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46 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 3
We have a very painful duty to perform this morning in recording the death of the Rev. Charles Marsden Betts, which took place yesterday afternoon, under circumstances of a truly melancholy nature. The reverend…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An accident which was attended with [?]atal consequences oc[?]rred yesterday to a lad named George Pimble, residing at Lane Cove. It appears the poor [?]ad, with several of his schoolfellows, was playing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday afternoon a labourer employed in the construction of a ventilation shaft to the [?] in Bathurst-street, met with an accident which disabled him. He was immediately conveyed to the Infirmary,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Argus mentions that, as the train which, left Williamstown at nine a.m. was approaching the Geelong station, about half-past ten a.m. on the 6th of August, the engine driver perceived a man crossing…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →On Saturday last about a quarter to 12 o'clock, as a man named Beckenham, a tripe dresser, residing at the Globe, was driving a cart along Parramatta street, he ran over two children named Burnes,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An accident attended with damage to property and risk of life occurred yesterday, in Barrack-street. A cab (No. 34) was being turned, for the purpose of drawing up on the stand, when the fore wheels…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Saturday afternoon, between one and two o'clock, the master of the brig Alarm was soulling himself towards his vessel, which was moored some little distance out from Moore's Wharf,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A serious casualty occurred a few days ago. On Sunday afternoon, the 2nd instant, while riding at Canning Downs, Mr. Daniel Cameron met with an instantaneous death from his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday evening, a man named James Gorman, a storekeeper in the employment of Mr. Pollard, of Queen's-place, came by his death under very strange circumstances. It appears that deceased…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Monday Morning.—Communications between this place and Maitland, by railway, are interrupted, and no intelligence was received here yesterday as to the further progress of the flood; the line beyond…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A coroner's inquest was held on the 27th instant, at the Fortune of War Inn, Cook's River, touching the death of a man named William Honeyburn. The deceased, it appears, had on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →We learn from the Melbourne papers received yesterday, the particulars of another melancholy disaster at sea, which occurred on the night of Monday last. We extract from the Age as follows:…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SCARCELY had the dreadful news of the loss of the Dunbar been spread, by word of mouth, through the city on Tuesday morning, causing as it did the most painful excitement to obtain further information of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An inquiry into the circumstances at endant on the loss of the Champion was commenced on board of the Lady Bird, lying abreast of the Custom House, on Thursday last, by the members of the Victoria Steam…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →We have to report the total loss of the steamer Champion Captain Helpman, trading between this and Portland, by collision with the Lady Bird steamer while crossing each other's track, about seven miles E.N.E. of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The investigation was resumed at half-past ten this morning. Present: Captain Ferguson (chairman), Messrs. Ra[?], Francis, and Lieutenant Pasco…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Almost contemporaneous with the loss of the Dunbar was the destruction of the steamer Champion, one of a line of vessels trading between Melbourne and Portland Bay, in the sister colony of Victoria, Although the loss…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE following particulars have been furnished by our Melbourne correspondent:—The steamer Champion, Captain Helpman, and the steamer Lady Bird, Captain White, as you are doubtless aware, were engaged in the traffic between Melbourne and the Western…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A melancholy catastrophe occurred at this place on the 30th ultime, by which an amiable and promising youth was suddenly deprived of [?], and a large cirele of relatives and friends cast into the deepest mourning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—I have been for some years a subscriber to your widely circulated journal, and during the whole time have not presumed to trouble you in any matter. I hope you will pardon the liberty I take in offering a…
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