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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1856

4 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers

British Extracts Dreadful Collision in the Channel

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 26 April 1856 · page 4

It is one melancholy task to announce that a most fearful collision took place in the channel, off Folkestone, on Sunday evening, February 3, 1856, between the Josephine Willis, Captain…

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Accident by Lightning and Waterspout

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 21 May 1856 · page 4

The barque Swan, of Swan River, 234 tons, under the command of Captain William Simpson, sailed from Singapore on the 12th March, 1856, Inden with a general cargo, and bound for swan…

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Liverpool. Fatal Accident on the LIVERPOOl LINE

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 23 August 1856 · page 2

An inquest was held on Saturday evening last, before Mr. C. B Lyons, Coroner, on view, of the body of Don[?]el Murphy, then ]lying dead. A jury of 12 were sworn In, and Joseph…

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Panama Railroad Accident

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 30 August 1856 · page 1

We have received from Washington Wright, Esq., of the Golden Age, who was in a[?]car at the time of the accident, the following full and complete…

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