Dreadful Accident
About three o'clock on Sunday morning a lamentable accident took place at the Three Bridges Station on the main line of the London and Brighton Railway. From…
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Seven Men Drowned
On Tuesday morning, January 27, a terrible occurrence took place in the vicinity of Marshside, a fishing hamlet near Sonthport. At a very early hour seven men went out to "Put" for shrimps. The place where the men were…
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A melencholy accident has happened at a farm about six miles from Peterhead. Three children of William Watson, quarrier, went out about 10 o'clock, and nothing more was heard of them till about an…
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The Lancet publishes a list of the accidents due to drink which wera treated in the metropolitan hospitals during the day and night after Christmas Day. St Bartholomew's gives a list of 46 casualties, 17 of which were severe…
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On January 26 a fatal occurrence a took place in the vicinity of Marshaide, a fishing hamlet near Southp[?]. At an early hour, seven men went out to " put" for shrimps, a mode of fishing in which the man enters…
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On January; 22, a most destructive accident occurred [?] the establishment of Messrs. Martin and Johnson, manufacturers, Bollon. Whilst the works were in full operation, a tremendous cash was heard, which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wrecks. Total Wreck of the Ship St. Vincent. the Captain, One Passenger, and Eighteen of the Chew Drowned. (From the Wellington Independent, February 17.)
We regret to have to record the total wreck of the fine ship St. Vincent, belonging to Messrs. Potter, Wilson, and Co., of Glasgow, which recently arrived from Cardiff, with a cargo of coal for the P., N. Z., and A. R. M. Company. After discharging her…
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On Tuesday morning, January 27, a terrible occurrence took piece in the vicinity of Marashside, a fishing hamlet near Southport. At a very early hour seven men went out to "put" for shrimps. The place where the men were…
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The Lancet publishes a list of the accidents due to drink which were treated in the metropolitan hospitals during the day and night after Christmas Day. St. Bartholomew's gives a list of 46 casualties, 17 of which were severe…
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On Thursday, February 4, a sad fatality occurred by the upsetting of a boat in which a number of gentlemen connected with the York and Ainsty Hunt were crossing the river Ure, near Ripley. The number of persons drowned…
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On Thursday, Feb. 4, a sad fatality occurred by the upgetting of a boat in which a number of gentlemen connected with the York and Ainsty Hunt were crossing the river Ure, near Ripley. The number of persons…
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On Thursday, February 4, a sad fatality occurred by the upsetting of a boat in which a number of gentlemen connected with the York nd Ainsty Hunt were crossing the river Ure, near Ripley. The number of persons drowned…
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Captain Watson, of the barque Prince Alfred, which arrived on Thursday last, says the New Zealand Herald of the 10th instant, reports an extraordinary case of suicide, by a young man who was a passenger by his…
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The Nepean, like the other tributaries of the Hawkesbury, was of course also flooded yesterday in proportion with the main stream. At Camdon, that part known as the Cowpasture River rose as high as the verandah of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fearful Gale at Newcastle. Loss of the Brig Burnett and All Hands. Schooner Jessie Wrecked, Three Men Drowned. Other Vessels Supposed Lost. [By Electric Telegraph.] Newcastle. (From Our Correspondent.) Sunday, 6 P.m
A HEAVY gale from S.E. set in last night, and blew very hard, with intervals of heavy rain, which still continues. The sea rose very rapidly, and broke with great violence across…
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THE Nepean, like the other tributaries of the Hawkesbury, was of course also flooded yesterday in proportion with the main stream. At Camden, that part known as the Cowpasture River rose as high as the verandah of Mr…
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On Wednesday, March 17, a coal-pit at Brierley-hill, two miles from Stourbridge, belonging to the Earl of Dudley, was suddenly flooded by a rush of waters from a higher level; and as ten men and three boys were at work…
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The Lan[?]t gives an account of the injuries sustained by Lord Chief Justice Cockburn from the accident which bafel him on the race-course at Lewes on the 15th March. Directly the casualty occurred, Drs. Morrison and Smythe…
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A brutal murder was committed on Saturday night, March 13, in South Shields, by an Irish labourer, named Peter Tracoy. The wretched man, who was under the influence of drink, sent his wife for half a gallon of beer to…
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A brutal murder was committed on Saturday night, March 13, in South Shields, by an Irish labourer, named Peter Tracey. The wrectched man, who was under the influence of drink sent his wife for half a gallon of beer to…
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