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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1865

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

Frightful Catastrophe in Dundee. Twenty Lives Lost-- Many People Injured

The Yass Courier · Saturday 25 March 1865 · page 5

ON Monday night, 2nd January, an accident of a fearful character, from its suddenness and from the large amount of life which had been sacrificed, took place at the entrance to Springthorpe's…

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Dreadful Boiler Explosion at the Water View Dry Dock. Three Persons Killed, and Seven Seeiously Injured

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 1 April 1865 · page 3

A terrible accident occurred at the Dry Dock, Baldwin, between ten and eleven o’clock yesterday morning, when three persons Joseph Porter, John Gordon, and Robert Craig—were…

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Fatal Accident at Goulburn

The Yass Courier · Saturday 17 June 1865 · page 3

A MELANCHOLY and fatal accident occurred at Lansdowne, two miles from Goulburn, on Wednesday last, by which a lad named Frank Phillips son of the late Mr. N. C. Phillips, lost his life by…

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Boat Accident.—four Lives Lost

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 14 October 1865 · page 2

Captain Duff, harbour-master at Glenelg, having heard that a ship was aground near the rocks at Marino, telegraphed for a steamer to render assistance, and then…

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Fatal Accident on Board the Adamant

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 1 November 1865 · page 4

FATAL, ACCIDENT ON BOARD THE ADAMANT. —An unfortunate accident occurred on board the Adamant, off Kangaroo Island, which cast a sudden gloom over the passengers and…

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