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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1872

5 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Accident on the Railway Line 100 Sheep Cut to Atoms by the Engine

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 1 February 1872 · page 4

IT was raining heavily, and the night wind was cold, as the 1 p.m. train left Goulburn for Sydney. Rugs and overcoats were in requisition, and everything…

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Frightful Accident to an Aeronaut

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 8 August 1872 · page 4

The balloon ascension connected with Noyes' Circus is one of that show's great cards. Every afternoon immense crowds congregate on the bluffs to witness it…

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Fatal Accidents.—coroner's Inquests

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 3 October 1872 · page 2

TWO inquests have been held before the district coroner, Dr Morton, during the past week, as under:— The first inquest was held on…

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Melancholy Fatal Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 19 December 1872 · page 4

ON Sunday afternoon Bathurst was thrown into a state of excitement by some boys rushing up to town with the news that several others had been…

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Accident to a Female Gymnast at Sandhurst

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 19 December 1872 · page 4

A REGULAR writer for the Bendigo Advertiser gives the following in connection with the accident to a young woman who was performing on the trapeze in…

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