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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1888

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Drowned in the Yarra

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1888 · page 2

THE body of a young man was found floating in the Yarra, near the Falls-bridge, on Ssturday, at 10 a.m. Documents found on the body led to the belief that the man was…

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Fatal Gun Accident

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 14 January 1888 · page 3

A MESSAGE from Blayney on Thursday that Ernest Marsh, a youth 16 years of age, living with his parents there, was getting, over a fence while out shooting…

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A Dreadful Railway Accident

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 21 January 1888 · page 4

LAST evening (says Wednesday's [?] us Mr H. O. Brown, 32 years of age, residing in [?]-street. Summer Hill, surv[?]r, was…

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Serious Accidents on the Stage. Brisbane

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 9 February 1888 · page 2

MR. J. KENNEDY, the comedian, met with a severe accident at Toowoomba on Saturday night, when playing in "The Shaughraun." The gun accidentally burst, shattering his…

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Another Fatal Accident. Drowned in the River

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 6 March 1888 · page 2

FOLLOWING close upon the melancholy occurence in Newtown on Saturday a fatal accident took place yesterday, the victim being Percy Lidgate, eight years of age, son…

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Child Drowned in a Well. Magisterial Inquiry

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 6 March 1888 · page 2

A MELANCHOLY accident happened in Fox-street, Newtown, on Saturday, by which the infant son of Mr. W. F. Stone lost his life. It appears that the little fellow was playing…

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Fatal Burning Accident

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 7 March 1888 · page 4

[?] deeply regret having to record accident at [?] which has resulted in the death of afine young woman, miss mary [?] aged…

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Two Children Drowned at Wagga

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 10 March 1888 · page 3

[?] accident occurred [?] Wagga Monday, the victim [?] Perry [?] night years of age, the son of Mr. John [?] He with some of her boys…

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The Fatal Accident at Home bush

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 4 April 1888 · page 3

Mr. W. T.[?] J. P. [?]inquiry on Saturday at the Horse and Jockey hotel,[?] the death of [?] 62 years of…

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Drowned in a Well

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 7 April 1888 · page 2

A HAD named August Leo [?] 7½ years of age. Was drowned on Wednesday afternoon in a well open his Promises Cambridge-st…

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Railway Accident at Wodonga

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 12 April 1888 · page 2

EARLY on Thursday morning a collision, which did some damage to rolling stock, but by which no one appears to have been seriously injured, occurred at Wodonga…

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Fatal Accident to Mr. Frost, of Orange. Death of His Daughter from Shook

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 2 June 1888 · page 2

A TERRIBLE accideut occurred to Mr. R. Frost, of Orange, near his own residence on Wednesday afternoon, which, unfortunately, proved fatal to that gentleman, and…

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A Collision at Como

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 20 June 1888 · page 3

A very serious casualty happened on Friday evening last (says the Echo) at the Como station of the Illawarra line. Owing however, to the fact that no one…

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Fatal Accident to a Bicyclist

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 27 June 1888 · page 2

At about 7 o'clock on Thursday morning a serious accident befell a young man named Alfred Warman, when riding a bicycle in Ridge-street, North Shore…

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Accident on the Western Line

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 30 June 1888 · page 3

Thursday's Echo reports that :-- An accident occurred at Lith[?]ow on the railway [?] between the Zig-Zag and [?]. Firemen More returning to…

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Two Fatal Buggy Accidents Near Albury. Albury

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 12 July 1888 · page 3

THIS morning Sarah Fullerton, a young woman, did from injuries received through falling from a buggy on Sunday. Deceased was driving some friends, and was seated on…

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Sad Fatality at Malvern. a Boy Suffocated and Two Others Beyond Recovery

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 26 July 1888 · page 2

A VERY sad occurrence at Malvern (near Melbourne) was reported yesterday as having happened during Monday night in a house in Moorhouse-street. The calamity occurred…

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Shocking Lift Accident. Brisbane, Thubsday

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 4 August 1888 · page 2

A SHOCKING accident happened to-day on the premises of Messrs. M'Donald, Peterson, and Fitzgerald, solicitors. A young man, named Robert Finley, a bookkeeper, was…

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Accidentally Chocked

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 8 August 1888 · page 2

A message from Melbourne on Sunday states that:--- Mr John [?] J.P., was accidentally [?] while at tea at [?] on Friday night. He arrived in…

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The Fatal Accident to Mr Charles Harper

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 11 August 1888 · page 4

THE [?] gives the following particulars of the death of Mr Harper. the manager of the Metropolitan Coal Company's colliery works, on the…

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