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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1836

32 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 2

Accidents, Offences &c

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 17 November 1836 · page 2

DARING OUTRAGE.—We understand that a villanous incendiary has burnt down one of the Bridges on the road from Maitland to Newcastle, and thereby prevented…

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The Sydney Herald · Monday 21 November 1836 · page 3

A burglary was committed on the premises of Mr. Street, on Thursday night. One of the shutters was found down, and a number of breast-pins and a silver…

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The Sydney Herald · Thursday 1 December 1836 · page 3

About four months since, a girl about fifteen years of age named Cadman, who had formerly been in the Orphan School, was sentenced by Major Elrington to be…

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The Sydney Herald · Monday 5 December 1836 · page 2

The house of Mr. Pritchard in Bridgestreet was burglariously entered on Friday night. The thieves effected an entrance by climbing the verandah, and breaking a…

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The Sydney Herald · Thursday 8 December 1836 · page 2

BURGLARY,—On Tuesday night, the house of Mr. Davies, the mercer, was burglariously entered by two men, who effected an entrance by making a hole in…

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The Sydney Herald · Monday 12 December 1836 · page 1

A private of the 4th regiment, named Morriss, walked into the shop of Mr. Folk, of George-street, and after asking the price of a hat, snatched up a piece of…

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The Sydney Herald · Monday 19 December 1836 · page 1

A CIRCUMSTANCE OF CONGRATULATION.—Several robberies having been committed on the Smith Head Road within the last few days, the police in that district…

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The Sydney Herald · Thursday 22 December 1836 · page 2

BUSHRANGERS.—Bushrangers are at work again on the Bargo Road; it is quite unsafe to travel alone. A young man named Jervis, formerly in the employ of Mr. Gray, of Sutton Forest, was stopped…

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The Sydney Herald · Monday 26 December 1836 · page 2

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—We regret that it has become our duty to report a fatal accident by which two respectable individuals have lost their lives. It appears…

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The Late Accident

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 27 December 1836 · page 2

We carefully abstained from making any remarks upon this unfortunate affair in our last paper, because there are always two sides to a story. We have…

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The Sydney Herald · Thursday 29 December 1836 · page 2

A man named [?]eelan, a keeper of one of those [?]tamous houses in Elizabeth-street, was killed on Tuesday morning last, in a scuffle with somepersons in…

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The late Fatal Accident

The Sydney Times · Saturday 31 December 1836 · page 2

Communications, editorial and from Correspondents, have appeared in most of our contemporaries ; the substance of which seems to be a general impression that all…

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