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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1894

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Telegrams. Fatal Driving Accident. Death of Mr. G. B. Rowley. Sydney, Monday, 6.30 p.m

Goulburn Herald · Monday 1 January 1894 · page 3

MR. G. B. ROWLEY, the Secretary of the Rosehill Racing Club, was yesterday driving with a party of friends from Sydney to his residence at Parramatta, when the horse got…

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Fatal Accident at Mittagong. a Boy Killed

Goulburn Herald · Monday 1 January 1894 · page 2

A FATAL accident of a strange nature occurred on Boxing Day to a day named James Carrie, aged eleven, who died at Wangenderry from the rebound of an overloaded gun, loaded by…

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The Accident at Glenrock. Powell's Condition Serious

Goulburn Herald · Monday 1 January 1894 · page 3

THE young man, Bertie Powell, who was injured at Glenrock on Boxing Day be falling over the cliffs, was on Saturday reported to be in a critical condition from severe internal…

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A Series of Accidents. Broken Arms and Broken Legs

Goulburn Herald · Monday 1 January 1894 · page 3

THE Braidwood Dispatch tells us that recently "Mr. Edward Baumgardner, of Long Flat, Major's Creek, met with a nasty accident. He was riding over the bridge, one of the…

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Drowning and Suffocation

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 January 1894 · page 1

THE treatment of drowning and suffocation from gas, &c., is the same. First, restore breathing; second, promote warmth and circulation. At once place the patient on his back in a lying…

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Drowned while Bathing

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 January 1894 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Monday.—John Mackay, of Marryatville, aged 17, was drowned in a waterhole to-day while bathing in the vicinity of Waterfall Gully with two companions. He…

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Buggy Accident.—Narrow Escape

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 January 1894 · page 2

MR. W. CAMPBELL and a party of ladies he was driving in a buggy had a narrow escape on Monday from receiving serious Injuries Coming down the hill in Kinghorne-street, near Mr. J. J. Roberta's,…

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The Glenrock Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 January 1894 · page 2

IT has been reported in the city recently that the lad Powell, injured at Glenrock on Boxing Day, was in a very serious condition. We are glad to be able to say, however, that inquiry shows that the…

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Accidentally Killed by a Friend

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 January 1894 · page 2

BINGARA, Monday.—A melancholy accident occurred on Saturday near Keera station, when a young man named Henry Rose, 20 years of age, son of a respected local…

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The Melbourne Drowning Cases. Satchell's Body Recovered. Melbourne, Wednesday, 6.15 p.m

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 3

THE body of W. Satchell, the young man who was drowned last night in endeavouring to save the girl McLellan, who also was drowned, has been recovered…

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Buggy Accident

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 3

ON Monday last Mr. W. Campbell took a party of ladies—Mrs. Pope, the Misses Donohoe, and the Misses Jerger—for a drive in a buggy. On the way home they had a narrow…

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A Nasty Accident

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 2

AN accident happened yesterday morning to a boy named Mc Naught, son of Mr. James Mc Naught, plumber, of Bourke-street. The boy, with another, was playing with one of…

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Extraordinary Gun Accident. Killed by a Rebound

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 2

On Boxing Day an 11 year old boy named James Carric was killed at Wauge[?]lerry by the rebound of an overloaded gun loaded by himself. At [?] coroner’s inquest held yesterday, the evidence…

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Extraordinary Double Drowning Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 January 1894 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—An extraordinary double drowning fatality occurred to-night at about half-past 10 o'clock at Albert Park. A band was playing on the Esplanade, and it…

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Drowning and Suffocation

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 January 1894 · page 1

THE treatment of drowning and suffocation from gas, &c., is the same. First, restore breathing; second, promote warmth and circulation. At once place the patient on his back in a lying…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 January 1894 · page 2

A LAD named M'Naught, son of Mr. James M'Naught, plumber, of Bourke-street, experienced a painful accident on Tuesday, his right hand being caught in the cogwheels of an iron-rolling machine…

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Extraordinary Double Drowning Fatality

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 January 1894 · page 2

AN extraordinary double drowning fatality occurred on Tuesday night about half-past 10 o'clock at Albert Hark, Melbourne. A band was playing on the Esplanade, and…

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Found Drowned in a Tank. the Body Identified. Sydney, Friday, 6.30 p.m

Goulburn Herald · Friday 5 January 1894 · page 5

THE body of a man found drowned in a tank at Waterloo on Wednesday last has been identified as that of James Taylor, a brass-finisher…

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Accident. Slight Injury

Goulburn Herald · Friday 5 January 1894 · page 5

MR. A. McANDREW, plasterer, of Mundy-street, met with a painful accident on Wednesday afternoon. He was engaged in effecting some improvements to his residence…

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Dreadful Burning Accident. Bodies Reduced to Cinders

The Yass Courier · Friday 5 January 1894 · page 2

Broken Hill, Tuesday.--A shocking fatality occurred last night through a fire in Crystal-street, two children being literally burnt to cinders. The monitors of the local fire brigade were attending a…

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