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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1830

4 stories in Sydney's papers

Another Accident Owing to an Uncovered Well

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 11 March 1830 · page 3

At 10 o'clock on Tuesday morning an inquest was held at the sign of the Saracen's Head, Gloucester-street, Rocks, on the body of a fine boy, about 6 years of age,…

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The Dog Act. Serious Accident. To the Editor of the Sydney Gazette

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 June 1830 · page 3

SIR, This, Mr. Editor being the 1st day of June, is the anniversary of the bloody 1st of June, 1794, a day over memorable in the history of England and…

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Fatal Accident. To the Editor of the Sydney Gazette

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 December 1830 · page 3

SIR, A fatal accident occurred in our little neighbourhood yesterday, to an old respectable emigrant settler, Mr. William Hancy, who, when returning…

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Melancholy Accident. to the Editor of the Sydney Monitor. Parramatta, Dec. 8, 1830

The Sydney Monitor · Saturday 18 December 1830 · page 4

Last Monday morning, as Mr. Wm. Hansy was fiding on the Windsor road, in company with two other persons, his horse came in contact with a cow, owing to which the horse fell,…

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