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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1870

3 stories in Murray's papers

California.—terrible Railway Accident. (From the Bulletin.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 5 February 1870 · page 1

AT about half-past nine o’clock yesterday morning, November 19th, information was received in this city by telegraph, and soon after by one of the ferry-boats, that a…

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To the Editor. Frightful Steamb[?] Accident at Fort [?]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 10 September 1870 · page 2

SIR,—Another of those horrible and fatal acci[?] now so common in the liver [?] on board the Princess [?] arrival there, the engineer named Henry Pitcher, in [?]…

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Open Column. Clearing Out of Jerilderie.—an Injured Citizen. To the Editor

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 31 December 1870 · page 3

SIR.—Having seen my name appear in a local paper, I beg to lay the proper facts before the public. I may mention that I have been only residing in Jerilderie for About three months, during which time I regret to say…

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