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Accidents, 1889

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Another Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 30 April 1889 · page 2

Yesterday morning a man named John Mullaney suffering from a broken arm, was brought into the hospital by a son of Mr. James Stewart of Yathella, Harefield…

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Serious Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 30 April 1889 · page 2

ON Saturday night last a serious accident occurred in Baylis-street, immediately opposite the Exchange Hotel. A man named John Watson was, according to his statement,…

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Serious Railway Accident near Narandera. Several Persons Injured. (From Our Correspondent.) Narandera

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 7 May 1889 · page 2

THE town was thrown into a state of consternation last night about half-past 5 o'clock, by the guard of the Jerilderie train, that had left Narandera at the usual time,…

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Railway Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 8 May 1889 · page 5
Also in The Cootamundra Liberal

INFORMATION (says the Echo) was received at the Sydney railway station about 9 o'clock on Sunday night that a railway accident had occurred during the afternoon…

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Railway Accident Near Narandera

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 10 May 1889 · page 2

INFORMATION was received at the Sydney railway station about 9 O'clock on Sunday night that a railway accident had occurred during the afternoon about 7 miles from Narandera. A telegram from the…

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Shocking Fatality

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 18 May 1889 · page 2

One more unfortunate, Rashly importunate -- Weary of breath As the through express from Melbourne…

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Serious Railway Accident At North Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 21 May 1889 · page 3

THE 2.15 train from Williamstown, containing persons who bad been seeing the mail steamer Parramatta off, met with a serious accident shortly before 3 o'clock on Friday…

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Fatal Railway Accident At Yerong

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 21 May 1889 · page 2

As inquest was held by Mr. L. A. Fosbery, District Coroner, yesterday, at the Australian Hotel, to inquire into the circumstances attending the death of James Scott, a…

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Alarming Railway Accident Wear Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 30 May 1889 · page 2

A SERIOUS1 accident happened to the mail train from Sydney and Newcastle to Brisbane, near Muswellbrook on Monday. The train, which had been detained at Newcastle,…

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Terrible Floods in America 10,000 Persons Supposed Drowned. London, June 1

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 4 June 1889 · page 2

A TERRIBLE disaster is reported from the United States. In consequence of recent heavy rains, a freshet of extraordinary velocity and violence…

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Supposed Drowning of a Selector

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 5 June 1889 · page 4

An elderly man named Thomas O'Don- noll, who a fortnight ago was direharged from tho Wagga Hozpital, where he had been an inmate for some time, is reported…

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Tremendour Floods in America. Appalling Loss of Life. Eight Thousand Persons Drowned. London. June 1

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 5 June 1889 · page 6

Terrible floods have taken place in the United States, extending over avast area of country, and resulting in enormous loss of life…

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Serious Railway Accident. Sydney, Wednesday

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 13 June 1889 · page 2

A SERIOUS accident happened this morning at about 4.20. to the mail train from Bourke to Sydney. When nearing Penrith the mail collided with a goods train that was…

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Railway Accidents

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 25 June 1889 · page 3

The railway accident which happened recently to the Gundagai mail train serves to expose a very weak spot in the management of our lines, and that is the delay in notifying accidents…

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Accidents off Melbourne Hoads. Melbourne, Monmay

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 4 July 1889 · page 3

The four-mastted ship Drummui on entering the Heads about noon hoisted the signal "man overboard." The pilot schooner Hawk, on the way to the outer station,…

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Shacking Railway Accident in Ireland. NEARLY 100 Lives Lost, and As Many Injured

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 20 July 1889 · page 4

By the arrival of the R.M.S. Garonne we (the Argus) are in receipt of the following from our London correspondent:- LONDON, July 14…

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News of the Week Fatal Accident to a Child

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 26 July 1889 · page 2

On Wednesday Dr. Freeland was called to attend a child of three years, who won burnt to death at youth Gundagai. It seems the mother (Mrs. Le Suear) left two of her little ones with a…

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A Collision in the English Channel

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 27 July 1889 · page 2

A disastrous collision occurred on Monday in the English Channel between the British barque Lufre, 672 tons, and the Norwegian barque Bon-…

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A Terrible Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 27 July 1889 · page 4

A CORRESPONDENT writes to the Pall Mall Gazette:—"About 8 o'clock on Saturday night, 18th May, as some Workmen in the Siemens department of…

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