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Accidents

  • Bushfires

    The weather in early February 1851 had been uncommonly hot,with the temperature regularly around the mid...
  • Charles Robertson Rattray

    Reported in the Leader - an accident during the construction of Northcote Picture Theatre:Charles Rattray, a...
  • Explosions at Quarry Northcote Brickworks

    At 11:30am on the morning of 1st June, 1954, an explosion at Northcote Brickworks Company resulted in large...
  • Hat Mills on Heidelberg Road

    The McCrohan Hat Factory first opened in 1906 on the current site of 159-79 Heidelberg Rd Northcote. They...
  • John James Maguire - suspected murder, 1868

    District Coroner, Mr. Candler, was presented with an inquiry into the death of John James Maguire whose body...
  • Percival Humphrey Brewster

    In late October 1912 Percival Brewster aged 7 years, drowned at the Northcote Brickworks. The water's...
  • Richard Owens - accidental hero

    In June, 1912 - a young boy, Eustace Price aged 8 years, accidentally fell 30m into the Northcote Brickworks...
  • Stokes swimming hole - Yarra River

    Stokes swimming hole was located on the Yarra River near Yarraford Avenue, Alphington. Due to changes in the...
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