,…

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Painful Accident

Goulburn Herald · Monday 6 February 1893 · page 2

MISS GILLESPIE, eldest daughter of Mr. C. Gillespie, met with a painful accident on Friday afternoon while driving. Miss Gillespie, in company with two other ladies,…

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Narrow Escapes from Drowning

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 February 1893 · page 2

ON Sunday last, while swimming in the Corporation Baths, James Laws, son of Mr. E. R. Laws, was overcome either by weakness or by cramp, and he was in a drowning condition when noticed…

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Fatality to a Family. Four Drowned-- a Daughter in a Tree for Three Days. a Rescuing Constable Loses His Life

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 7 February 1893 · page 2

Ipswich Sunday, 3 p.m.-- A sad drowning fatality, resulting in the loss of four children of Peter Jackson, a well-known engine driver on the south-western railway, occurred this…

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Terrible Floods in Queensland. Houses and Public Buildings Submerged. Four Children Drowned. Seven Miners Drowned. a Lunatic Asylum in Peril

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 February 1893 · page 4

TOOWOOMBA, Sunday.—We have been out off from Brisbane since Friday afternoon, and have had no news from there of any sort. The following telegrams received from Ipswich yesterday give all…

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Great Flood in Queensland. Bundamba, Ipswich, and Goodna Under Water. Churches and Other Buildings Submerged. People Fleeing to the Hills. Seven Men Drowned in a Submerged Mine. Four of a Family Drowned. the Highest Flood on Record

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 7 February 1893 · page 2

Toowoomba, Sunday, 1 p.m.-- Communication has been cut off from Brisbane since Friday afternoon, and no news is to hand from the capital of any sort. The following…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 February 1893 · page 4

MR. ANLEZARK while working in the vicinity of Marulan on Saturday, getting timber for some work on the show-ground, had the misfortune to sustain a serious injury to his foot. The implement he was…

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1893 · page 3

YESTERDAY a workman named George Jordan employed at the new wing now being erected at the Goulburn jail was descending by a [?]pe from the top of the building when the…

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Terrible Railway Accident

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1893 · page 3

ON Saturday afternoon on the railway line near Kelso, an employé named James Swan, while endeavouring to ascend an engine in motion, Blipped and fell under the…

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Accident to a former Goulburn Resident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 February 1893 · page 2

IT transpires that the James Swan who was so severely injured at Kelso on Saturday afternoon was a former Goulburn resident. Just as the engine of the train in which he was travelling was…

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Accident at the Gaol

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 February 1893 · page 4

GEORGE GORDON, a slater engaged at the new wing of the Goulburn Gaol, fell from the roof of the building on Tuesday afternoon and received a severe cut at the back of the head. He was…

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123 Fishermen Drowned. London, Feb. 10

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 February 1893 · page 2

The Norwegian fishing fleet at the Wooffotten Island has been destroyed in a terrifle storm. Great loss of life took place, 123 fishermen being drowned…

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Accident to a Railway Employe

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 February 1893 · page 2

THE Evening News gives the following account of an accident which befel Mr. Donald McDonald, who was engaged as platform porter at the Goulburn station about 12 years ago:—The Redfern…

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Painful Accident

Goulburn Herald · Monday 13 February 1893 · page 3

As Mr. H. Shepherd, stud groom for Mr. A. L. Faithfull at Springfield, was doing some work this morning in the stable, the well-known trotting stallion, Burlington, kicked…

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