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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1833

10 stories in Sydney's papers

Accidents, offences, &c

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 7 March 1833 · page 3

THE HEIGHT OF IMPUDENCE.—On Saturday morning, about one o'clock, a fellow was observed by O'Meara, the conductor, riding on a horse, which was rigged out in dray harness, down…

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Police Accidents

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 21 March 1833 · page 3

MONDAY.—John O'Neil was elmiged by the sentry at the Main Barrack Gate, with insisting to come into the square, although staggering drunk; on the sentry remonstrating with him, he threatened…

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Accidents

The Australian · Friday 10 May 1833 · page 5

A poor Boy was run over in Cambridge-street, on Monday last, by a horseman and bad his leg dreadfully fractured. The fellow rode on as it nothing bad happened…

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Accidents, OFfences, &C

The Australian · Friday 24 May 1833 · page 3

Yesterday evening as Lieutenant Tobins' groom as exercising his horse, the animal became resve, and ran away with him, and galloped with reat violence against some steps on the west side…

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Accidents, Offenes, &c

The Sydney Herald · Monday 27 May 1833 · page 3

On Thursday evening last, a fellow was detected sneaking on his hands and knees into the shop of Mr. Richardson, the haberdasher, in Pitt-street, justin the act of crawling off with some boots and…

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Accidents and Offences

The Australian · Friday 7 June 1833 · page 3

Mrs. Templeton's cart was robbed on the Concord Road, on Wednesday week of flour and other articles. The bags which contained the flour were subsequently found secreted near the…

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Accidents and Offences

The Australian · Friday 14 June 1833 · page 3

Patrick O'Neill, who was apprehended on Sunday night for passing bad coin, contrived to effect his escape from the watch-house, and is now at [?] The police are in search of him…

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Accidents, Offences, &c

The Sydney Herald · Monday 15 July 1833 · page 3

On Wednesday night a fellow, in a state of drunkenness, attacked a poor aged woman in Kent-street named M'Guigan, and broke her leg in so dreadful a manner, that from her age and…

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Shocking Accident in Edinburgh

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 13 August 1833 · page 4

An accident of the most frightful nature occurred in Maroh last, at No.16, Pi[?]ardy-place, Edinburgh, the residence of the late Lord Eldin. His Lordship's valuable collection of paintings had…

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Next Door Neighbours: Or, the Awful Square. a positive Fact.—BY F.W.N. BAYLEY. There was an old man bad four sons, Jerry, James, Joseph, and John, Jerry was hung, and James was drowned, And Joseph was lost, and never was found, And John he died with a mind unsound[?] So there was an end of his four sons, Jerry, James, Joseph, and John. Child's Book

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 8 October 1833 · page 4

How delightful, and yet how true, are the moral lessons of childhood! If the above verse of infant calibre does not astonish the Bulwerites of literature, it at least foretels…

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