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386 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 20
ON Monday morning about 11 O'clock, one of the most serious accidonts and escape from loss of life that ever happened in the district, occurred at the Waratah tunnels. Four miners, named W. M'Ewen, Alexander…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A BOAT accident occurred in the harbour, between 1 and half-past 1 o'clock this afternoon, similar in many respects to those which are of such frequent occurrence, owing either to the negligence or utter inability of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →De Couroy Browne is remanded till next Tuesday on a charge of embezzlement. Heavy rain, strong winds, and thunder passed over the town at midnight…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A BOAT accident ocenrred in the harbour, between 1 and half-past 1 o'clock yesterday, similar in many respects to those which are of such frequent occurrence, owing either to the negligence or utter inability of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE City Coroner (H. Shiell, Esq.) held an inquest this morning at his office, Hyde Park, on view of the body of Charles Miller, aged 41 years, a native of London, unmarried, and whose dead body was lying at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A railway accident, which caused tie death of fourteen persons, has occurred at Wigan…
Continued on Trove, page 169 →Great excitement prevails here in consequence of the discovery of a rich reef at Upper Bingera. Nearly eight pounds weight of gold was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE adjourned inquest on the body of Timothy Fleming cammenced at half-past 9 yesterday morning. The first witness called was Edward Williams, who deposed, I am engine-driver on the Great Southern line;…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ON Saturday afternoon, between 2 and 3 o'clock (reports the Newcastle Chronicle), a little girl not quite ten years of age, the daughter of the gatekeeper, Mr. Payna, on the Lambton Colliery railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Wellington correspondent of the Dubbo Dispatch, forwarded the following telegram on the 7th instant:— "A man was seen near Ponto Falls at 2 o'olock to-day. He was riding a grey herse, and attempted to cress the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A large and enthusiastic meeting is taking place to-night, at the School of Arts, in support of a petition in favour of a railway from Grafton to New England. His worship the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Wellington correspondent of the Dubbo Dispatch, forwarded the following telegram on the 7th instant:—"A man was seen near Ponto Falls at 2 o'clock to-day. He was riding a grey horse, and attempted to cross the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—I notice in your issue of to-day a paragraph headed, "Escape from Drowning," wherein you give me and the officers of my ship more credit than is due to us. The person who actually rescued Mr. Thomson, his wife,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE Daily News observes:—A return which has just been presented to Parliament may serve to remind us that the attractions of great cities are not without their drawbacks. In the streets of London alone—that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—The verdict of manslaughter against the conductor of the omnibus in the above case, will I trust be the means of calling the attention of the inspectors to the very dangerous height which most of our omnibus stops are placed at. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Geelong correspondent of the Melbourne Telegraph writes:—"A catastrophe occurred yesterday morning on the railway line, about a mile from the Geelong station, by which a whole train of carriages…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Geelong correspondent of the Melbourne Telegraph writes:—"A catastrophe occurred yesterday monring on the railway line, about a mile from the Geelong station, by which a whole train of carriages…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A collision has occurred on the railway at Relford. Several passengers have been killed…
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