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Accidents, 1873

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Narrow Escape from Drowning. Loss of a Team of Eight Bullocks

Evening News · Monday 8 September 1873 · page 3
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ON Thursday, says the Singleton correspondent of the Maitland Mercury, William Schmierer, of Goorangoola, brought a load of wheat into town, and after making some purchases, returned towards home. He…

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Telegrams This Day Pontifical High Mass at Bathurst. Inquest at Bathurst Gaol. Missing Child at Campbell's River. Fatal Accident at Bathurst. Population of Victoria. Fire at Emerald Hill. Hospital Sunday at Sandhurst. Husband Poisoning at Adelaide. Destruction of the Glenelg Lighthouse. Bathurst. Monday, 10.15 a.m

Evening News · Monday 8 September 1873 · page 2

Upwards of three thousand people were present at the High Mass celebrated at the opening of St. Stanislaus, College, and eight hundred were present at the luncheon…

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Telegrams This Day Land-meeting at Queanbeyan. Meeting at Tumut. Accidental Shooting of Father O'keefe. the New Mayor of Melbourne. the Victorian Pilot Service. False Pretences at Sandhurst. Adelaide Breadstuffs. &c., &c., &c. QUEANBEYAN, Saturday, 5.30 p.m

Evening News · Monday 15 September 1873 · page 2

A largely attended meeting of free selectors was held at the Oddfellows' Hall, Queanbeyan, to-day. Resolutions in favour of an appeal to the country before altering the Land Law…

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Telegrams This Day Governor Bowen's Projected Visit to Riverina. Sensational Preaching. Extraordinary Scene. Re-appearance of Locusts in Victoria. Drowning of Captain Rouse of the Claud Hamilton. Large Fire at Auckland. Settlement of the Stawell Dispute. Latest From Mauritius. the Vine Disease in South Australia. Fresh Discoveries at Yam Creek. &C., &c., &c. Hill End

Evening News · Tuesday 16 September 1873 · page 2

The manager of Jeffree and Gellard's Gold-mining Company reports having cut a vein in the old shaft, estimated to yield 30oz to the ton…

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Terrible Railway Accident

Evening News · Wednesday 24 September 1873 · page 3
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An appalling accident happened at the Wigan railway-station, early on Saturday morning, August 2, to the tourist train from Euston to the north. It seems to have been of that extraordinary character which,…

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Four Railway Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 September 1873 · page 5

The first occurred at the Wigan station on the London and North-Western line, about a quarter-past 1 o'clock on August 2. The Scotch express train, consisting of two engines, twenty-two carriages, and three vans, left Euston…

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Fatal Accident to the Bishop of Winchester

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 September 1873 · page 5

Wide and sincere will be the grief felt by the sad news of the death of the Bishop of Winchester, which took place on July 19, in the sixty-eighth year of his age. His lordship left London in the afternoon of that day by…

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Telegrams This Day the Late Accident at Bathurst. Safe Robbery. Shock of Earthquake at Goulburn. Capture of the Queensland Bushrangers at Barraba. Conflict with the Police. Latest Commercial. Melbourne Stock Sales. the Tasmanian Budget. Telegraph to Western Australia. Travelling Expenses to South Australian M.p.'s. Morning Star Company, Port Darwin, &c., &c., &c. BATHURST

Evening News · Thursday 25 September 1873 · page 2

The publican from Box Ridge, named Considine, who was thrown from his horse on Monday, died at the hospital yesterday (Wednesday) morning. He never regained of friends who are inconsolable at their loss. A cash-box was stolen from the shop of Mr. Vorbeck, tobacconist, William-street, on Tuesday evening—it contained money and…

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Coroner's Court, Accidental Death

Evening News · Friday 26 September 1873 · page 3

THE City Coroner (H. Shiell, Esq.) held an inquiry at his office, Hyde Park, at half-past 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, touching the cause of death of George B. Muir, employed as a [?]ilmaker on board the Liverpool…

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Telegrams This Day the Gulgong Escort. an Elective Upper House. the Jawbone Rush. Defeat of Mr. Grant's Vote of Censure on the Victorian Ministry. Another Woollen Mill at Geelong. Action for Libel Against the "Australasian." Mount and Morris. the Alfred Graving Dock. Death by Drowning at Grafton. Excitement at Deniliquin. Latest Mining and Commercial, &c., c., &c. GULGONG. Thursday, 2.50 p.m

Evening News · Friday 26 September 1873 · page 2

The fortnightly escort left this morning, with 5534 ozs gold, and £200 in notes. The Gulgong School of Arts debating club have decided by a proportion of three to one,…

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Four Railway Accidents

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 27 September 1873 · page 403

The first occurred at the Wigan station on the London and North-Weatem line, about a quarter-past 1 o'clock on August 2. The Scotch express train, consisting of two engines, twenty-two carriages, and three vans, left Euston…

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Fatal Accident to the Bishop of Winchester

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 27 September 1873 · page 402

Wide and sincere will be the grief felt by the sad news of the death of the Bishop of Winchester, which took place on July 19, in the sixty-eighth year of his age. His lordship left London in the afternoon of that day by…

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Terrible Railway Accident

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 September 1873 · page 23

An appalling accident happened at the Wigan railway-station, early on Saturday morning, August 2, to the tourist train from Euston to the north, it seems to have been of that extraordinary character which,…

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Telegrams This Day Ratification of Mr. Samuel's Agreement by the New Zealand Parliament. Death of Inspector Brannigan. Tin From Stanthorpe. Madame Goddard at Melbourne. Greathead's Remedy for Diptheria. the Newcastle Miners. Death by Drowning at Brewarina. Hospital Sunday Movement at Melbourne. War Against Dummyism in South Australia. Brisbane

Evening News · Monday 29 September 1873 · page 2

The tin ore received at Warwick during the week, for transmission to Brisbane, amounts to 150 tons…

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Telegrams This Day Collision in the Bay at Melbourne. Handball Challenge. Suspension of Captain Ashton. Annexation of Fiji. the Mount and Morris Case. the Tookey Mine on Fire. Reduction of the Cost of Cablegrams. Latest Commercial, Bathurst

Evening News · Tuesday 30 September 1873 · page 2

The escort on Wednesday will take down the following quantities of gold:—Gulgong, 5534oz 11dwts ; Mudgee, 355oz 1dwt 9grs ; Hargraves, 99oz 13dwt 12grs ; Tambaroora,…

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Fatal Collision Between the Kais and the Coast Natives

Evening News · Saturday 4 October 1873 · page 3

The Times of the 3rd September, understands from J. H Corven, E.q who has recently arrived from Nadroga, that a little unpleasantness (sic) occurred lately in the mountains at the back of that settlement,…

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New Rush at the Endeavour River. Impersonations at the Mudgee Election. Wreck and Floating Gear at Sea. the Late Collision at Melbourne. the Proposed Cable Subsidy. Frightful Accident at Sandhurst. Loss of Two Seamen. Death of an Old Colonist. South Australian Breadstuffs Latest Mining and Commercial, &c., &c., &c. GULGOKG. Friday, 3.45 p.m

Evening News · Saturday 4 October 1873 · page 2

The examination of the four persons charged with impersonation at the Mudgee election, was proceeded with by Mr. Tebbutt to-day. The accused were discharged on the ground…

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Coroner's Court This Day. Accidental Death

Evening News · Tuesday 7 October 1873 · page 3

The City Coroner held an inquest at his omce, Hyde Park, yesterday, on the body of a man named John Fulham. Felix M'Kone, a wheel wright, and John Anabel, publics. Elizabeth and Goulburn streets,…

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