G[?]llant Rescue From Drowning
Ashocking occurrence, followed by a gallant and moat praiseworthy action on the part of a gentleman took place on May 22. A lad named George Buc,knell, aged ten years, was playing with hi…
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Collision in Newcastle Harbour
YESTERDAY afternoon, about half-past 3 o'clock, as the steamer Collaroy was entering the harbour, from Sydney, the steam collier Saxonia was patting out to sea from No. 1 crane, and after going…
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A melancholy accident occurred to a boating party off Herne Buy on Wednesday afternoon. The party comprised six persons, viz., Captain Hill (late of the Royal Artillery), his wife, two of…
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As an energetic young tradesman belonging to Parramatta, was wending his way a few days ago not from Smithfield, he had the misfortune to find his…
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An inquest has been held at Westminster hospital, touching the death of James Smith, aged 42, a labourer employed at Messrs. Cassel's, Baltic Wharf, Millbank. The evidence showed deceased…
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WE (TAMWORTH NEWS) learn that an appalling catastrophe occurred on Wednesday last, on a farm on the Cockburn River. It seems that during the forenoon of that day, two men working on the farm…
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A shocking accident occurred on the Northeastern Railway. about half a mile from Templeton-street crossing, on Saturday night (the OVENS AND MURRAY ADVERTISER reports), by which a man…
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This mormon about 7 o'clock, the body of a man named Elijah White was found floating in the [?] at the Graf ton Wharf, by a man named [?] reperted the [?]…
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A collision took place between the Hunter River steamer Collaroy and the collier schooner Ida, this morning, resulting in very serious damage to the schooner. The Collaroy was steaming between Lo…
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The City Coroner held is inquest this morning at the [?] Tavern, concerning, the death of a man named Enjah White, who was found drowned yesterday in the rater at,[?]…
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William Kerr, shoemaker, of York-street, received a deep wound yesterday, through the stool on which he was sitting overbalancing and throwing him od to his knife, which entered his thigh up to the hilt…
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SIR,—I have read in your issue of to-day the paragraph containing some particulars of the recent accident whih heppened to the two men whilst in the act of charging a hole bored in a rising direction (called by the minier an…
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Yesterday afternoon, about half-past 3 o'clock, as the steamer Collaroy was entering the harbour, from Sydney, the steam collier Saxonia was putting out to sea from No. 1 crane, and after going…
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We (TAMWORTH NEWS) learn that an appalling catastrophe occurred on Wednesday last, on a farm on the Cockburn River. It seems that during the forenoon of that day, two men working on the farm…
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ON Saturday afternoon Sydney was startled by a report that the Rev. James Pillars, Unitarian minister, of this city, had fallen off the rooks at South Head, and was killed. Unfortunately, rumour proved too…
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A melancholy and fatal boat accident occurred is the harbour yesterday morning, resulting in the [?]-timely death er a young man named John Milk, and involving a narrow escape from a similar fate of two…
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On Saturday afternoon Massre. Dodgson and Cattlett, two young gentlemen engaged in mercantile pursuits, had a narrow escape from [?] or even death. They had been for a drive in a trap hired…
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An occurrence, amusing in one sense, but very painful in another, took place on Thursday afternoon, on the narrow pathway in George-street, fronting Messrs. David Jones and Co. s warehouse. Two…
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The KYNETON GUARDIAN reports that serious and strange accident occurred a, few nights ago to Mr. Hearn, one of the clerks in the railway resident engineer's office at Kyneton. Mr. Hearn is a…
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