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220 stories in Murray's papers · page 4 of 11
General Docbesne, the commander of the French expedition for the conquest of Madagascar, has issued a proclamation to the soldiers warning them that during the…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Maitland Mercury is responsible for the following. A young gentleman was riding a handsome bay horse up [?]mth Park-road. For some reason the animal began to buck, and…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →A shocking railway accident occurred at the larges Railway crossing on the Queenscliff line, Mrs. [?]wart, wife of the studmaster at St. Albans, wita her sleter and child were…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →An accident, which might have been attended with wreckage of the whole train, occurred to the down express from Sydney to Melbourne, at a quarter to 4 o’clock on…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—Concerning the outrage at -the free labourers' camp at Miami on Sunday, the police have gathered further particulars. It seems that two heavy cast iron pipes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A distressing fatality is reported from Ashley, Canterbury, New Zealand. A farmer's wife was washing up the dinner things, and had a very sharp pointed…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →An accident of a most extraordinary nature (writes the Maitland Mercury) occurred recently at Campbell's Hill saleyards. Several bullocks, one of which had a pair of horns…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →A fearful accident happened about 8 o'clock of Friday night at the Metropolitan Board of Works sewerage tunnel at Sporttiswood, near Melbourne. This tunnel had been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AN accident occurred at Melbourne on Friday craning in No. 1 section of the Hobon's Bay main sewer, which is under about the centre of the River Yarra, and in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Saturday (says the Warren Herald) a Chinese gardener named Yee fan, aged 25 years, and a resident of Warren, was accidentally drowned In the Macquarie River…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →An accident occurred on Friday evening in No. 1 section of the Hobson's Bay main sewer, which is under about the [?] of the River Yarra, and in Mr. A. J. Robot's contract at…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →A serious railway accident has occurred near Bodmin, in Cornwall. An excursion train when coming round a curve on the line near the town ran off the rails. No lives were lost…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →A terrible fatality occurred at Toowoomba on Friday morning, when a man named King was burned to death. King was living in a five-roomed wooden house in James-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →A shocking fatality has occurred at Durham, Ox. A young woman, Mary M’Kean, was making a fire, when her hair got caught in the pothook. Not being able to…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →A serious accident has occurred at an [?]listic service that was being conducted by Mr. D. L. Moody, the well-known revivalist, in Texas…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →An extraordinary case of misadventure, surrounded by details of pitiful destitution, was brought under the notice of the South Preston police a few days since. A man…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →A sad accident occurred at Sandy Creek, near Muswellbrook, on Easter Monday, resulting in the death of a youth named Walter D[?]kingham. D[?]sed was riding Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →On Tuesday night an accident happened to the 4 p.m. special train from Benalla. Just as the train drew into the Mon[?] siding on Tuesday afternoon, at about…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →A fire which occurred in a very extensive tobacco factory in Montreal was attended by most distressing results. A panic seized the operatives, about 1,000 of whom…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →A terrible tragedy occurred at Collingwood this morning. Michael Dooley, a labourer, was living bad terms with his wife, and got an axe with which he brutally hacked her to death. He then…
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