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493 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 25
A PRELIMINARY inquiry was commenced on Monday last into the circumstances attending the collision between the eteam-tug Southland and the screw steamcollier Waratah, which occurred on the morning of the…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Several fatal explosions are among the tragedies of the month. On the 22nd June six men were killed and a seventh seriously mutilated, by an explosion of dynamite in a…
Continued on Trove, page 250 →On Sunday morning, 11th June, a shocking calamity occurred at Eastbourne, by which twelve persons, nearly all young men belonging to the art[?]sin class, met with their death. About ten minutes past 11, in beautiful…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A message, dated August 16, has been received by the Brisbane Telegraph stating that a fatal railway accident occurred on Saturday last, at Bridgewater, on the railway line. Some empty waggons were being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On June 8 an accident occurred at St. George's Hospital, Hyde Park corner, which naturally excited great alarm, although it has not been attended with the dreadful results at first generally supposed in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Braidwood Dispatch records the occurrence of a painful accident. On the evening of the 15th instant, William Hargraves a shocmaker in the employ of Mr. William Davies, of Little River, was standing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON Sunday morning, 11th June, a shocking calamity occurred at Eastbourne by which twelve persons, nearly all young men belonging to the artisan class, met with their death. About tea minutes past 11, in beautiful…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A little girl named Peddy had her shoulder dislocated on Tuesday night by a little girl named who was swinging her by the arm. The injured limb was set at the Innrmary. On Tuesday a railway employe,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →James Broon, seaman, of the steamer Whompos met with serious injuries to his back during an affray in the forecastle of the steam on Tuesday night. His injuries were attended to at the Sydney Infirmary by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →About 10 o'clock on Tuesday night, the 8th instant, a [?] maker named William Robins, aged 33 years, met with a [?] accident by a fall from an om[?] in Parramatta-street, which resulted in ,his death at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The City Coroner, this morning, held an inquest at his office at Hyde Park, touching the death of William Robins, who died in the infirmary yesterday. Hannah Robins, wife of the deceased, reading at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A workman named John Wilson, aged 60 years, whilst crossing the railway premises at Red[?] about half-past 9 o'clock last night, was knocked down by a moving [?] which was engaged shunting some…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The City Coroner this morning resumed the inquiry touching the death of William Aikerly Robins, aged 38 years, who died at the Infirmary last Friday morning. Hannah Robins was recalled, and in answer to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No less than eleven deaths are reported from drowing in Scotland in one week. The list included the loss of a boy and a man in the Clyde, near Rutherglen; two brothers in the Forth, Dear…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The City C[?]oner yesterday afternoon held an inquest at his office, Hyde concerning the death of a man named Join [?] who died from injuries received last Friday night at the Redfern terminus…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The City Cor[?] held an inquest this morning at the Senev[?]lent Asylum. Pint street south touching the death of Edward Robinson who was crushed to death yesterday afternoon at the Rea[?] railway goods yard…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →YESTERDAY afternoon Mr. Henry Shiell, city coroner, held, at his office in Hyde Park, in inquest touching the cause of death of John Wilson, who, on Friday evening last, received injuries which resulted in his death at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An extraordinary incident of a kerosene accident is reported at Newport, Kentucky. A young lady dropped a lamp, which excluded and burned her badly. The account says-" After Miss Jones…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It is again our task (says the Murrurundi Times) to chronicle one of those deplorable occurrences which seem incidental to railway works, and the possibility of which keep up a feeling of suspense in a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An old woman named Bridget Moulds, residing at North Shore, was admitted at two o'clock this morning into the Infirmary, suffering from serious injuries received last night under-queer circumstances. It appeared…
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