Terrible Accident on the Ceylon Railway. (From the Colombo Observer.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1865 · page 5
The accident was caused by a native clerk, Sreera Maloo Naido, leaving a trolly (in which he had been pushed along by two coolie boys) on the line. The accident happened at six. The trolly was not seen till the…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 August 1865 · page 5
An accident of the most frightful character has taken place at Rednal, a station on the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway. A large excursion train, consisting of thirty-two carriages, and drawn by two powerful engines, was…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 October 1865 · page 2
The Newcastle Telegraph of Saturday gives the following report of the unfortunate collision, on Thursday, between the steamers City of Newcastle and Bungaree…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melancholy Boat Accident. Four Lives Lost (From the South Australian Reports, Sept 25.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 14 October 1865 · page 3
About nine o'clock on Saturday morning Captain Duff', Harbour-Master at Glenelg, having heard that a ship was a ground near the rocks at Marino, telegraphed to the port for a steamer to…
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