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Accidents, 1866

3 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Local Intelligence. Accidental Explosion of Blasting Powder at Mac's Reef.—two Men Killed

Queanbeyan Age and General Advertiser · Thursday 23 August 1866 · page 2

QUITE a gloom has been thrown over the entire community of this district by tidings which reached town on Saturday morning last to the effect that Mr Dennis Keefe and Mr Charles Loftus had been killed…

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Fearful and Fatal Accident to Irish Ladies in Switzerland

Queanbeyan Age and General Advertiser · Thursday 27 September 1866 · page 4

A CORRESPONDENT supplies the following particulars of an accident to travellers in Switzerland:—Three ladies have lost their lives in…

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Fatal Accident on Mont Blanc

Queanbeyan Age and General Advertiser · Thursday 22 November 1866 · page 4

A sad accident occurred on Mont Blanc on the 23rd. Sir George Young, with two brothers and cousins, successfully reached the summit of Mont Blanc (without guides)…

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