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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1848

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

Accidents, Robberies, and Offences

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 12 August 1848 · page 2

One William Deacon was taken into the custody of the Police, on Friday last, for stabbi[?]g a woman, with whom he cohabited, in the neck with a knife. In consequence of the inability of the female to attend at the Police Court, he was remanded to Gaol for a week…

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Accidents, Robberies, and Offences

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 19 August 1848 · page 2

One day last week, a labouring man named John Campbell, was driving his family, consisting of his wife, another woman, a boy and girl, and two infants, in a cart, through East Maitland, when the horse suddenly took fright and ran away, throwing the driver,…

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Accidents, Robberies, and Offences

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 26 August 1848 · page 2

On Friday afternoon last, a Norfolk Island expiree, named Randalls, was observed to get into a bedroom in Ireland's public house, Parramatta Road, by lifting a window communicating with the back yard. An alarm was raised, but the the thief made off…

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Accidents, Robberies, and Offences

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 2 September 1848 · page 2

On Tuesday evening, 22nd ultimo, about five o'clock, a man named Thompson, 72 years of age, was returning from Sydney with his horse and dray. When he came to Penrith he went into Mr. Parkinson's, dealer, opposite Mr. Perry's Rose Inn; after…

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Accident and Loss of Life on the Great Western Railway. (From Bells Messenger,May 13.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 September 1848 · page 4

WE regret to have to state that an accident, through which four lives have been lost, happened on Wednesday to the twelve o'clock [?] express train from Exeter. The engine…

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