A Fearful Accident
The Brisbane Courier reports that a shocking accident occurred at Bulimba on Friday evening, whereby James Watson, master and part owner of the steamer Ellen, met his death…
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Collision in the Atlantic.— Great Loss of Life. Paris, November 21
News has been received here to-day of a terrible disaster in the Atlantic Ocean, accompanied by considerable loss of life. The French brig Rocabey came into collision with another…
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A sad accident occurred on Saturday evening on the Gippsland railway line. It appears that a carpenter named John Fogarty, supposed to be a resident of High-street,…
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Intelligence is to hand of a disastrous railway accident, involving great loss of life, which occurred last night at Montfort-sur-mer, Brittany. Two trains came into collision, and…
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A serious accident happened at Hill Plain, on Saturday evening List, to Cobb and Co.’s coach which journeys between St. James and Yarrawonga. At Hill Plain the horses are…
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A fatal accident by drowning occurred on Tuesday in the Chiltern Lake. A boy about 12 years of age, named Charles Williams, was passing along the embankment on the road to…
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On Friday last two fatal accidents occurred in the River Hunter, about four miles from Raymond Terrace. The ketch Constant was under way, when the boom suddenly caught…
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A shocking accident occurred on Monday at Tatalia, about five miles from Echuca, on the New South Wales side of the Murray. Two men named Charles Harris and James M’Gee…
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