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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1859

12 stories in Riverina's papers

Appalling Accident at the Victory[?] Theatre

The Adelong Mining Journal and Tumut Express · Friday 1 April 1859 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon, a most distressing event, the inheritance[?] of which will deeply wound the [?] feeling through out the whole [?] occurred in the…

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Miscellaneous. Appaling Accident at the Victoria Theatre, London

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 2 April 1859 · page 4

On Monday afternoon a most distressing event, the intelligence of which will deeply wound the public feeling throughout the whole country, occurred…

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Dreadful Accidents in Liverpool. Fall of a Drapers Shop.—five Lives Lost

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 9 April 1859 · page 4

At three o'clock on Tuesday afternoon the 11th instant, a shocking catastrophe took place in Great George-street. While business was…

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Collision at Sea.--loss of Five Lives

The Adelong Mining Journal and Tumut Express · Friday 13 May 1859 · page 4

The following account of the collision at sea, near Fleetwood, we take from the Preston Guardian:-- "A most frightful collision, between…

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[?]G Accident in Russia

The Adelong Mining Journal and Tumut Express · Friday 27 May 1859 · page 7

Wag[?] extraordinary statement we he[?] Cologne Gazette:--The Russian unce[?] an unexampled cales.[?] anrog[?], on the Sea of Azoff…

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Kissing a Prima Donna by Accident

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1859 · page 3

The Cincinnati 'Gazette' tells a good story of the accidental kissing of the fair Piccolomini while staying recently at the Spencer-house in that city. The young man who inflicted…

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Frightful Mining Accident and Loss of Life

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 9 July 1859 · page 3

A most horrifying accident occurred on Monday afternoon at the Victoria Reef, by which one man lost his life and another has…

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Accident to the Machinery at the Yass

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 9 July 1859 · page 2

MILLS.—On Last Saturday morning, short[?] after the machinery of the Yass Mill [?] been set in motion 8 me serious damage occurred to the engine. The accident incurs…

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Tertible Railway Accident in America

The Adelong Mining Journal and Tumut Express · Friday 23 September 1859 · page 2

The most dreadful railway disaster which ever happened America took place the night before last, about twelve o'clock; about two miles east of South…

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Serious Accident

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 22 October 1859 · page 2

As Mr. Jonathan Boon and Mr. W. Mitchell were returning from the land sale at Lang's Crossing, on Thursday last, in a tandem, the whip caught in some…

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Local Intelligence. Serious Accident to the Gundagai Mail.—a Passenger Killed

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 29 October 1859 · page 2

We regret to announce a very serious accident that happened to the Gundagai mail on Monday last. The passengers upon it were Mr. Stuckey (nephew of Mr. Henry and the late…

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Two young ladies drowned at Prospect

The Adelong Mining Journal and Tumut Express · Friday 30 December 1859 · page 5

An accident of the most melancholy and painful nature took place, on the afternoon of the 21st instant, at Fair hold, by which two highly respectable…

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