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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents
12 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers
ABOUT 4 o'clock this morning great alarm was felt (upon the dredge) by a loud crash; it was first conjectured that the animal had either had a tooth drawn or burst its boiler, but upon careful inspection…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AT 11 o'clock last night two goods trains of 22 and 9 carriages each collided while going at full speed near the foot of Lapstone Hill, Great Western Railway. The engines were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A SAD occurence took place at Lake Elinga m[?]e, Victoria, on Thursday, the 21st instant, resulting in the lo[?]s of two lives. From evidence taken at a magisterial inquiry held before W. Scott, Esq, J. P.,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ON Thursday last we received intelligence of an aceident so utterly out of the ordinary run of events as to produce at first a feeling of ineredulity, but as the person fatersted is an old resident of Murrurundi,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MANY of our most important inventions and discoveries owe their origin to the most trivial circumstances; from the simplest causes the most important effects have ensued. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ON Thursday last, the cornner (Mr A. Lardner) and a jury of twelve held an inquiry into the cause of the death of John Ford, farmer, River Bank, found dead on the previous evening on the road from Slavien's to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IT appears that the furious gales which during the last few days have been sweeping along the coast, reports the Melbourne Herald, indicated their approach at Warrnambool by violent gusts at midnight on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AN inquest was held on the body of Andrew O'Neill, at the woolli Hotel, Clarence Heads, on Thursday, by Mr. Alfred Lardner, J.P., and a jury of twelve. The following is a summary of the evidence…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WE have this week to record the death by drowning in the Clarence River of two men in the prime of life, and a young boy, a son of Mr Henry Rhodenbach, who was drowned yesterday at Miller's Waterholes,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Princess Alice, one of the largest saloon steamers of the London Steamboat Company. with 600 or 700 souls on board. left London about 11 o'clock in the morning for Gravesend and Sheernes, many…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ON Tuesday last the Coroner (Mr. A. Lardner) held an inquest at the Colonial Sugar Company's mill, Southgate, on view of the budy of John Matthews. Henry Brook deposed he was a labourer residing at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →When you approach a person drowning assure him with a loud and firm voice that he is safe. Before jumping in to save him divest yourself as far and as quickly as possible of all clothes, tear them off if…
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