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63 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 4
SIR,—As the public are evidently taking considerable interest in this important subject, I beg to enclose you the following directions which have been issued by the National Life Boat Institution, and cannot…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE melancholy occurrence at Messrs. P. N. Russell and Co.'s iron foundry, on Tuesday last, resulting in the death of a man named Peter Harkness, formed the subject of an investigation before the city coroner and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—The sacri[?] of a valuable life at Messrs. Russell's [?]try, and the valuable evidence [?]ted before the coro[?] inquest, in[?] me to beg the f[?]vour of your publi[?] these rem[?] in the hope, where human life is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE melancholy occurrence at Messrs. P. N. Russell and Co.'s iron foundry, on Monday, resulting in the death of a man named Peter Harkness, formed the subject of an investigation before the city coroner on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A LECTURE on collisions at sea and shipwrecks was delivered a few days since by Captain Perry, at Sandridge, in aid of the funds of the Seamen's Church. Captain J. B. Walters, one of the surveyors…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR,—I am sure that you will kindly allow space in your paper to show the courageous conduct of Harry Billett, of the North Shore steamer, the Ferry Queen. This young man has, during the last two years, saved six persons from a watery grave; and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—I am sure that you will kindly allow space in your paper, to show the courageous conduct of Harry Billott, of the North Shore steamer, the Ferry Queen. This young man has within the last two years, saved six…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ON the morning of Sunday, November 24, a tall building, of seven stones, in High-street, Edmburgh, a district thickly populated by the working classes, suddenly fell, burying nearly the whole of the inmates in the ruins. The house was several…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ON the morning of Sunday, November 24, a tall building, of seven stories, in High-street, Edinburgh, a district thickly populated by the working classes, suddenly fell, burying nearly the whole of the inmates in the ruins, The house was several…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SHORTLY after 2 a.m., on Saturday, November 2nd, a fearful hurricane suddenly sprang up off Scarborough from N.N.E. Unfortunately, nearly all the Scarborough fishermen, including the crew of the lifeboat, were out at sea. At four o'clock in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—Who are to blame for the frequent occurrence of serious accidents in our streets? furious drivers and careless horsemen is the answer commonly given by corrospondents. Granted; but the idiotic stupidity and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The coroner, Dr. Williams, held an inquest, at Leithy's Hotel, on Saturday evening, on the body of Mary Jones, governess to the family of his Excellency Sir Henry Barkly, who was drowned while bathing in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dr. Clendinning, the district coroner, held an inquest at the White Hart Hotel, on the body of Samuel Birch, who was killed under the circumstances narrated in the subjoined evidence:—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Philadelphia Press, describing more fully the accident of which a brief account appeared in our columns a day or two ago, says:—"An accident of frightful fatality occurred at the Continental Theatre, in Walnut-street, on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WHILE all cheerful English households have been adding to their cheerfulness by heaping up the fires that make a pleasant contrast to the cold outside, a terrible tragedy has occurred in one of the great…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WHILE all cheerful English households have been adding to their cheerfulness by heaping up the fires that make a pleasant contrast to the cold outside, a terrible tragedy has occurred in one of the great…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →IT ought to be universally known that trees are good lightning conductors, and therefore, when persons are overtaken in the bush by a thunderstorm, it is much safer to bide the pelting of the pitiless storm in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IT ought to be universally known that trees are good lightning conductors, and therefore, when persons are overtaken in the bush by a thunderstorm, it is much safer to bide the pelting of the pitiless storm in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Considerable excitement was occasioned in town yesterday afternoon by the intelligence that there had been a break down of the Escort, near Look-out point, a few miles from Dunedin, and it was variously, that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AN explosion of a terrible nature, and fearfully destructive to human life, occurred yesterday in the Cethin, or Gethin, coalpit, the property of Mr. Crawshay. The nearest town to the scene of the accident…
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