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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1877

7 stories in New England's papers

Frightful Railway Accident--100 People Burnt to Death

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 14 February 1877 · page 3

AN accident occurred at Ashtabula, Ohio, on the Lake Shore Railroad, by which seven coaches and all the baggage and express cars were burned, and about one out of every five persons…

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A Thrilling Accident. Scranton, Pa., Nov. 27.1876

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 23 February 1877 · page 7

THE wildest and most improbable of Jules Verne's "Scientific Romances" contains nothing more thrilling than an accident that has just occurred at Dunmore, one of…

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Collision Between the Maitland (s.) and the Lighter Champion

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1877 · page 4

The 'Newcastle Herald' says:—Early yesterday morning an accident occurred off the coast, which, we regret to say, resulted in the death of an old…

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Frightful Railway Accident. 100 Persons Burnt to Death

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 20 April 1877 · page 8

An accident occurred at Ashtabula, Ohio, on the Lake Shore Railroad, by which seven coaches and all the baggage and express cars were burned, and about one…

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Lines, Suggested Through an Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 July 1877 · page 3

DEAR DOCTOR—You said, as in bed some weeks I'd lie, To determine myself how to best pass my time…

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Terrible Mining Accident at the Kumara, New Zealand

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 1 August 1877 · page 4

A SERIOUS mining accident occurred on the Kumara lead on the 8th July. Four men have been buried through the ground caving in. The claim was being worked by Cooney, Kelly,…

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Terrible Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 31 August 1877 · page 7

ALLENTOWN, Pa., July 14.—At the time of the explosion this afternoon twentysix hands were employed in the works. Three persons were instantly killed, and…

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