Accident to the Royal Mail Steamship America. (From the Times.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 21 February 1857 · page 6
The royal mail steamship America, Lang, commander, which left Liverpool for Boston, on Saturday, 6th Dec., with the usual mails, a large cargo, and 59 passengers, has put…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 26 March 1857 · page 4
Sir Joseph Paxton had narrowly escaped being killed. The Globe, January 11, says: "About 11 o'clock on Thursday night Sir Joseph Paxton was returning to Sydenham…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 June 1857 · page 2
HUDDERSFIELD.— Mr. Cobden having addressed an audience of 2000 persons in the theatre, in exposition of his political views, was interrupted by a tremendous crash. The side…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Accident on the Geelong Railway
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 15 August 1857 · page 2
The Melbourne Argus mentions that, as the train which left Williamstown at nine a.m. was approaching the Geelong station, about halfPast ten a.m. on the 6th of August, the engine…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 27 August 1857 · page 3
On Sunday morning the train left for Maitland at half-past seven, but not returning at its usual time, serious fears were entertained of an accident, which proved too true, for about a quarter-past ten a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Collision. Thirty-two Lives Lost
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 September 1857 · page 2
We are favoured by Captain Mulhall with a copy of the Melbourne Herald, of the 26th August, from which we take the following account of the disastrous collision between two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fearful Collision Off Cape Otway. Loss of the Champion Steamer. Thirty-one Lives Lost
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 September 1857 · page 2
In our last number we published, from the Melbourne Herald, of the 26th Angust, an acoonnt of this fearful disaster. We now give a further account, furnished by the Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Enquiry Into the Fatal Steamer Collision. (From the Herald't Melbourne Correspondent.) Melbourne, Monday, 31at August
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 September 1857 · page 2
The inquiry into the circumstances which led to the loss of the Champion has been concluded by the Victoria Navigation Board, but the question is not set at rest. A very great deal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidental Death at Manning River. (From the Empire's Correspondent)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 31 December 1857 · page 2
A magisterial enquiry was instituted on Sunday last, by Mr. Henry Flett, J.P., touching the death of John lanan, master and owner of the schooner, Louisa Maris, who accidentally…
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