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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1856

4 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers

Terible Collision at Sea

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 26 July 1856 · page 3

Mr. Richard Browning, master of the barque Bahiana, has made a report to the Underwriters' Room at Liverpool, in which he says:—The Bahiana left…

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Shocking Accident Near Braidwood. Four Children Burnt to Death

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 16 August 1856 · page 4

Intelligence reached Goulburn on Wednesday evening, that a frightful accident, by which four young children lost their lives, had occurred at Mongarlowe, (the Little River,) near…

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Panama Railroad Accident Great Loss of Life

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 30 August 1856 · page 3

WE have received from Washington Wright, Esq., of the Golden ago, who was in the cars at the time of the accident, the following account:…

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Dreadful Railway Accident at Antwerp.—fearful Storm

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 29 November 1856 · page 3

A DEPLORABLE accident has occured on the line of railway between Antwerp and Ghent. The last train on Sunday night, conveying about 800 passengers…

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