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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1890

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Serious Accident to the PREMIER

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 21 May 1890 · page 6

OUR correspondent sent us the following message on Monday :— SYDNEY, Monday. The Premier, Sir Henry Parkes, on Sunday…

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Serious Railway Accident near BOURKE

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 31 May 1890 · page 7

A SERIOUS accident happened on Wednesday afternoon to the down mail train which left the Redfern terminus at 8 o'clock on Tuesday evening, and which ordinarily runs…

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Fatality at the Victoria Coffee Palace. a Civil Servant Killed

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 3 June 1890 · page 2

JAMES Green, a young man employed as an attendant at the Victoria Coffee Palace, Collins-street, City, was standing in the hall about half-past 7, on Saturday evening (the…

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Fatal Gun Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 3 June 1890 · page 3

A VERY sad accident occurred on Tuesday at Codrington (Vic), by which a young man named Edward Roe, aged 25, lost his life. The particulars to hand seem to show that…

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Fatal Street Accident at Sydney. a Doctor's Coachman Charged with Manslaughter

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 5 June 1890 · page 3

AN inquest was held in Sydney on Monday concerning the death of a man named Trethown, who died from injuries the result of being knocked from a cart in…

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Collision Between a Judge and a Barrister

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 10 June 1890 · page 3

AN unpleasant incident occurred in the District Court, at Newcastle, on Friday, Mr. Shand, a well-known barrister, appeared for the defence in an action for compensation,…

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Gas Explosion at Balaclava. Two Persons Injured

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 12 June 1890 · page 4

A SERIOUS gas explosion took place at Balaclava on Monday morning (the Argus says) in a house situated at the rear of a produce store in Carlisle-street, owned and occupied…

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Horrible Fatality. a Man Dismembered by Falling Down a Shaft

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 26 June 1890 · page 2

The Ballarat correspondent of the Age reports that a man named Laban Buckingham met with a terrible death at the Band and Albion Company's claim at an early…

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Determined Suicide by Drowning

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 28 June 1890 · page 2

THE body of a middle-aged man was discovered on Thursday morning (the Age says) floating in the River Yarra, near to tho Queen's-bridge. The discovery was first…

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Shocking Railway Accident. a Man's Head Torn Off

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 3 July 1890 · page 2

A SHOCKING accident occurred last evening (says yesterday s Age) in the train which left the Spencer-street railway station at 11.15 for Essendon After the train had passed…

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The Shocking Accident on the Essendon Line

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 July 1890 · page 2

The body of the young man who was killed in such a shocking manner on the Essendon line on Tuesday night, was on Wednesday (says the Argus) definitely…

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Another Fatal Railway Accident. an Employee Frightfully Mutilated

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 July 1890 · page 3

Another fatal railway accident occurred on Saturday night near to the Jolimont signal box (says the Age), by which a laboring man named George Pafford, who has been in the…

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Dreadful Mining Fatality

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 12 July 1890 · page 3

The Sandhurst correspondent of the Melbourne Argus reports that s miner named William Williams, a Welshman, aged about 60 years, met with a terrible…

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Shocking Street Accident

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 15 July 1890 · page 4

Mr. Hy. Poulson, a sporting reporter of the Sydney Daily Telegraph, met with a very serioos accident while riding in Cleveland-street, Sydney, on…

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Curious Gun Accident

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 15 July 1890 · page 4

A boy named John Courtney has been brought to Albury from the Mitta Mitta district for treatment of injuries sustained by a gun accident of a…

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Collision Outside the Heads

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 July 1890 · page 2

Shortly before 11 on Monday night a collision occurred between the steamer Hesketh, inward bound from Bellimbi, coal laden,and the steamer Royal Shepherd…

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Collision Outside the Heads. the Royal Shepherd Sunk

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 17 July 1890 · page 2

SHORTHY before 11 on Monday night a collision occurred between the steamer Hesketh, inward bound from Bellambi, coalladon, and the steamer Royal Shepherd, resulting in the…

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Gored by a Bull. a Young Man Terribly Injured

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 17 July 1890 · page 2

A SHOCKING scene was witnessed at Malvern on Sunday (the Age Says), a young man being almost gored to death by a prize bull. The beast is of the Alderney bread, and…

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The Fatal Accident to Mr. Poulsen

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 17 July 1890 · page 2

SPORTING men generally will (the Echo says) regret to hear of the death of Mr. Harry Poulsen, which took place at Sydney Hospital on Monday afternoon. It will be remembered…

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Fatal Accident. Devotion of a Horse

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 17 July 1890 · page 4

THE Boyleton correspondent of the Adelaide Register relates that a fatal accident occurred on July 8 to Mr. Robert Duncan, of Hughes Park. The deceased gentleman had left a…

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