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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1872

6 stories in Murray's papers

Three Men Nearly Drowned. Neglect Op the Government

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 13 July 1872 · page 2

On the Howlong Road there is a very dangerous water-hole, about seventy feet deep, and quite capable of swallowing up a team of bullocks, dray and all complete. On…

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Alarming Accident on the Murray River. Passengers by the Lady Daly Seriously Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 10 August 1872 · page 2

An accident of a most distressing character took place on the 4th inst., in connection with one of the Murray River fleet of steamers. The details to hand [?] far are of a meagre kind, but we have been enabled…

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Frightful Railway Accident in Canada

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 31 August 1872 · page 2

A heartrending calamity occurred on the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, near Belleville, on the morning of the 22nd of June. Before daylight the engine of all…

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Skocking Railway Accident

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 14 September 1872 · page 3

BE LINVILLE, CANADA, June 22.—The night express went down past this place at twenty minutes two this morning, fall of passengers, among whom were many ministers of the English Church…

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Fatal Steamboat Accident Near Menindie

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 23 November 1872 · page 2

On Monday last we received by telegram, which may be seen in another column, intelligence of a shocking and fatal disaster which occurred near Menindie. The steamer Providence, when…

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Railway Accident

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 14 December 1872 · page 3

The traffic superintendent of the Victorian railways has received the following report relative to the case of the boy who on Tuesday fell out of the carriage on the [?] line:—…

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