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Accidents, 1849

3 stories in Sydney's papers

Dreadful Accident.—four Lives Lost

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 February 1849 · page 2

A FEARFUL accident occurred about midday, on Friday, at the Pennant Hills quarry, by which four persons lost their lives, and a [?] was so seriously injured thnt serious…

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Dreadful Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 November 1849 · page 4

DURING the last five weeks a spacious building, formerly a coach factory, has been opened as a place of worship by the Roman Catholics. This building was on the north side of…

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Frightful Accident at the Britannia Bridge

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 1 December 1849 · page 7

We have just received the following melancholy intelligence from a trustworthy correspondent:-- "Bangor, Friday evening, August 17,1849. " "All the fond and desired hopes of a a successful…

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