Drowning of Four Girls at Wee Waa
THE [?] accident that [?] occurred in this district, and one [?] a traged character [?] its [?] results to some of our town people, now abso[?]…
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Accidents, 1879
36 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers · page 1 of 2
Terrible Accident
BRISBANE, Thursday—A fearful accident occurred on the occasion of the ceremony of the opening of Parliament. During the firing of the salute by the Volunteer…
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WE hear that the dray of Mr. John Williams, of Boco, capsized on Mon-day, and that the unfortunate man was killed. An inquiry into the…
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AN accident of a very melancholy nature took place in the Queen's Park yesterday morning (says the Courier of the 16th instant). It is customary to fire a…
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A SON of Mr. J. I. 'O'Brien, boot-maker of this town was bathing in the "swimming hole" near Mr. Hain's paddock on Thursday, when…
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MR. PATRIK RING, one of the popular practitioners at the bar of the Cooma Hotel, made one of the closest approaches to a watery grave that it…
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WHILST engaged with others running in horses between the Umaralla and Jingeras, on Saturday last, a man named Hurley was thrown from his…
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WORD was brought to Cooma on Thursday that Mr. Henry Watson, J.P., of Matong, had been thrown from his horse, whereby his leg was…
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IT has often been said that the best jokes are those which are made by accident, and this is certainly the [?] with proper names, Few intentional "bulls" have ever been…
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ON Thursday last, a severe accident occurred to Mr. J. Spring, foreman compositor on the staff of this journal. While engged working at a portion of the…
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[?], THE TAILOR, KILLED. ON Tuesday afternoon a shocking accident took place at the Newtown Railway Station, resulting in the…
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Henry Oldfield, overseer to the Hon.F.DeSalia, at Cuppacumbalong, got killed yesterday at the station whilst engaged with stock in the…
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THE City c[?]roner, on Thursday morning, held an inquest at the Brecknock A[?] Hotel, Lower George-street, Sydney. [?]eerning the death of a man…
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Last Friday, a child aged five years, a daughter of Mr. Bernard Sloan, was drowned in Rock Flat Creek. The body was stripped, as the clothes…
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LAST week, Mr. S. J. Howell was cleaning out a rifle that was rather rusty, when, finding it a tough job, he loaded it in order to facilitate the…
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On Sunday, two boys, sons of Mr. Constance, were riding a blood pony, an Arab stood, new their residence, when both were thrown violently to…
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A POOR man named Matthew Pringle, a road maintenance man who had been employed somewhere in the Queanbeyan district, was on his way…
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MR. JOHN CULLEN, [?]nkeepeer, of Bunyan called on us on Tuesday, and from a conversation with him we have no hesitation in stating, from…
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A SHOCKING ACCIDENT, whereby a young man named Duncan Macfarlane, son of Mr. George Macfarlane, farmer, living on the Murrumbidgee, near Cavan, suddenly…
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A STRANGE and melancholy case of drowning occurred about 2 p.m. on the 18th instant to Charles Booth, a seaman on board the schooner Lady of the Lake,…
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