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South Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1895

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Sad Drowning Case. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 January 1895 · page 2

Two young man named Follbard and Thom, were drowned at Narrabreen, yesterday…

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A Steamer Wrecked. Ten Persons Drowned. London

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 January 1895 · page 2

A steamer has been wrecked on the coast of Cornwall. There were 108 persons on board, and attempting to swim ashore tea were drowned…

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Terrible Explosion. Bursting of a Vat. Nine Persons Badly Injured. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 8 February 1895 · page 2

One of the vats used in the boiling down works at Gunnedah burst, nine employees being seriously injured. Immediately the explosion occurred, the…

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Foundering of a Barque. Three Men Drowned. Heroism Displayed by a Woman. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1895 · page 2

The barque Sarah S. Ridgeway, coal laden, from Newcastle to Singapore, which was abandoned, has foundered off the Queensland coast. The…

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The Awhina-prinoess Collision. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 22 February 1895 · page 2

Charles Petersen, captain of the Awhina steamer, which collided with the Princess in Port Jackson, was charged this morning with…

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Skating Calamity. Thirty Children Drowned. London

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 22 February 1895 · page 2

Thirty school children skating on a frozen river at Moscow were drowned through the ice giving way…

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Telegraphic News. Sydney, Friday, 5.55 p.m. Boating Fatality

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 30 March 1895 · page 5

A fishing boat upset last night about midnight at Botany Bay. Six men were in the boat, four of whom were drowned. The wash of a passing steamer swamped…

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Supposed Drowning Fatality. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 April 1895 · page 2

Two brothers named Laurie, with their two sons, setters at Papapakura, New Zealand, are believed to have been drowned whilst fishing…

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Terrible Disaster. Bursting of a Reservoir. Villages Swept Away. 70 Persons Drowned and Hundreds Homeless. London

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 April 1895 · page 2

The Bonsey Reservoir burst, and six miles of the banks of the Epiual-Nancy Canal, in France, have teen carried away. The Valley of Moselle is…

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Fatal Accident at Brundie

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 11 May 1895 · page 2

A lad named Arthur Wellington Elyard, about fifteen years of age, died at the residence of Mr. James Pollock, Brundie, on Thursday morning last from the effects…

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Redfern Railway Accident. Claims for Damages. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 May 1895 · page 2

The whole of the cases against the Railway Commissioners in connection with the Red fern accident will be tried before a special court, commencing on…

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Tragedy by a Lunatic. a Wife Killed with an Axe. Daughter Seriously Injured. Sidney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 May 1895 · page 2

A man, named Wm. Lyon, residing at Wellington, South Australia, in a tic of insanity killed his wife with an axe and then attacked his daughter,…

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Railway Accident. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 June 1895 · page 2

An accident occurred in the Queensland central railway line on Friday. A quarter of a mile of sleepers were torn up and the locomotive [?]. No one,…

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Intercolonial Telegrams. (From our Telegraphic Correspondent.) Sad Drowning Case. Candelo

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 July 1895 · page 2

A Correspondent wired us :—A party from Candelo, the two brothers Morrow, Walter Young, W. Bower, and T. H. Gammey, a milkman for Mr. Bower,…

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Terrible Mining Accident. Broken Hill

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 26 July 1895 · page 4

THIS afternoon, [?]terrible diameter occurred at the Broken [?]South [?] whereby eight men lost their [?]and two where were seriously injured…

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Terrible Railway Accident. London’

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 July 1895 · page 2

A train conveying soldiers from China to Japan has derailed one hundred and forty passengers were killed…

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Railway Accident. London

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 July 1895 · page 2

A French pilgrim[?] to St. B[?]iene, Brittany has been derailed. The carring[?] were [?] into splinters…

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Intercolonial Telegrams. (From our Telegraphic Correspondents.) Collision in Sydney Harbor. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 2 August 1895 · page 2

The ship Brilliant and the steamer Saucy Jack collided in the has hour, the latter being damaged…

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The Scene of the Accident

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 August 1895 · page 3

Seal Rocks, the scene of the disaster, is 109 miles north of Sydney. The northern and larger rock is 13ft. high, and has a sunken rock close to the south-east of it…

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Collision in Moreton Bay. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 23 August 1895 · page 2

A collision took place in Moreton Bay, Queensland, Lift night between the steamer [?] bound for Sydney, and the schooner Moonta…

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