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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1871

3 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers

Accident to the Lady Young Steamer

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 21 February 1871 · page 2

THE A.S.N. Company's steamber Lady Young, 425 tons, Captain [?], left Sydney for Brisbane direct, at 5 p.m. on Tuesday last, with a large carge and the following passengers—Misses Coutts (2). Mrs. M'Caviln. Mr. and Mrs. Clapperton. Mrs…

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Singular Death by Drowning

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 9 May 1871 · page 2

AN inquest was held at the residence of Annie Johnson, on the Coldstream, before Mr. A. Lardner, J.P., coroner, and a jury of twelvo on Saturday last, touching the cause of the death of a young woman…

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Fatal and Melancholy Accident. Sydney, Monday night

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 31 October 1871 · page 3

BY telegram, we are in receipt of the sad intelligence of a buggy accident which occurred at Sydney on Saturday evening last and we regret to learn resulted in the loss of a valuable life. It appears that Mr…

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