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Southern Highlands · Accidents

Accidents, 1892

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Accident

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 9 January 1892 · page 2

On Monday afternoon what might have proved a very serious accident hotel two Mittagong gentlemen—Messrs. Horniman and Heffernan—on the road between Bowral and Mittagong. They were…

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Accident

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 2

On Wednesday last, while Nellie Allerdice, 7 years of age, daughter of Mr. W. Allerdice of Bowral, was standing on the top rail of the dividing fence in her…

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An Unfortunate Accident

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 2

Mr. J. Brookes, the secretary of the School of Arts, met with a nasty accident on Sunday last. While riding on the Great Southern Road he, by some means,…

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A Nasty Accident

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 13 February 1892 · page 2

A nephew of Mr. Livingstone's at Burradoo met with a nasty accident on Wednesday. While working a chaff-cutting machine his hand in some way was caught in the knives, and one of his…

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Terrible Blasting Accident

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 20 February 1892 · page 2

A FEARFUL accident occurred at the Tarrawingee Flux quarries, Broken Hill, on Wednesday, when five men were horribly shattered, one having since s[?]ccumbed to his…

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Coroner's Inquest. Joseph Rumble Drowned in a Foot Water

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 24 February 1892 · page 2

ON Saturday afternoon last the coroner, Mr. A. D. Badgery, held an inquest at Charker's Imperial Hotel, Bowral, as to the death of a man named Joseph…

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Terrible Mining Accident

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 9 March 1892 · page 3

A TERRIBLE mining, disaster occurred on 7th January, in a mine near Krebs, in Indian territory, United States. At 5 o'clock in the evening, just before the day…

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Serious Accident

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 30 March 1892 · page 2

THE Gib Hill is well known as a dangerous part of the road between Bowral and Mittagong. This locality was the scene of a serious accident last evening,…

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Terrible Accident. a Guard Killed

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 2

MITTAGONG was the scene of another terrible accident yesterday(Friday) morning. While a ballast train was backing from…

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Shocking Accident as Mittagong. a Railway Guard Decapitated

The Scrutineer · Tuesday 26 April 1892 · page 2

On Friday morning about 9.30 a terribly fatal accident happened at Mittagong within two or three hundred yards of the railway station. A train leaded with…

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The Mittagong Accident

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 27 April 1892 · page 2

THE inquest on the remains of Robert Lipscombe was held on Monday at Mittagong. The evidence taken was principally…

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Terrible Railway Accident

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 30 April 1892 · page 3

FOLLOWING on the announcement of the accident at Tenterfield came the intelligence of one of the most appalling railway disasters ever experienced in Australia…

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The Gib Accident

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 7 May 1892 · page 3

SIR,—In reference to your mention in the last issue of the Bowral Free Press of "A Nasty Accident," which occurred at the Government Quarries, Mount Gibraltar, on…

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Terrible Disaster in Port Phillip Bay. Capsize of a Sailing Boat. a Team of Footballers Drowned

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Tuesday 24 May 1892 · page 2

AN appalling boating disaster happened in this bay Saturday. The sailing boat Progress, of Mornington, conveyed a team from the Mornington Football…

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Accident-Relief Society

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 28 May 1892 · page 2

ALTHOUGH the Berrima District Workmen's Accident-Relief and Endowment Society has only been established some twelve months, those gentlemen…

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Sad Catastrophe at Cable's Siding. a Boy Killed and Another Seriously Injured

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Tuesday 16 August 1892 · page 2

During the heavy squalls of wind and rain which prevailed on Sunday evening, our district dirl not escape from the ravages thereof, About 9 o'clock at night while font little boys, sons of Mr. J. Dyer…

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Sad Catastrophe at Cable Siding. a Boy Killed and Another Seriously Injured

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 17 August 1892 · page 2

DURING the heavy squalls of wind and rain which prevailed on Sunday evening (says the Scrutineer). our district did not escape from the ravages thereof. About 9 o'clock at night, while four little boys, sons…

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Sad Death by Drowning of a little boy at Winge[?]

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Tuesday 1 November 1892 · page 2

Our Wingello correspondent telegraphed on Saturday as follows:—A little boy about two years and three months old named Victor Rigby, son of Mr. Rigby residing at…

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Sad Case of Drowning

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 9 November 1892 · page 3

Oil Saturday afternoon Mrs. E. Slater, lately residing in Mailland, was drowned at Coogee Bay. She arrived in Sydney at about noon ou Saturday from Bowral,…

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Accident

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 28 December 1892 · page 2

AN accident, fortunately not attended by serious consequences, occurred on Saturday night last, when one of Mr. Jacob's sons firing the pea rifle pulled the trigger…

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