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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Accidents

Accidents, 1893

14 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Telegrams. Floods on the South Coast. Mails Delayed. Mail Horses Drowned

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 7 March 1893 · page 5

The Bombala and other south-coast rivers ere in flood. The mail coach which left Bombala this morning for Cooma was obliged to return, the river…

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Melancholy Fatal Accident on the Murrumbucca Road. Shocking Death of an Old Resident

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1893 · page 5

The community was shocked on Wednesday morning to hear that Mr. Roderick Fraser, an old and respected grazier of Murrumbucca, who bad been…

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Fatal Accident at Mount Cooper. Death of Mr. Buckley

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 25 March 1893 · page 9

On Wednesday lost Mr. Buckley of Mount Cooper was riding rapidly across his estate, when he was thrown from his horse and killed almost…

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Melancholy Accident near Berridale. a Mother and Child Drowned

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Thursday 30 March 1893 · page 10

News was received in Cooma on Wednesday of a melancholy drowning accident at Little Plain, near Coolamatong, by which a well-known and highly…

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Berridale. the Melancholy Drowning Accident. Magisterial Inquiry on the Bodies. the Infant's Pitiful Story

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 8 April 1893 · page 6

MR. M. S. Love, P.M., and Coroner, held a magisterial inquiry at Little Plain, near Berridale. on Saturday on the bodies of Mary Primmer, and her…

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Terrible Winch Accident. Two Men Killed. a Horrible Sight. Melbourne

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 11 April 1893 · page 5

By tho collapse of a winch at Melbourne a man named Harry Rogers was killed. His head was knocked off and fell on the other side of the…

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Terrible Railway Accident Near Goulburn. Two Men Killed. Sad Interruption of a Honeymoon. Goulburn

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 11 April 1893 · page 5

Two men named Michael Barry and Magill were killed on Saturday while proceeding on a trolly to Towrang. They were picked up and removed to…

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Shocking Railway Accident at Wagga. Death of Mr. Fitzhardinge. Wagga

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 11 April 1893 · page 5

Mr. Fitzbardinge, solicitor, who had been selected as the freetrade candidate for the Murrumbidgee at the next general election, has been killed by a…

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The Albert Park Drowning Mystery. Melbourne

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 22 April 1893 · page 10

The man Manton has been acquitted on the charge of murdering his wife by drowning her in the Albert park Lake, Melbourne. PRO BONO PUBLICO—For further…

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Terrible Fatality at South Head

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 16 May 1893 · page 8

A TERRIBLE fatality happened at one of the batteries at South Head near the signal station on Thursday morning, when a gunner named John…

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Terrible Buller Explosion. Two Persons Killed and Several Injured

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 10 June 1893 · page 12

A TERRIBLE accident, attended with fatal results, occurred at Rylstone on Friday, 2nd June. The boiler of the steam roller flour mill, erected about 2…

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Sensational Tramway Accident

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 13 June 1893 · page 8

A SENSATIONAL sccident happened at North Melbourne on Monday evening. A tram-car, running from the city towards the North Melbourne terminus,…

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Railway Accident at Bungendore. Cooma Train Off the Life. No Injury or Damage

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 17 June 1893 · page 7

NEWS wan received at about ten o'clock yesterday (Friday) morning, that the mail train from Sydney for Cooma had gone off the line near Bungendore, and…

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Fearful Collision at Sea. Two British Warships

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 27 June 1893 · page 5

NEWS has just been, received of a collision off Sicily, a seaport town in Syria, on the Mediterranean, between the British warships Victoria and…

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