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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1873

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Singular Fatal Accident at Belfast

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Wednesday 22 October 1873 · page 4

It it our mournful duty to record another very [?] death, and this time that of a member of our staff-Mr Thomas M'Crocken- the for the past 11 mouths held the…

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Precautions Against Drowning

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 1 November 1873 · page 1

In the absence of the proper appliances for preventing accidents by drowning, which ought to be provided and ready for use at every…

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An Excursion Train Cut in Two.—three Persons Killed and Forty Injured

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 1 November 1873 · page 4

Another fearful railway collision happened this morning, by which at least three persons have lost their lives, and many have been injured—it is feared fatally. The accident…

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Coach Accident. (Pastoral Times.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 5 November 1873 · page 2

On Sunday morning last a frightful accident ocat Pine Ridge, thirty miles south of Hay, in the break down of the coach from Deniliquin to Hay. The coach, with nine passengers inside, had just left…

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Telegraphic News. Direct Telegrams from Europe. [By Submarine Telegraph]. Latest by Cable. London, Nov. 4. the Northfleet Collision

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 8 November 1873 · page 2

The Admiralty havo decided that the steamer Murillo shall pay £24,000 to the owners of the Northfleet. LONDON, Nov. 3…

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Two Children Accidentally Poisoned by Their Mother

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 8 November 1873 · page 5

ON Tuesday morning last, 14th instant, a painful sensation was created in town by a rumour which gained currency, to the effect that a woman named Elliott, wife of a…

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Terrible Railway Accident at Chicago. (From the American Correspondent of the Times.) Philadelphia, Aug. 19

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 19 November 1873 · page 1

Another frightful railway disaster has occurred, the scene being on the Chicago and Alton Railway, about 22 miles south-west of Chicago. This line…

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Serious Omnibus Accident in Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 19 November 1873 · page 4

A very serious omnibus accident occurred on the Wellington-parade road on Wednesday afternoon, shortly after 3 o'clock. The Argus Rives the following particulars:—One…

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