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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1897

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Heavy Rains in Adelaide. the Suburbs Flooded. Two Persons Drowned. Adelaide

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1897 · page 4

AFTER a long spell of h, at, very heavy rains fell this afternoon. Some suburbs, such as Goodwood, Milcham, Kent town, and Marryatville are inundated. In many cases furniture…

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Bicycle Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 February 1897 · page 2

A LITTLE boy named Ernest Jordan, whoso mother resides in Montague-street, Church Hill, met with on accident yesterday. He was mounting a bicycle, when he lost his balance and fell on his elbow…

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A Sensational Lift Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 February 1897 · page 2

ABOUT half-past 9 on Friday night an accident occurred in connection with the lift at the Hotel Arcadia, Pitt-street. It appears that the night porter at the establishment had ascended to…

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Fatal Accident at Cootamundra

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 February 1897 · page 4

COOTAMUNDRA, Thursday.—This morning an accident occurred hero on the railway station, proving fatal. James Howlett, night officer, met the morning express at 4 o'clock, and jumped on to the…

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Sad Fatality at Waverley

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 February 1897 · page 4

EARLY on Sunday morning a fire broke out in a large stable at the rear of the Oxford Hotel, Carrington-road, Waverley, resulting in a single young man named George Edward Eagleton, aged 19…

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Accident to Lord Brassey

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 February 1897 · page 2

WHILST riding in Albert Park on Monday evening Lord Brassey's horse stumbled, and his Excellency was thrown, breaking his collar-bone and receiving cuts about the bead and face…

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Serious Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 February 1897 · page 2

BURRAGA, Monday.—Whilst returning from the funeral of Mr. Thomas Graham, jun., to-day a serious accident occurred. A horse bolted with a waggonette and collided with two buggies, the…

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A Yass Resident Killed. Accident Near Temora

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 23 February 1897 · page 2

Temora, Thursday.--An accident, which resulted fatally, occurred on Monday to a well-known carrier named Geo. Hillier," near Morangarell, about thirty-two miles from her…

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Drowned While Bathing

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 March 1897 · page 4

COOMA, Monday.—A sad fatality occurred on Saturday afternoon at Bredbo, the victim being Richard Bowerman, a lad of 15. The boy, in company with his elder brother, was engaged in…

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Serious Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 March 1897 · page 2

AN extraordinary accident happened to Miss Brown, eldest daughter of Mr. H. Brown, tailor, Auburn-street, on Tuesday evening, and she is now lying in a critical condition. While cutting a piece…

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Friday 5 March 1897 · page 2

MISS BROWN, eldest daughter of Mr. H. Brown, tailor, recently met with a serious accident through the handle of an axe she was using breaking and the heavy end…

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Fatal Accident to a Woman

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 4

THE Sydney coroner on Thursday hold an inquiry in regard to the death of an elderly woman named Mary Clarke, who resided at 110 Wilson-street, Redfern, and who on the 22nd ultimo fell…

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Local & General News. Accidents

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 9 March 1897 · page 2

ON Monday last a lad named Morphy was adzing a piece of wood, when he missed the wood, the adze striking his left ankle and severing the sinews of his heel. The lad was…

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Accident

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 10 March 1897 · page 2

MR. JOHN CHILDS, contractor for the bridge over Gundary Creek, had the misfortune to fall from the bridge and break his thigh on Monday. He has some Knowledge of attending…

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Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 March 1897 · page 4

MR. JOIN CHILDS, contractor for the erection of the bridge at Gundary, broke his thigh on Monday last through falling off the bridge. Having some knowledge of such injuries he bandaged the leg as…

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Shooting Accident

Goulburn Herald · Monday 15 March 1897 · page 2

ON Saturday an eight-year-old son of Mr. John Rowe of Bangalore obtained possession of a small revolver and was playing with it. not knowing that it was loaded. He…

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Strange Accident at Sea

Goulburn Herald · Monday 15 March 1897 · page 3

ALBANY, Wednesday.—The steamer McGregor left Albany last Saturday afternoon for Esperance with a number of passengers on board including Bishop Riley. At three…

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Accident at a Shooting Gallery. a Boy Seriously Injured

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 16 March 1897 · page 2

Penrith, Saturday.--At the Nepean district show yesterday a boy named Alexander Piercy was accidentally shot with a pea rifle. He war standing near the target of the shooting…

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Serious Accident

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 16 March 1897 · page 2

We are sorry to report that Mr. Maguire, teacher at Blakeney Creek school, met with a serious and painful accident on Wednesday evening last. After school had been dismissed…

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Accident on the Railway

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 17 March 1897 · page 2

YESTERDAY afternoon a hawker named James Smith, aged thirty-one, when crossing the railway bridge midway between Marulan and Wingello was met by a goods train coming…

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