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32 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 2
THE district coroner, Mr. Roche, proceeded on Saturday lost to hold an inquiry into the cause of this melancholy catastrophe. About one o'clock a jury was summoned and sworn, and immediately proceeded to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →YESTERDAY afternoon, a most distressing event, the intelligence of which, will deeply wound the public feeling throughout the whole country, occurred in the metropolis, in connection with one of its great places…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—On a' matter of life and death, I world beg to trouble you with a few remarks. Although,no doubt, many of the boat accidents which occur in P[?] Fackson are, i[?] some measure, to be attributed to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THERE are few special characters more interesting than that of the fem[?]e [?]noomarise. She is the gem of purest ray serene which the dark unfathomed caves of society bear—the flower that wastes its sweetness…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →PRESENT H. H. Browne, Esq., (in the chair,) and W. S. Deloitte, B. Darley, and C. Smith, Esquires. Thomas Pringle, the master of the Victoria, steamer, states as follows:—I was returning from Manly, with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PRESENT: H. H. Browne, Esq., in the chair; W. S. Deloitte, C. Smith, and B. Darley, Esqrs. William Marsangell, quartermaster of the ship Benares, states as follows: On the 24th instant I…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AN accident of a fatal character occurred yesterday, at the Sydney Railway Station. It appears that a porter named William Scott, aged 30 years, was riding on a track, and happening to slip, he fell under the wheels,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →About a fortnight ago Mrs. Watson, wife of a dyer, in Leeds while asleep, awallowed a set of four false teeth, which stuch fast in her throat. Medical aid was called in and two eminentonrgeons performed an operation and succeded in partially…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An accident, by which four persons lost their lives and numbers were seriously wounded, lately happened at Wombwell's monagerie, which was crowded with people, in a field at Mees[?]ydre. Holywell, Flintshire. A furious gale of wind was blowing,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →AN accident on the Great Western Road happened; between Flamboro and Dundas. The storm had washed away the bank, and the engine ran into a chasm nearly 20 feet deep,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We have elsewhere described the cause of this lamentable accident, which, it may readily be imagined, created a sensation never witnessed on a race course since the Goodwood disaster, and at once cast a gloom upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE race in which this deplorable accident occurred took place on the 6th May. The following account of the race and of the circumstances attending it, is condensed from Bell's Life in London, of May, 8:…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An inquest was held at Mr. J. Moore's Ronse's Hotel, bafore the coroner Dr. Knapgs, tonching the death of Daniel Macneil, acaman, late of tha schooner Margaret Nichol, now lying in the harbour…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The White Star ship Red Jacket arrived at Port Phillip Heads at sutdown on Saturday, 23rd instant, and reached Hobson's Bay late yesterday evening. Her passage to the equator occupied twenty-eight days; thence to the Cape, light and baffling winds…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The White Star ship Red Jackat arrived at Port Phillip Heads at sundown on Saturday, and reached Hobson's Bay late yesterday evening. Her passange to the Equator occupied 28 days; the[?] to the Cape light and baf[?]ing winds. Captain Kirby…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AN altercation arising out of the recent election in the county of Limerick, and which resulted in the death of a respectable farmer and the subsequent arrest of a gentleman of position in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AN accident of a very serious nature occurred yesterday morning, by which two men have met with very serious injuries. The scene of the casualty is on the Little Redan Reef, at the claim of Mr. Cooper. It appears that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ABOUT midday yesterday, the whole city was alarmed by several infuriated bullocks, who had broken out of the control of those who had them in charge, and, rushed through the streets, spreading terror as they went. One…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ON Wednesday evening, on accident of a very melanoholy nature occurred, attendant with fatal consequences. It appears that between 9 and 10 o'clock, on the evening in question, a man of the name of Thomas…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE most dreadful disaster which ever happened in America took place the night before last, shortly before twelve o'clock, about two miles east of South Bend, Indiana. The train, consisting of six cars, was…
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