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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1896

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Painful Accident

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 1 January 1896 · page 2

DAISY WILSON, a little girl of nine years, daughter of Mr. Wilson of Cole-street, met with a very painful accident on Monday evening through slipping on a piece of tin…

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Shocking Shooting Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 January 1896 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A fatal shooting accident occurred at Beech Forest yesterday morning. A Mr. Fulton was staying in the Forest, at the residence of Mrs. Powney. Noticing a satin bird in…

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The Aber[?]romsie Street Shooting Affray. the Injured Woman's Statement

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 January 1896 · page 2

Detective Keatinge in inquiring into the circumstances attending the shooting of Lilly Turner, in Abereromibe-street, on Friday night, but no decision as to…

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Friday 3 January 1896 · page 2

THE other day Henry Wicks, aged twenty, had the muscles of his right thigh severely strained while playing cricket at Towrang, and had to be carried to the Towrang railway…

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A Sad Fatality at Castle Hill

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 January 1896 · page 4

Mr. J. E. Bowden, the Parramatta District Coroner, held an inquest at Castle Hill on Wednesday into the circumstances connected with the death of a child named Daisy Henrietta Hanuam,…

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fatal Burning Accident

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 4 January 1896 · page 2

Os Friday last, says the Temora Independent, the sad intelligence Reached town that Mrs. Emma Hall, wife of Mr. Hall, who resides at ’Possum power, had been most severely burned at about 4…

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Accident at Cricket

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 January 1896 · page 4

A YOUNG man named Henry Wicks met with an accident a few days ago whilst playing cricket at Towrang which rendered him helpless. He was carried to the Towrang station and sent on to…

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Burning Fatality

Goulburn Herald · Monday 6 January 1896 · page 3

Anderson, the shopman who was severely burnt on the 21st ultimo through the curtains catching slight while reading in bed, died in the hospital yesterday…

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A Shocking Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 January 1896 · page 2

ORANGE, Monday.—Mr. Thomas Hamer, master butcher, was killed to-day. He was at the slaughter yards, and while on horseback yarding cattle a bullock rushed at his horse, which fell. Mr. Hamer…

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Two Brothers Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 January 1896 · page 2

HAY, Monday.—On Sunday afternoon a sad drowning fatality occurred on the Murrumbidgee River. Two brothers named George Bignell (17 years of age) and Arthur Bignell (19 years of age)…

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The Fatality at the Australian Bond

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 January 1896 · page 2

THE inquest upon the body of Joseph Byrne, one of the two men who died in Sydney Hospital from the effects of injuries received by an accident at the Australian Bond on Friday, was continued on…

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Bathing Accident to a Clergyman

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 January 1896 · page 2

NARRANDERA, Wednesday.—The Rev. Henry E. Andrews, Wesleyan minister, whilst bathing in the river to-day, went out of his depth. He was brought to the bank unconscious by some…

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Tram Accident

Goulburn Herald · Friday 10 January 1896 · page 5

A lady was seriously injured yesterday by falling off a cable tram. She has since been identified as Mrs. Shearston, mother of the Reverend Shearston of the Sailors' Home…

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Accidents

Goulburn Herald · Friday 10 January 1896 · page 2

YESTERDAY morning as Mr. S. Meyer was riding along Auburn-street, his horse became restive and reared over, falling on his rider. Mr. Meyer was carried into the White Horse…

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A Parson Nearly Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 January 1896 · page 2

NARRANDERA, Thursday.—The Rev. Andrews, Wesleyan minister, had a narrow escape from drowning yesterday afternoon. He went into the Murrumbidgee to bathe, in the company of Mr. J…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 January 1896 · page 4

MR. JOHN CHISHOIM, father of Mr. Harry Chisholm, of Wollogorang, met with an accident on Thursday at Kippilaw. Mr. Chisholm, who is advanced in years, slipped on the floor and had the…

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Accident to Megson and Lewis

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 January 1896 · page 3

ON Thursday afternoon a rather serious accident occurred to Megson and Lewis on the Agricultural Ground whilst training. There were a good many persons on the track at the time, and Matterson and…

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A Sensational Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 January 1896 · page 3

ALBURY, Friday.—About 10 o'clock last night a storm of cyclonic fury swept over this district, doing considerable damage to property. The wind raged for some time with irresistible violence, and during…

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Strange Accident to a Guard

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 January 1896 · page 2

ON the arrival of the goods train at Bathurst on Friday morning the guard, Frederick Ainsworth, was missed from his van. It appears that, seeing the door of a compartment swinging open, he walked…

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Case of Drowning

Goulburn Herald · Monday 13 January 1896 · page 2

ON Saturday afternoon last Edith Leigh aged eleven, daughter of Mr. W. C. B. Leigh of 91 Phillip-street, Waterloo, was accidentally drowned in the Wollondilly at Kenmore…

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