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Accidents, 1871

14 stories in Riverina's papers

Terrible Torpedo Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 7 January 1871 · page 4

HAMBURG, September 24.—Intelligence has just been received of another dreadful torpedo accident that occurred yesterday at Cuxhaven, by which…

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A Very Lamentable Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 25 February 1871 · page 4

THE Times, of December 26, gives the following particulars of the drowning of Mr. Walter, son of the senior proprietor of the London Times:—…

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No More Buggy Accidents

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 11 March 1871 · page 3

A VERY important and valuable invention has just been made (says the Argus) by the Melbourne Carriage Company, which will insure perfect safety from accidents to drivers…

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Railway Accidents

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 11 March 1871 · page 4

THE people who are smashed, burned, or maimed for life in the so-called accidents to express trains are for the most part those who are travelling in…

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Frightful Accident on the Hudson River Railway. (From the New York Herald, February 8.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 29 March 1871 · page 4

At twenty-four minutes after 10 o'olook on Monday night, February 6, a special freight train, or "wild cat," as such are called in railroad phrase, laden…

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Frightful Railway Accident

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 1 April 1871 · page 4

The 'New York Herald ' gives the following description of an appalling accident that occurred on the Hudson River Railway, on Monday, February 6th:—…

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Dreadful Accident in the Bush

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 15 April 1871 · page 3

THE Monaro Mercury of Saturday reports a horrible affair which occurred at Cooma to a young woman (the daughter of Joseph Woodcroft, a blacksmith) who was dragged by a…

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The Late Fatal Accident at the Glebe

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 19 April 1871 · page 3

AN inquest was held at the house of Mr. Michael Chapman, Cloyne Lodge, Globe, on Friday last, to inquire into the cause of the death of Sarah Jane Jenkins. The following…

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Terrible Railway Accident

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 22 April 1871 · page 4

The papers of Murseilles give detailed accounts of a terrible railway accident which took place between that town and Toulon. The train started from Marseilles at a quarter…

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Shocking Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 16 August 1871 · page 3

WRITING from Casino on the 3rd instant a correspondent of the Clarence Examiner says:- "Paddy McCarthy, carrier, en route for…

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Fatal and Melancholy Boat Accident in the Harbour

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 6 September 1871 · page 3

YESTERDAY afternoon, says Friday's Empire, a fatal and very melancholy boat accident, resulting in the death of a young lady, daughter of H. Cyle Burnell. Esq.. J.P.,…

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Shocking Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 27 September 1871 · page 4

AN inquest was held on Saturday last (says the Maitland Mcrcury) by the Coroner, Mr. T. W. Pearse, at the residence of Mr. William Taylor, Bloomfield, on the body of a…

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Terrible Accident to a Wedding Party in India

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 11 November 1871 · page 4

ON the 14th June, a terrible accident occurred at the river Moola Moota, in which sixteen persons were drowned. It appears that a wedding party of…

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Shocking Colliery Fatality at Dudley

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 30 December 1871 · page 2

On October 25, a shocking colliery fatality occurred at Lord Dudley's limestone pits, at the foot of the Dudley Castle Hill. Four men and a boy, named Hemmings, Edwards,…

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