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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Accidents

Accidents, 1878

15 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Telegrams. [?] Gravitie's Telegram Co.] [?] Park Religious Riots. Cable Interrupted. Cumberland Dis ase. Great Gale in Sydney. Collision in Harbor. BRisbane Cup Race. SYDNEY

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 20 March 1878 · page 3

THE Port Darwinlineisdown, cutting off cable communication. Thomas Danger, formerly member of the Legislative Assembly, is dead…

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The Bungendore Races—dreadful Accident

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 27 March 1878 · page 4

AT the races on Tuesday week, there was an attendance of probably three hundred persons, with all the betting and gambling fraternity usually…

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Dreadful Accident

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 29 May 1878 · page 3

ABOUT five o'clock on Thursday afternoon an explosion occurred at the Atlas Iron Works, Hay-street. Two men named William Hilders…

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Serious Accident

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 5 June 1878 · page 3

ON MONDAY evening, as Mr. Alfred Curtis, son of Mr. Peter Curtis, butcher, of Cooma, was cutting some fat cattle out of the paddock at…

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Accident

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 8 June 1878 · page 3

WE regret to record that as the Rev. Mr. Leigh, incumbent of the Church of England in West Manaro, was proceeding home to Gegedzorick on…

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Fatal Coach Accident in New Zealand

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 12 June 1878 · page 4

A FEARFUL accident occurred on Tuesday to the coach from Dunedin. It left Palmerston for Mosraki at its usual time, taking some passengers aboard, one being…

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Accident at Currabula

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 12 June 1878 · page 4

WITH reference to the terrible accident on the works of the Great Northern Railway extension the Mururrundi Times of Saturday week furnishes particulars…

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Fatal Coach Accident near Gulgong

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 19 June 1878 · page 4

S.M.HERALD'S correspondent thus writes:—Once of those unfortunate accidents which is rarely my duty to record occurred here on Sunday afternoon week,…

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Accident to Mr. H.Dawson

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 22 June 1878 · page 3

WHILST proceeding on Thursday evening to Homeleig, his residence, a few miles form Cooma, Mr.H.Dawson's horse buck[?],…

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Fatal Accident at Bairnsdale

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 7 August 1878 · page 3

AN inquiry touching the manner in which Mr. Archibald William Mc[?] came to his death was held at 1 o'clock on Thursday, 26th July, at…

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Boy Drowned in a Well

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 14 August 1878 · page 2

ON Monday morning, the startling information was conveyed to the police authorities of Cooma that a fine boy, of the age of thirteen years…

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Shocking Accident

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 17 August 1878 · page 3

[?] TERRIBLE accident says the [?] occurred at Golden PORT OF FREMANTLE. on Tuesday afternoon, and [?]…

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Adze Accident

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 16 October 1878 · page 3

ON Saturday last, Mr. David Kelly, of The Peak, [?] Rosebrook, was engaged fencing about a quarter of a mile from his home. As his adze…

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Accident Assurance

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 23 October 1878 · page 3

In our advertising columns will be found the notice of the Australian Accident Assurance Association which offers to insure persons against…

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Fatal Accident and Remark-able Discovery

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 18 December 1878 · page 3

BEGA, Saturday week.— On 30th March, 1874, a man named Frederick Borne, an old and respected resident, was drowned while crossing Frog's Hollow Creek…

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