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491 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 25
ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—Mr.John Bosworth, M.P.,has returned from the North, and saya that Lake Eyre country is looking splendid, and that, more rain had fallen lately than for the last seven . •,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →During the ceremony of laying the memorial stones of the Wesleyan College, Stanmore, the Rev. J. H. Fletcher, President of Newington College, accidentally slipped and broke one of his legs. The rev. gentleman was removed in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SIR,—Much has been said and written about the late melanchely accidents, and of the risks that passengers run from trains passing through the stations on the suburban lines; but I think the fact has been mostly lost sight of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →About 6 o'clock yesterday evening another fatal railway accident occurred on the main line about one mile from the Parramatta Junction, by which a loco-motive fireman named George Bourne was literally…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—If your correspondent "H. C. H." will visit Newtown Station at 5.56 p.m., he will see that his boundary posts would be useless because of the position of the platforms. A train has just arrived from Sydney, and its…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ANOTHER terrible accident in connection with our suburban railway traffic has to be recorded. A man of the name of W. Prendergast, who has been for sometime a porter on the Darling Harbour branch…
Continued on Trove, page 735 →THE Daily Telegraph of March 22, in referring to the death of a football-player who, while "dribbling" a ball, was fatally injured through collision with an opponent, gives the summing up of Lord Justice Bramwell on the ease, and then goes on to say —…
Continued on Trove, page 727 →ANOTHER of these terrible accidents which are unhappily becoming frequent on the railway line between Parramatta and Sydney, occurred on Thursday evening, shortly after six o’clock,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hartford, January 16.—A serious railroad accident happened on the Connecticut Western Railroad, just beyond Tariff ville, about ten miles from Hartford, at 10 o'clock this evening. An…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Baltimore, March 25, 1878.—A horrible fatality, and one that has few, if any, parallels, occurred late on Sunday night at Frederick Junction, on the main line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →The City Coroner held an inquest at the Brecknock Arms, Lower George-street, respecting the death of George Bourne, aged 27 years, who was killed by falling off the engine of the southern mail train, when…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →YESTERDAY morning William Heffernan, acting guard, was assisting in shunting some horse-boxes at Murrurundi station, and getting on the break or lever of break while the horse-box was in motion, slipped and fell…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE City Coroner hold an inquiry, on Saturday morning, at the Brecknock Arms Hotel, George-street North respecting the death of George Bourne, fireman, who fell off an engine on the railway, on Thursday evening last, and was killed on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The frequent disasters on our railways have induced the Government to provide additional railway crossings. Two wooden bridges are now being constructed to be erected at Petersham and Newtown…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THROUGH the carelessness of a shunter an accident happened to the mail train which arrived at Orange from Sydney at 4 o'clock this morning, which, though attended with no serious results…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ORANGE, Tuesday.—The mail train, arriving at 4 o'clock this morning, met with a serious accident. It ran with considerable force on to siding near the station. The train had not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A correspondent writes:—As the 20 past 4 mail train from Sydney was approaching the Orange terminus on Tuesday, it ran off the main line on to a siding, the points having been left open by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yass, Friday.—An importune dispute over some selections, resulting in a desperate shooting affray, took place yesterday at Beremangra, Bookham, near Yass. Two men, brothers-in-law of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BOURKE, Thursday.—Mr. William Hatten, sequatter, Yanda, has had his leg smashed below the knee. It has been amputated, and he is now doing well…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—An accident is reported to have happened on contractor's length, Great Northern Extension, above Qulrindi, resulting in damage to engine and several trucks. The…
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