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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1885

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Peculiar Railway Accident at Parramatta. (From the S. M. Herald's Correspondent.) Parramatta

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 17 December 1885 · page 3

Engine No. 238 and three second-class carriages, attached to the midday down passenger train from Parramatta to Penrith, got off the line just after leaving the former station, and travelled three…

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Accident at the Soudan Encampment. (From the Evening News.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 24 December 1885 · page 4

The patrons of this conglomeration of the "Wonders of the World" were, a few evenings ago, treated to a sensational performance not included in the programme. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson…

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Original Correspondence. the Reported Drowning of Sheep at Garrawilla. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 December 1885 · page 4

Sib,—I noticed in your issue of the 22nd, copied from the Murrurundi Times, a rumour comes from Garrawilla Station that 1800 sheep were drowned there in a recent flood. Will you kindly…

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Sad Case of Drowning at Penrith. (By Telegraph to the Herald.) Penrith

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 December 1885 · page 7

A sad case of drowning occurred this afternoon on the Nepean, two miles beyond Breakfast Creek. Three brothers named Fallick, of Sydney, with another friend, came to Penrith last night for the…

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