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Southern Highlands · Accidents

Accidents, 1899

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GOSSIP. Sunday's Fatality

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 18 October 1899 · page 1

THE SAD ACCIDENT of Sunday week gave quite a shock to the people of the town and much sympathy was felt and expressed for the young life cut off so suddenly, and for the bereaved…

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Fatality in the Hunting Field. London, Nov. 4

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 8 November 1899 · page 2

Mr. vincent Dalley, son of the late Right Hon. W. B, Dalley, of New South Wales, has met his death as the result of an accident in the hunting…

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Sad Drowning Fatality at Kangaloon

The Mittagong Express · Friday 24 November 1899 · page 2

A sad accident, which proved fatal, happened on Tuesday morning last to a little boy two and a half years old, son of Mr. F. Barnes blacksmith of Kangaloon, through…

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Hospital Cases. Shooting Accident at Wingello

The Mittagong Express · Friday 24 November 1899 · page 2

An accident of a serious nature happened at Wingello on Sunday last. Some young fellows were out shooting, and it appears by some means the gun Mr. E. Lynam was…

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Accident at Moss Vale

The Mittagong Express · Friday 24 November 1899 · page 2

A painful accident happened to Mrs. Hayes at Mess Vale on Tuesday. It appears that she had just taken dinner to her husband, who was quarrying stone. She…

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A Capital by Accident

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 6 December 1899 · page 2

Nature never intended Berlin for anything but a provincial town. It has been wade into the capital of a great Empire deliberately of malice aforethought. It has, in fact, been…

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Narrow Escapes from Drowning

The Mittagong Express · Tuesday 12 December 1899 · page 2

A couple of narrow escapes from drowning occurred at Alexandra Lake, Mittagong, on Saturday afternoon. Several youths were bathing, and one…

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Bowral Free Press Wednesday, December 13, 1899. Berrima: Accident to Mrs. W. McCOURT

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 13 December 1899 · page 4

ON Saturday last Mrs. W. McCourt, wife of Mr. W. McCourt, M.P. met with a painful accident. It appears that Mr. and Mrs. McCourt had just returned from Moss Vale and Mrs. McCourt was…

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Fatal Tram Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 13 December 1899 · page 2

On Saturday evening a large company were returning by from from She garden party held at Sir Joseph Banks ground, Botany, in connection with…

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Sad Driving Accident. MRS. T. Troy Fatally Injured

The Mittagong Express · Friday 22 December 1899 · page 2

A particularly sad accident, which has unfortunately been attended with fatal results, occurred on Wednesday to Mrs. Troy, wife of Mr. Thomas…

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A Painful Accident. an Undelivered Sermon

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 27 December 1899 · page 4

MR. J. WHEELER, from the general post office, Sydney, was under appointment to preach in the Presbyterian Church, on Sunday morning last. So the Rev. G. A. Gordon's horse was harnessed to the…

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Accidents

The Mittagong Express · Friday 29 December 1899 · page 4

On Sunday morning a painful accident occurred to Mr. J. Wheeler, of Sydney, while driving down the [?] hill from Mittagong to B[?]wral. Mr. Wheeler and son…

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The Recent Fatal Accident. the Inquest

The Mittagong Express · Friday 29 December 1899 · page 1

The district coroner, Mr. A. D. Badgery, conducted an inquiry on Thursday of last week, touching the death of Mary Jane Wilkie Troy, who had…

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Accidents

The Mittagong Express · Friday 29 December 1899 · page 2

On Sunday morning a painful accident occurred to Mr. J. Wheeler, of Sydney, while driving down the Gib hill from Mittagong to Bowral. Mr. Wheeler and son…

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Shooting Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 30 December 1899 · page 2

A young man named William Stewart, a dairyman, whose parents reside in Victoria-street, Goulburn, while standing near a shooting gallery in…

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Sad Boating Fatalities Accidents on Sydney Harbour

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 30 December 1899 · page 5

The holiday season did not pass this year without at least several fatal accidents to those excursionists who determined to take their day's pleasure…

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