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South Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1885

18 stories in South Coast's papers

Fatal Yachting Accident

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 8 January 1885 · page 4

FURTHER traces have been found of the victims of the fatal yachting accident which occurred on the eastern shore of Port Phillip on December 13 or 14, when the…

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Dreadful Accident in Kent Street

Moruya Examiner · Saturday 24 January 1885 · page 2

A married woman, named Elizabeth M‘Sweeney, aged 30, living at the Great Britain Hotel, Kent street, Sydney, met with a terrible accident on Tuesday morning,…

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Our Telegrams . (From our t[?] Corr[?]pon[?]) Terrible Railway Accident Sydney, Jan 26

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Wednesday 28 January 1885 · page 2

TERRIBLE railway accident on Sunday night to tho train from Melbourne, near Cootamundra A culvert at Saltwater Greek was was[?] away, leaving a gap…

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Terrible Railway Accident near Cootamundra. WE extract the following from Tuesday's Herald:— Cootamundra

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 29 January 1885 · page 2

A terrible railway accident occurred this evening to the mail train. A culvert at what is known as the Salt Clay Creek, about three miles on the Wagga Wagga side of…

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Terrible Railway Accident. (Telegram to Baga Standard)

Moruya Examiner · Saturday 31 January 1885 · page 3

Terrible railway accident on Sunday night to the train from Melbourne, near Cootamundra. A culvert at Saltwater [?] was [?]va hed away, leaving gap into which the…

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Shocking Fatality. Collision in the Harbour. Two Women Killed. Several Injured

Moruya Examiner · Saturday 7 March 1885 · page 2

A frightful collision [?] the troopship [?]a and Messrs. Huddart and Parker’s steamer Me[?]esis, unfortunately marred the brightness of Tuesday’s p[?]ceedings. It…

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Terrible and Fatal Accident

Moruya Examiner · Saturday 4 April 1885 · page 2

One of the most frightful accidents we have ever been called upon to [?] occurred on Wednesday last at the Pompey point quarry where the stone for the local break…

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luquest on the repent j fatal Accident at the Quarry

Moruya Examiner · Saturday 11 April 1885 · page 2

THE above was held on Friday, 3rd instant, by the Coroner, G. Mu[?]sell, E.Q., when the following jury was en[?]nelled :— John Gibson (foreaia[?]) W. Wa[?]so, B. Kuap…

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Terrible and [?] Accident

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 April 1885 · page 4

ONE of the [?] have [?] occurred [?]…

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Peculiar Result of a Mill Accident

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 23 April 1885 · page 2

THE Duluth Tribune makes the following statement: "It was more than three weeks ago that John Johnson, a laborer in the Duluth Lumber Company's mill, was injured…

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Fatal Accident

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 2 July 1885 · page 2

A TERRIBLE accident, which resulted in the death of a man named John Lawson, occurred at Coal-Cliff on Wednesday night last. Not far from the southern end of the great railway tunnel…

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English Entrants. Alarming Accident Hish Channel Steam[?]

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Saturday 18 July 1885 · page 2

During a de[?] at night the paper a steamer [?] belonging to the London and North- western Railway Company, struck with great violence on the rocks…

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Fatal Accident at To[?]in

Moruya Examiner · Saturday 22 August 1885 · page 2

ON Monday morning last the [?] intellig[?]ce reached town that a [?] at [?] Mill had [?] a severe [?] fre[?] piece of timber striking him in the [?] as [?]…

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The Late Fatal Accident at the Enterprise Saw Mill. (To the Editor of the Bega Standard.)

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Wednesday 26 August 1885 · page 2

SIR,—A short time ago the quiet neighbourhood [?] of Kind was somewhat disturbed by the news that a serious accident had befallen a young man [?]rd Michael…

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Accidental Death

Moruya Examiner · Saturday 12 September 1885 · page 2

ON Friday the 4th instant, a man named Edward George Rowan was accidently killed at Johnson’s saw mill Tomakin. An inquest was held on the following day,…

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Fatal Accident. INQUEST

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 24 September 1885 · page 2

ON Monday last, at the residence of the deceased's parents and inquest was held by Mr. District Coroner Richards, and a jury of four, touching the caused of death of Sarah Moore,…

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A Frightful Accident

Moruya Examiner · Saturday 10 October 1885 · page 2

THE Blyth correspondent of the South Australian Advertiser reports that a sad accident occurred at the Blyth camp on September 29. A girl, the child of W…

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Fatal Accident at Newcastle

Moruya Examiner · Saturday 5 December 1885 · page 2

This mornings shortly before 8 o’clock, a coloured man named Augustus Go[?]doran, employed by Mr. Hussell, contractor was constructing a wharf on the A. A…

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