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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1888

73 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 4

Accidental Death

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1888 · page 4

At the inquest on the jockey Robertson, a verdict of accidental death was returned. Deceased was buried at Warerly, this afternoon, in the presence of a large…

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Painful Accident to a Princess

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1888 · page 4

Princess Stephanie, eldest daughter of King Leopold, met with a painful accident while having her hair dressed. Hie hair caught fire and the Princess was seriously…

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Fatal Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1888 · page 5

A waiter named Wickett fell over the balustrade of a staircase, on Saturday, and was killed…

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Railway Collision

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1888 · page 5

During a dense fog a railway collision occurred on the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway near Burnley. The guard of one of the trains was killed…

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Intercolonial. Melbourne, Monday. Fatal Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1888 · page 4

A FATAL coaching accident occurred on Saturday evening at Lorne, when Mr. C. Beal, J.P., and a large property owner, was killed, and several others injured…

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Shocking Shooting Accident at North Toolburra. (Saturday's Warwick Examiner.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 20 January 1888 · page 3

ONE of the most tragic, and one of the most calamitous events that has ever occurred in this district, or, may be, in Queensland, took place at North…

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Fatal Coach Accident Near Lorne

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 20 January 1888 · page 3

A FATAL accident occurred on Saturday evening at Lorne in Victoria. The coaches met the train at Birregurra and the road to Lorne…

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Fatal Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 January 1888 · page 5

This morning two labourers, in excavating a corner of George and Park streets, were completely buried by a fall of earth. They were extricated and taken to the…

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Accidents

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 January 1888 · page 5

644 accidents were treated in the Sydney Hospital during last week…

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Accident to Dunlop

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 January 1888 · page 2

Dunlop broke a blood vessel on Saturday, and probably will not appear on the turf again…

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Slight Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1888 · page 4

Through the points not being attended to at Parramatta yesterday, two American passenger cars were thrown off the line, bat no damage of any consequence…

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Fatal Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1888 · page 4

A little girl, named Elizabeth Catford, lO½ years of age, was run over by a tram in Parramatta-street this morning. The deceased was literally smashed to pieces;…

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Sad Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 February 1888 · page 8

A man named Thomas O'Connor was lowering himself over the cliff, near South Head for the purpose of fishing with his father, who had just before safely…

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Intercolonial. Melbourne, Monday. Serious Accidents

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 February 1888 · page 4

Two serious accidents occurred at the Williamstown rifle butts on Saturday. The marker, James Canter, was shot through the body and subsequently died,…

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Railway Collision

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 February 1888 · page 8

There was a serious railway collision this morning. The goods express, which left Sydney at 4.40 a.m., ran into a "pick up" goods train near Granville…

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Fatal Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 February 1888 · page 8

During the fire at Messrs. Frazer and Co.'s warehouse, two firemen named Dalton and Sheehan, not being able to see owing to the smoke, fell down the lift to…

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Ferry Boat Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1888 · page 8

Additional particulars respecting the terrible ferry boat accident at Valley's, California, show that fully 70 persons were on board when the boat was blown…

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Collision

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 March 1888 · page 4

The steamer Mermaid collided with a quarantine tender, off the quarantine station, on Saturday, and the mermaid, was beached, her passengers, to the number…

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Fatal Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 23 March 1888 · page 4

A fettler, named Michael Mailen, was run over by a tram at Darlinghurst this afternoon, and had his head nearly severed from his body…

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Terrible Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 23 March 1888 · page 4

A horrible accident happened on board, the steamer Maranoa to a man named Neilson, Who, while endeavouring to recover a spanner which he had dropped…

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