Fearful Railway Accident. Great Loss of Life
THE immunity from very serious railway accidents which this colony has hitherto enjoyed, has been rudely dispelled, and it is our painful task to record a catastrophe…
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17 stories in Riverina's papers
Appalling Railway Accident Near Cootamundra. SYDNEY, Monday, 9 a.m
A terrible railway accident occurred on Sunday night to the overland mail train from Melbourne, near Cootamundra. A culvert at Salt Clay Creek was washed away, leaving a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Disastrous Flood. Town of Cootamundra Partially Submerged. Property Injured. Railway Line Broken in Three Places. Frightful Railway Accident. Another River Tay Disaster. Six Bodies Recovered From the Wreck. One Man Out Almost in Two. the Flood
SUNDAY, the 25th and Monday, 56th January (Anniversary Day), in the year 1885, will not be forgotten for many years to come. It will be memorable as a dark…
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The information given in town of injury being done to the main southern railway line was conveyed by Mr. M. J. Mullaly, J.P., whom we accosted at the bridge over…
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ANOTHER of the "moving accidents by flood and field" has, we regret to learn, to be recorded. Tho S. M. Herald has a telegram which states that on Saturday last, at Lawson…
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Further particulars in reference to the accident states a human head was found yesterday morning, but no other bodies were discovered Bergin, who had both legs broken, expired at'…
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SUNDAY, the 25th and Monday, 26th January (Anniversary Day), in the year 1885, will not be forgotten for many years to come. It will be memorable as a dark…
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The following telegrams appear in the Argus of Thursday:- ALBURY, Thursday. THERE is a fact connected with the late…
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IN a recent article we adverted on the apparent delight which some of the Victorian newspaper writers evidently felt in referring to the recent railway disaster at…
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AN alarming collision occurred on the 29th December, at the St. Paul's Road Junction of the Midland railway, near London, by which several persons were…
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AN inquest was held at the hospital on Wednesday morning by Mr. Coroner Weekes, concerning the death of one Phillip Clancy, a plate-layer, working on the railway line near Coolac…
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MR. A. Elliott, J.P., hold an inquiry into tho cause of the death of Hugh M'Kenzie late of Cootamundra, at Mr. Egan's Railway Hotel, Junee Junction, on Monday…
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News has just reached town that a frightful accident occurred to-day on the Gundagai railway at the Coolac crossing. It appears that several thousand sheep in…
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JUST before going to press on Tuesday evening we were informed that a man (named Byrne) had been killed on the Gundagai railway line, and another injured. Dr…
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IN the history of Australian racing there is no other such unfortunate accident recorded as that which occurred in the Caulfield Cup on Saturday. The field of horses was, with a…
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MR. CANDLER held an inquest at the Spread Eagle Hotel, Richmond, on Monday, upon the body of Donald Nicholson, the jockey who was killed while riding Lord Exter in the…
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