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Southern Highlands · Accidents

Accidents, 1893

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Serious Accident

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 18 January 1893 · page 3

YESTERDAY (Tuesday) afternoon a married man, named T. Hines, met with a painful accident at a saw mill some twelve miles south of Moss Vale. He was assisting to place a log about half a ton…

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Accident

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 22 March 1893 · page 2

A MAN named Joseph Freeman, age 32, was admitted to the Cottage Hospital at Bowral on Monday evening about 7.30, who met with a very serious accident…

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Serious Accidents

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 25 March 1893 · page 3

JAMES Falls, a Scotchman, aged 32 years, one of the railway "flying gang" from Goulburn, while working at the Mittanong end of the Bowral tunnel on Thursday last, 23rd inst., was seriously injured…

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Terrible Railway Accident near Goulburn—Two Men Killed

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 12 April 1893 · page 2

Our Bundanoon correspondent writes:—A terrible catastrophe occurred on the railway line near Boxer's Creek on Sunday morning last, whereby a young man named…

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Accident

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 22 April 1893 · page 2

LATE, on Thursday afternoon news flew the rounds of the town that an accident had occurred, at a building in course of erection for Mrs. Cooper in Bong…

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Bowral Free Press " Do as adversaries do in law: Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends." Saturday, May 27, 1893. Notes on Current Topics. a Pleasure to Be Injured

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 27 May 1893 · page 2

IN future we shall not be in such a dread of being crushed beneath a box of pie or caught in the machine as we are "pulling-off" our copies. Indeed it may be…

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Bowral Free Press " Do as adversaries do in law: Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends." Saturday, July 22, 1893. Notes. Fatality

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 22 July 1893 · page 2

THE fatal accident which happened early this week has its many sad and important lessons if only we who survive have the wisdom to attend to them. We…

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Accident

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 22 July 1893 · page 2

IT will be learned with regret that Mr. John Loseby of Mittagong met with an accident yesterday afternoon. His right hand was [?]ght by a circular saw and…

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Terrible Train Fatality

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 9 August 1893 · page 2

A fatal Occident betel a tram guard named Nicholas William Maffey on Monday night. He was run over by a tram in George-street West, and decapitated. Maffey was assistant guard on a tram…

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Serious Buggy Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 9 August 1893 · page 4

At Hay on Sunday last, a buggy accident of a serious nature took place. A horse, to a buggy containing Mr. John Lindsay, manager of the Till Till Station;…

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Sad Fatality. Death of Mr. E. BARBER

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 12 August 1893 · page 4

Quite a gloom (writes a correspondent) was cast over the district by the intelligence, flashed by wire from the Richmond River, of the sudden death by accident of Mr. E. Barber, at the early…

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Religious Riots at Bombay. This Military Charge the Mob.— Many Killed and Injured

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 16 August 1893 · page 2

Some Mahomedans in Bombay, incensed at the noisiness of a Hindoo festival, stormed a Hindoo temple. Rioting ensued and extended to the city, where many persons were injured. The disorder…

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Terrible Railway Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 16 August 1893 · page 2

A terrible railway disaster occurred at at Llandrissant, Glamorganshire, South Wales on Saturday last. An excursion train crammed with…

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Accident to Mr. Thomas Beer

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 23 August 1893 · page 3

An accident of a serious nature occurred at Harris Park platform on Sunday. As the 9.25 train was leaving for Sydney, Thomas Beer, 22 years of age, residing in…

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Railway Collision. Passengers Roasted to Death

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 30 August 1893 · page 3

A disastrous railway collision has occurred at Long Island, New York, U.S.A. A special train which was slowly leaving the junction of the Long Island line was overtaken by…

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Buggy Accidents

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 30 August 1893 · page 2

On Friday morning last, a well known townsman. Alderman H. Wiles while driving round the corner of Robertson-road and Argyle-street at rather a rapid rate, had the misfortune to have his trap…

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A Peculiar Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 2 September 1893 · page 5

Miss Thompson, who is staying with her sister, Mrs. Payne, at Bombay, met with a rather peculiar accident recently. She had fastened her dress or collar round her neck…

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Railway Occident in America. Twenty Passengers Killed and Many Injured

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 6 September 1893 · page 3

A terrible railway accident has taken place in the State of Massachsetts, U.S.A. An express train, running between Boston and Albany, was precipitated through the…

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A Terrible Tragedy. a Bank Manager and a Lady Murdered,— the Manager's Wife Injured

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 27 September 1893 · page 2

ABOUT 2.30 a.m. on Sunday the branch of the City Bank at Carcoar was broken, into. The manager. Mr. J. W. Phillips, and a lady visitor, Miss Kavanough, were…

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Accident to a Bicyclist

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 11 October 1893 · page 3

On Sunday last three youthful Sydney cyclists were journeying towards Bulli, and on commencing the descent of the Bulli Pass road one of the riders lost control of his…

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