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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1880

9 stories in Riverina's papers

Serious Railway Accident at Parramatta

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 3 January 1880 · page 6

FRIDAY being Boxing-day, several thousands of people proceeded by railway to Parramatta and Hawkesbury races, inspired with confidence in the good management of…

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Accident Assurance

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 13 March 1880 · page 6

WE know of no assurance association which deserves more the encouragement of the press of the colony than that known as the Australian Accident Assurance Association,…

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Accident to the Albury Coach

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 13 April 1880 · page 2

On Saturday morning last a rumour gained currency throughout the town to the effect that the Albury coach, which left Wagga Wagga on Friday morning, had been upset…

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Fatal Tramway Accident. (Echo.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 29 April 1880 · page 4

At twenty minutes to 3 on Saturday afternoon an accident occurred in connection with the Government tramway line, which resulted fatally to a man named Richard Richardson…

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Action on an Accident Policy

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 8 May 1880 · page 1

In the Queen's Bench Division on Feb. 23, before Mr. Justice Lush and Mr. Justice Manisty, Mr. J. J. Powell, Q.C., moved for a new trial in the case of…

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Serious Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 20 May 1880 · page 2

A VERY serious accident, which it is sincerely to be hoped will not prove a fatal one, occurred yesterday afternoon in Fitzmaurice-street. It appears that Mr. Sam Gorman,…

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Mail Coach Accidents. (Echo.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 8 July 1880 · page 4

It has frequently happened that serious accidents have occurred in the interior of the colony through the bolting of the horses attached to mail coaches while the driver has…

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Tumut News. Fatal Accident at Lacmalac

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 22 October 1880 · page 2

On Monday last, Mr. F. W. Vyner, district coroner, held an inquest at the Court-house, on the body of Stephen Halloran, aged 14 years, who met his death by the discharge of a gun at…

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Extraordinary Railway Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 4 December 1880 · page 3

A most extraordinary railway accident occurred on the Midland Railway to the Scotch night express on October 9. Two express trains leave St. Pancras every evening—one…

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