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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents
39 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 2
THE London Daily Telegraph, of Octobor 12th, devotes a leader to the story of poor Marr, whose heroic conduct and death in connection with the pilot schooner Rip, off Queenscliff, created so great a sensation. It…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A PATAL accident occurred on Saturday morning on the Cheat Western Railway, by which a man named Forster met with a fearful death. From the scanty particulars which are at present to hand it appears…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AN accident of an exceedingly painful nature took place on Monday, in the harbour, by which three human beings in the very heyday of youth lost their lives; while two of their companions were only rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WE had hopes (says the Maitland Mercury) that the great flood with which we have been visited would, at least have passed over without the loss of human life having to be deplored, but such, we regret to say,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →NEWS has been received of one of the most terrible catastrophes which havo happened at sea during late years, parelleled only by the wreck of the [?]-fated Northfleet, in the early part of last year. At two o'clock on the morning of the 22nd November,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WE have to record the third railway accident which has occurred on the railway within the short period of three or four weeks. The second accident, which occurred but the other…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →ON Saturday alternooal [?]t the Maitland Mercury reports a [?]d accident occurred in West Maitland, by which a promising young man, named Alexander Patterson, son of Mr. John Patterson, a very old…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A CORRESPONDENT to the Herald sends the following brief account of the [?]ad accident which occurred on the 25th May, when Mr. Hume and Mr. Gardiner lost their lives. Mr. Hume had a picnic out at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN REGISTER of Tuesday, 19th ultimo, gives the following particulars of a melancholy occurrence at Troubridge Island, in St. Vincent's Gulf:—On…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A SAD accident occurred on Monday afternoon, 25th ultimo, at the entrance to the cave, big Nobby's, Mr. J. W. Hume, Public School master at Port Macquarie, slipped off the rocks and was drowned, Mr. Gardiner,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ON Tuesday, the 20th May, [says the correspondent of the MERCURY], an inquest was held before the Coroner, Dr. Glennie, at the Australian Hotel, Broke, on the body, of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →ON Tuesday, May 12th (says the South Australian Register), an inquiry was held before Mr. H. Jackson, of Callington, relative to the circumstances attending the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →ON Friday morning a very serious accident occurred on the Great Northern Railway, at Newcastle, by which several railway carriages and on engine were damaged and thrown off…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →AN accident occurred on Tuesday, which may prove to end seriously. It appeared that Mr. Cohen; keeper of the rifle saloon in Pitt-street, and whose private residence is at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ON Monday last, Mr. W. H. Hargraves, son of Mr. Hargraves, the gold discoverer, and Mr. W. J. Burna, son of the member for the Hunter, both clerks in the Equity Court,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →IT is our painful du[?]y to record the death of Dr Simon Belinfan[?]e, who was drowned this morning, when attempting to cross the Cudgegong River, at Slasher's Flat Green Swamp, on his way from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BY telegram, we are in receipt of the [?]d intelligence of the death of Commander Gowlland..R.N., while engaged in surveying and taking soundings in Sydney Harbour. The "telegram states:— Commander…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IT is' again our painful duty to record another of those sad and fatal occurrences which but too frequently take place in the harbour. It has often happened that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →ANOTHER of those dreadful accidents, which we regret to say are becoming common on the Great Northum Line to the neighbourhood of Noweastle, occurred shortly before nine o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A VERY sad accident happened about five o'clock on Sunday afternoon, at a place on the coast known as Little Head, about a mile to the south of Coogee Bay. Mr. French, boot and…
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