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160 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 8
TH city was thrown into a stats of considerable excitement last night, by a report being circulated that the steamer Lady Young had been sunkin the harbour by colliding with the mailsteamer Avoca. This, however,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An accielcnt of a very serious nature, although fortunately unattended with loss of life, took place last night, off Battery, Dawes' Point. The following are the particulars of this unfortunate occurrence:—…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THAT misfortunes never come singly was exemplified in the two disasters which attended the voyage of the mail steamer Avoca from Melbourne to Sydney. The first accident occurred while the Avoca was clearing Port Phillip Heads,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE chapter of marine accidents in Port Phillip Bay has had another addition made to it by the collision which took place between the above vessels on Tuesday evening. The R. M. S. S. Avoen, which arrived on Tuesday afternoon with the English…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AN accident of a very serious nature, although fortunately unattended with loss of life, took place on the night of 28th October, off the Battery, Dawes' Point. In the face of the conflicting statements which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE P. and O. Company's steamer Avoca left her meerings in Hobson's Bay shortly before 9 p.m. on the 25th October, with a nice breeze from the southward. At 10 p.m., when off the light-ship in the West Channel, a vessel under…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A COMMUNICATION has been received from Wentworth (October 16) by the Adelaide Advertiser, which contains the following later information:—A melancholy accident occurred here yesterday;…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The P. and O. Company's steamer Avoca left her moorings in Hobson's Bay shortly before 9 p.m. on the 25th October, with a nice breeze from the southward. At 10 p.m., when off the light-ship in the West Channel, a vessel under…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →AN accident of a very serious nature, although fortunately unattended with loss of life, took place on the night of 28th October, off Battery, Dawee' Point. The following are the particulars of this unfortunate occurrence:â…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A COMMUNICATION has been received from Wentworth (October 16) by the Adelaide Advertiser, which contains the following later information:— A melancholy accident occurred here yesterday;…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →YESTERDAY morning, about 11 o'clock, a sad accident occurred in the Thames, off Woolwich. The Chichester training-ship at Greenhithe is a well[?]known vessel, in which homeless boys rescued from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ON Saturday afternoon, says the Goulburn Herald, much excitement was canted is Goulburn, and great sympathy felt, by the report that Miss Cox, an amiable girl of fourteen, eldest daughter of Mr. Richard Cox,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →YESTERDAY morning, about ll o'clock, a sad accident occurred in the Thames, off Woolwich. The Chichester training-ship nt Greenhithe is a wellknown vessel, in which homeless boys rescued from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A LONDON journal of the 18th September reports that a very serious accident, resulting in the death of three persons and the injury of several others, occurred to the up Irish mail on Wednesday morning,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE Journal de Geneve gives the account of a terrible accident upon Mount Blane:—"Three travellers—an Irsihman and two Americans, with three guides and five porters—left Chamounix on Monday morning, to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A private telegram has been received in Cork from Mr. William Thornton, corn merchant, of this city, who has just escaped from a dreadful railway accident which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A LONDON journal of the 18th September reports that a very serious accident, resulting in the death of three persons and the injury of several others, occurred to the up Irish mail on Wednesday morning,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →If a limb is frost-bitten, what should we do! Rub it with snow, or bathe it with cold water. How long! Till circulation is restored. What must not be done! We must neither bathe it with…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A TERRIBLE accident to the Irish mail train occurred on September 14, near Tamworth. The train consisted of an engine and eleven carriages, including the mail van and two breaks. At Tamworth station there are…
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