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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1873

7 stories in New England's papers

Yesterday's Mails. Death by Drowning of the Armidale Mailman

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1873 · page 4

WE are this week called upon to chronicle the death by drowning of Mr. George Burton, one of the best mailmen, as regards keeping time and combating with…

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Drowning of the Armidale Mailman in the Nymboida. (To the Editors of the Armidale Express.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 11 January 1873 · page 4

GENTLEMEN—In reading the report of the inquest on the body of George Burton, I notice that one of the witnesses has stated that Burton re-crossed…

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Gunpowder Accidents—blasting Miss-fired Holes. (To the Editor of the Herald.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 15 February 1873 · page 6

SIR—The cause or accidents of this character are many, but in the main are chiefly attributable to negligence and recklessness…

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Fall of a Concert-hall at Smyrna. Two Hundred Persons Reported Drowned

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 3 May 1873 · page 6

THE following details are given in the ' Levant Herald' of the terrible accident at Smyrna:— Smyrna, February 10.—A fearful…

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Terrible Accident in America. Dixon, Ill., May 4

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 9 August 1873 · page 6

A. TERRIBLE accident occurred here this afternoon. The rite of baptism was being administered to a number of recent converts to one of the Baptist churches…

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Shocking Fatality to School Girls

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 1 November 1873 · page 7

A TERRIBLE disaster has just occurred at Beauto Arsizio, in the province of Milan. In the Via Santa-Croce existed a house belonging to the church of that name,…

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A Distressing Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 1 November 1873 · page 7

ON August 28 a son and daughter of the Bishop of Bombay went to view the falls of Moness, in the vicinity of Aberfeldy, and when standing above the middle fall…

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