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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1857

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

Terrible Railway Accident in Canada

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 20 June 1857 · page 3

THE Hamilton Speculator says:—The train from Toronto, due in this city at a quarter to six p.m., on the 12th of March, had come from Toronto as…

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Domestic Intelligence. Fatal Accident on the Wollondilly. Death of the Rev. Charles Marsden Betts

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 1 August 1857 · page 4

WE have the melancholy duty this day of recording the death by drowning of the Rev. Charles Marsden Betts. The lamented gentleman, in addition to assisting in the…

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Colonial Intelligence. Collision at Sea. Sinking of a Melbourne Steamer. Loss of Thirty-one Lives

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 5 September 1857 · page 3

WE (Age) have to report the total loss of the steamer Champion, Captain Helpman, trading between this and Portland, by collision with the Lady Bird steamer…

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Fearful Collision Off Cape Otway. Thirty-one Lives Lost

The Yass Courier · Sunday 6 September 1857 · page 3

SCARCELY had the dreadful news of the loss of the Dunbar been spread, by word of mouth, through the city on Tuesday morning, causing as it did the most painful excitement to obtain…

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Colonial Intelligence. the Fatal Collision Off Cape Otway

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 12 September 1857 · page 3

THE Victorian Steam Navigation Board have been investigating the circumstances attending the late fatal collision between the Lady Bird and…

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Death by Drowning Under Suspicious Circumstancts

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Wednesday 7 October 1857 · page 4

AN inquest was held yesterday at the King's Arms Inn, George-street, before the City Coreuer, [?]bing the death of a young women named Ellen Maria Collins, who [?]fomed…

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Accident to His Excellency the Governor-general

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Wednesday 2 December 1857 · page 2

We regret to learn that Sir William Denison met with a severe accident on Wednesday evening last, from the effects of which he has since been confined to…

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Fatal Dray Accident

The Yass Courier · Saturday 12 December 1857 · page 6

IT is again our duty to record the occurrence of a fatal accident, resulting from excessive indulgence in strong drinks, on this occasion to an aged man, named James Waltho. The deceased…

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