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Accidents, 1874

462 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 24

Telegrams This Day Cable Messages. (Reuter's Special Telegrams.) Appaling Disasters. Burning of the Ship Cospatrick, with Loss of 460 Lives. Heartrending Details of Suffering. Shocking Railway Accidents. Upwards of 100 Persons Killed and Injured

Evening News · Thursday 31 December 1874 · page 2

[A portion of the following appeared in our Second Edition of yesterday.] LONDON, via Singapore, December 27. Received in Sydney, December 30, 5.40 p.m…

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Coroner's Court. Fatal Railway Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 December 1874 · page 2

AN inqest was hold, yesterday forenoon; by the Coroner, at his office, Hyde Park, touching the d[?] Anthony Maguire, who was killed at the Rodfern [?] Tetminus on Tuesday last…

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Dreadful Railway Accidents. London, December 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 December 1874 · page 5

A railway accident, which is almost unparalled, occurred at Shipton, on Thursday after[?]. The trian consisted of two engines and [?]een carriages. It was proceeding at the…

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