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South Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1870

4 stories in South Coast's papers

Dreadful Accident on the Race con[?]se

The News, Shoalhaven and Southern Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1870 · page 2

ALTHOUGH the two day’s races advertised passed off with only one or two minor accidents, the extra day’s sport which was got up by a few parties yesterday, consisting of…

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Local & General News. Narrow Escape From Drowning.—

The News, Shoalhaven and Southern Coast Districts Advertiser · Monday 16 May 1870 · page 2

Mr. William M’Guire, son of Mr. James M’Guire, of Greenhills, had a narrow escape from being drowned one day last week, in attempting to cross the Wandandian Creek…

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Death by Drowning

The News, Shoalhaven and Southern Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 10 September 1870 · page 2

ON Friday last, a little girl aged two years, daughter of William Greenway of Back Forest, met her death by falling into a waterhole. The following particulars were [?]licited at the…

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Fatal Accident

The News, Shoalhaven and Southern Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 24 September 1870 · page 4

THE Coonabarabran correspondent of the Maitland Mercury relates that, on the 7th September, Mr. William Kerr went tut into a small paddock adjoining the house,…

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