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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1859

10 stories in Murray's papers

Fatal Accident to Mr. M‘dermott

The Border Post · Saturday 8 January 1859 · page 4

The following are the particulars of the death of Mr M‘Derrnott. It appears that as Mr Yates, the Crown Lands Ranger, was going down from the cliff to bathe, he saw Mr…

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Fatal Accident to Mr. Thomas Fulton. (From the Bendigo Mercury.)

The Border Post · Saturday 26 February 1859 · page 4

A most painful sensation was caused in Sandhurst yesterday, by the report that Mr. Thomas Fulton, of Melbourne, the w ell known engineer and founder, had met with a…

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Miscellaneous. Appalling Accident at the Victoria Theatre, London

The Border Post · Wednesday 30 March 1859 · page 3

On Monday afternoon a most distressing event, the intelligence of which will deeply wound the public feeling [?] the whole country, occurred in the metro olis, in…

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Miscellaneous. Appalling Accident in Russia. 3,000 Persons Drowned

The Border Post · Wednesday 25 May 1859 · page 3

The Cologne Gazette gives the following account of an awful catastrophe. We sincerely hope the fatal result is exaggerated:— The Russian journals announce an…

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Colonial. Frightful Mining Accident and Loss of Life

The Border Post · Wednesday 1 June 1859 · page 2

A most horrifying accident occurred yesterday afternoon, at the Victoria Reef, by which one man lost his life, and another had his arm broken in two places, besides other…

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Accident on the Reefs, Pleasant Creek

The Border Post · Wednesday 8 June 1859 · page 3

This very melancholy affair has caused great excitement on Pleasant Creek and on the reefs; every one looks sorrowful. During the whole of Thursday (the day on which the…

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Shocking Accident on the Indigo. Four Lives Lost

The Border Post · Saturday 18 June 1859 · page 3

It is our melancholy duty to record another fatal accident, arising from the carelessness of the unfortunate men who have met a terrible and sudden death. It is the general practice…

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Shocking Accident at the Star Theatre, Beechworth

The Border Post · Saturday 10 September 1859 · page 3

A very unfortunate Occident occurred last night during the performance at the Star Theatre. The piece being played was Buckstone’s romantic drama, “The Flowers of…

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Victoria. Fatal Boat Accident—three Lives Lost

The Border Post · Saturday 5 November 1859 · page 3

It is our painful duty to record the occurrence of a fatal accident at Brighton on Saturday last, which resulted in the death of three gentlemen: —Mr. Love, of the firm of M’Kersie and Love, of…

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Original Correspondence. the Accident to Mr. Ralston. (To the Editor of the Border Post.)

The Border Post · Wednesday 7 December 1859 · page 2

SIR.—I saw in your paper of Wednesday last a paragraph relating to an accident which happened to Mr. Ralston, of Roundhill, some days ago, and which is so contrary to the facts of the…

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