Further Particulars of the Loss of the Royal Charter. Four Hundred and Fifty Persons Drowned
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 14 January 1860 · page 2
It is our painful duty to record the total loss of the magnificent screw steamship Royal Charter, and of 450 of her passengers and crew. The Royal Charter was well known as one of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co.'s…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Storm in Sydney on Friday Last. Accidents by Lightning and Rain
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 February 1860 · page 3
On Friday morning the weather, which had been very wet for the two or three previous days, culminated in one of the most terrific thunderstorms that has been remembered for some time past. It commenced at about…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →English Extracts. Terrible Coal Pit Accident
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 18 February 1860 · page 3
The neighbourhood of Far-green, near Hanley, was on Saturday afternoon thrown into a state of intense excitement by the report that an accident with very alarming results had taken place at the "Big Pit," one of Earl…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Collision Between the Williams and the Emeu. (Abridged from the S.M. Herald.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 26 April 1860 · page 2
On Thursday, the 19th, an inquiry into the cause of the collision between the H.R.N.S.N. Company's steamship Williams and the P. and O. Company's Royal Mail ship Emeu was commenced before the Navigation Board of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. the Late Accident at East Maitland. To the Editors of the Maitland Mercury
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 26 April 1860 · page 3
GENTLEMEN—Allow me to express to you my thanks for bringing before the notice of the public the dangerous state of the cutting near my premises, by which the man Peters, now in the Hospital, so nearly lost his life,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Collision Between the "Emeu" and "Williams."
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 April 1860 · page 2
The following report from the Steam Navigation Board was laid upon the table of the Legislative Assembly, on Wednesday, by Mr. Weekes:- The office of the Steam Navigation Board,…
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