Accident
On Tuesday evening last.a man named Nathaniel Haswell, was driving A horse and cart in Palmer street Woolloomooloo, when suddenly the horse took fright and bolted. The driver was thrown…
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A Man Found Drowned
Between seven and eight o'clock on Wednesday evening last, the body of a man, unknown, was discovered by Constable Jones floating in the water off the A. S. N. Co.'s Wharf. The body was…
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An inquest was held, on Saturday last, before the Coroner, Mr. C. B. Lyons, on view of the body of Daniel Murphy, who met his death on the Railway line, on the previous day. A man named Joseph Hepper, was in…
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An inquest was held, on Saturday evening last before Mr C. B. Lyons, coroner, on view of the b[?]dy of Daniel Murphy, then lying dead. A jury of 12 were sworn in, and Joseph Hepper…
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SIR,—I have of late been much pained at the perusal in your columns of so many fatal accidents by drowning, and I have, moreover, been particularly struck with the melancholy fact that there has not been one…
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The Florence Nightingale bringa a report that a terrible railroad accident had occurred at Panama, by which upwards of a hundred lives were lost and a great number wounded, the catastrophe having been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Panama Railroad Accident. Full and Complete Account. Over Two Hundred Killed & Wounded. Suffering of the Surviving Passengers. Incidents, &c. Full Lists of the Killed and Wounded. (From The Alta California, May 2[?].)
We have received from Washington Wright, Esq., on the Golden Age, who was in the cars at the time of the accident, the following fall and complete account:— " The greatest of railroad calamities has been reserved…
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WE have received from Washington Wright, Esq., on the Golden Age, who was in the cars at the time of the accident, the following full and complete account:— The greatest of railroad calamities has been reserved…
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In addition to the account of this fearful accident contained in our second edition of yesterday we publish the following particulars, from the Alta California:— CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT…
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In addition to the accouint of this fearful accident contained in our second edition of yesterday we publish the following particulars from the Alta California:— CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT…
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Last evening an accident of a painful nature occurred at the English Opera House. An employe connected with the establishment was, shortly before the commencement of…
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We have received from Washington Wright, Esq., of the Golden Age, who was in the cars at tho time of tho accident, the following full and complete account:--"The greatest of railroad calamities has been reserved…
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A collision occurred at an cady hour this morning, on the Niagara Falls section of the Central Railroad. Two express trains came in contact near the Pekin station. Two persons were killed on thc spot, and…
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SIR — Allow me to offer a few remarks on the late accident at the Royal Victoria Theatre, which resulted in the death of the unfortunate man Booth. The jury, at the inquest, have thought fit to censure me for not…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Flying Fish [?]. the Aerolite.—collision.— Importance of Obedience to the Merchant Shippnig Act. (From the Shipping and Mercantile Gazzette, May 26.)
This was a suit promoted by the schooner Flying Fish, of the burthen of 99 tons, against the barque Aerolite, of the barthenn of 317 tons, to recover for a total loss occasioned by reason of a collision between them at [?] on the 36th of November last,…
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We are sorry to hear that the Princess Royal has sustained some injury from an accident which occurred to her Royal Highness on Tuesday last. The Princess was engaged about midday…
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A boy named John Rudd, aged thirteen years, the son of Mr. J. Rudd, of King-street, was accidentally run over by a horse and gig, about 8 o'clock on Saturday evening last, in York-street, and had one of…
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A coronar's inquest was held, yesterday, at the Three Tuns, publichouse, Elizabeth and King-streets, before J. S. Parker, Esq., touching the death of Mr. William Henry Hayes,…
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Considerable alarm was excited yesterday by a report that the boiler of the new ferry steamer Premier had burst, killing one man, and doing considerable damage otherwise. On going to the scene of the occurrence the…
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As the Hunter steamer was on her way from Sydney on Saturday last, she stopped as usual at Raymond Terrace. A man there came on board, apparently much the worse for liquor. On the steamer's arrival at Morpeth in the…
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