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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1888

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A Sad Accident. Captain of the English Footballers Drowned

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 18 August 1888 · page 2

A terrible accident, resulting in the death by drowning of the captain of the British football team, took place on Wednesday afternoon in the Hunter River at Maitland, It appears…

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A Dreadful Accident

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 22 August 1888 · page 4

A dreadful accident happened at Bourke on Wednesday last. A children's picnic was being held, and the day was set apart as a public holiday. At 9 o'clock…

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Singular Accident on a Locomotive Engine

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 25 August 1888 · page 4

A terrible and uncommon accident happened on Tuesday night (says the Melbourne Argus) in the railway station yard, Williamstown. The goods pilot…

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The Late Fatal Accident

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 4 September 1888 · page 2

THE following report of the accident last Wednesday is from the Brisbane Courier of Thursday :— "A fatal carriage accident occurred at about…

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Fatal Accident near Dubbo

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 22 September 1888 · page 2

A FATAL accident occurred on Monday afternoon at when a carrier[?] Willandra Creek near Dubbe was killed…

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Strange Case of Drowning

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 26 September 1888 · page 3

A peculiar case of drowning occurred on Friday afternoon, the victim being a a man named Samuel Meri's, a resident of Collingwood, in the Kororoit Creek,…

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Brave Boy Drowned at Lambton

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 29 September 1888 · page 2

A SA[?] drowning fatality happened on Saturday morning (says the [?] evening full), whereby a line little fellow, son of Aidenman Joseph Palmer,…

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A Singular Accident

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 29 September 1888 · page 4

AN accident which it is feared will terminate totally, occured to a farmer [?] M'Veigh, [?] at Spring Creek, near Alexandria(Victoria). While…

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Dragged into the Yarra and Drowned

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 13 October 1888 · page 4

AN extraordinary case of drowning occured at CollingWood, near the Aboustsford Convent, about 6 o'clock k on Monday evening. Senior-constable Murphy the…

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The Recent Fatality at a Boxing Match. Lilydale

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 13 October 1888 · page 3

A MAGISTERIAL inquiry was held to-day into the cause of the death of John Dallas, saddler, who expired suddenly on Tuesday evening whilst engaged in a boxing match at…

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Terrible Railway Accident

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 17 October 1888 · page 2

News has been received from America of a frightful railway catastrephe. A Roman Catholie excursion was being held in Pennsylvania, the excursionists being…

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Supposed Case of Drowning

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 20 October 1888 · page 4

A DISCOVERT which points to a case of loss of life by drowning was made at Albury on Tuesday night in the river Murray, close to the towns by some men…

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The Supposed Case of Drowning at Albury Albury

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 20 October 1888 · page 3

FURTHER inquiries by the police have established almost beyond a doubt that the horse and buggy found in the Murray on Tuesday night belonged to a German farmer named…

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Fatal Boating Accident near Thursday Island

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 24 October 1888 · page 4

A FATAL boating accident occurred Just Thursday evening. Captain Cusses, with lour boys, left Thursday Island aud got that the chamber tunnel for Prince of…

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Drowned in a Well

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 27 October 1888 · page 3

About 7.30. p.m. on Wednesday, the dead body of a woman named Potter, wife of a shoemaker named George Potter, residing at Parramata-road, Concord, was…

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Serious Buggy Accident

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 27 October 1888 · page 3

A buggy accident, attended by rather serious consequences, happened on Saturday between Culairn and Morven. Mrs. Eligehill, of…

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Serious Railway Accident. Several Persons Injured

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 30 October 1888 · page 2

A SERIOUS railway accident occurred on the Southern railway at Fish River near Goulburn, early on Saturday morning. It appears that a goods train was travelling in two…

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Sad Boat Accident in Hobson's Bay. Five Persons Drowned. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 11 December 1888 · page 2

THIS afternoon, John Beck, a fireman belonging to H.M.S. Nelson, took his wife and little daughter and three young women, all residents of Williamstown, in a akill 14ft…

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