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Accidents, 1862

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Dreadful Railway Accident Near Edinburgh

Sydney Mail · Saturday 27 December 1862 · page 7

A DISASTROUS railway accident occurred near Winchburgh, on the Edinburgh and Glasgow railway, on Monday night, the 13th October. The following patrticulars of this fearful occurrence are taken from the Scotman:—…

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Lamentable Death by Drowning

Empire · Monday 29 December 1862 · page 5

ON Friday last, Mr. James Hunter, of the firm of Croom and Co., of Towns' Wharf, went down to Botany, for the purpose of enjoying a day's sport in fishing and shooting. On returning in the evening across the [?]ay,…

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The Late Collision. Iv. the Board. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 December 1862 · page 5

SIR,—There was indeed a call for enquiry. A human being perished, and the Hunterand all on board were within a second of destruction. Two steam vessels approaching each other at the rate of twenty miles an hour, sighted at ten or twelve…

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