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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1868

6 stories in Mid North Coast's papers

Railway Accident Sydney

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 18 January 1868 · page 4

As the passenger train from the intermediate railway stations—known at Newtown as the half-past 8 o’clock train—arrived, yesterday morning, at the Newtown station as usual (if…

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Fearful Calamity. Drowning of the Bishop of Grafton and Armidale, His Son and Servant

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 28 March 1868 · page 4

WE have received the following distressing intelligence from our own correspondent at Grafton:— GRAFTON, MONDAY, 9 A.M…

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Accident at Railway This Sydney Station

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 12 September 1868 · page 3

ANOTHER accident his occurred at the Sydney Railway Station. As a goods train was passing over the paints from on line to another, the half past 9 passenger train came in from…

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Arrival of the Suez Mail News to September 1st Wool Lower Queen in Switzerland Insane Intended Assassin Arrested War Between France and Germany Imminent Awful Railway Accident Outrages and Murders in Tipperary Duke of Edinburgh at Paris to Leave for the East in October Fire at St. Petersburgh Panama Mail Streamer Broke Down Great Fire at Southwark Atlantic Cable Broken Exciting Stowaways Incident

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 3 October 1868 · page 3

Maitland Mercury office, Monday noon We have received the following important mail telegram from our Sydney correspondent The Bombay left Galle on the 8th and…

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Drowning of Two Brothers in the Harbor

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 5 December 1868 · page 3

A VERY distressing occurrence took place in the harbor on Saturday evening, whereby two young men lost their lives. It appears that on Saturday afternoon, Alfred Oatley and…

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Fatal Accident at the Macleay

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 19 December 1868 · page 2

THE town of West Kempsey was thrown into a state of great excitement about 6 o’clock, on Friday afternoon last—by the Intelligence that Mr. Ar[?] Stewart, superintendent of Mr. Alexander…

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