Frightful Railway Accident
A terrible railway accident occurred on the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway on Saturday. An excursion train which left Ramsgate shortly before 12 p.m., when…
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A Boy Drowned.—gallant Rescue
About two o'clock last Saturday afternoon, a sad case of drowning occurred at Ru[?]chcutter's Bay to a boy named Edward Kennedy, aged 11 years. It would appear that Kennedy and another boy, named…
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A bout 5 o'clock last Wednesday afternoon, a boy named William Sinclair, aged 18 years, had some words in Brisbane-street, with another boy named Arthur Phillips, aged 9 years, who resides with his…
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NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—The Wallsend Company hare agreed, in the event of the workmen not earning £1 a week, to make up their earnings to that Amount, to be paid back by instalments…
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The city coronet, this morning, held an inquest at the Brecknock Arms, Lower George-street, respecting the death of a man named Peter Lawton, aged 40 years, whose body was found yesterday morning…
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A shocking railway accident took place on August 31 on the London, Chatham, and Dover line, the results of which have been most lamentable. From statements made by various persons who witnessed the occurrence, and also by…
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MERRIWA, Friday.—A sad event occurred this morning at about nine o'clock. A child thirteen, months old, son of our respected townsman, Mr. William Gallagher, was found drowned in a sunken…
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GUNDAGAI, Monday.—A lad named James Leary, 12 years, of age, son of Mr. Jeremiah, Leary, publican, was drowned in the Murrumbidgee, on Saturday, whilst beathing. A blacksmith…
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Yesterday afternoon a sad fatal accident occurred to a boy named George M'Cracken, aged three years, son of Alexander M'Cracken, It would appear that the deceased was playing in the yard of his father's…
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At the arrival of the Parramatta train at the Sydney Railway Station at a quarter past [?] morning Mr. James [?] a well known resident of Parramatta, met with an accident by breaking Mr…
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A very serious accident occurred about 8 o'clock last night in George-street, near the foot of Brickfield Hill. The 'bus No. 24. the property of the Sydney Omnibus and Tramway Co., plying between Waterloo…
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The city and suburbs have been tolerably free from serious accidents during the past fortnight, and accidents of a minor nature were limited principally to children. A steamboat collision took place the other day in Lavender…
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As the stremship Illswarra was proceeding down the harbour on Friday night last, on her way to Wollongong, the night being very dark a saloon passenger fell overboard opposite to Clark Island…
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The evidence about the fatal collision in the river still continues to be of the most extraordinary character. It is not too much to say that a more happy-go-lucky system, or want of system, in conducting a necessarily hazardous…
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WEST MAITLAND Tuesday.—An old man named Handell was knocked down in the street last night by a spring cart, opposite Messrs. Wolfe and Garrick's and had two of his fingers broken…
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The Lord Mayor has received £25,000 for the fund for the relief of the sufferers by the Abercam colliery accident, and over £18,000. in addition, has beet raised in various parts of the country. The water in the mine is not yet…
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The Atlantic Ocean steamer Pomerania, came into collision with another vessel off Folkestone and stank immediately afterwards. the greater portion of the passengers and crew were saved, but…
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NEWCASTLE. Thursday.—A fatal accident occurred evening to a Mrs. Grant, a [?] residing at Bullock Island. She was being taken by a waterman, named Childers, in a…
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MELBOURNE, Saturday.—The artillery forming the garrisons of the forts will shortly be placed under canvas Brighton for a week or ten days. —The accident to Mr. Bailey is widely regretted…
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ULLADULLA, Tuesday.—A young lad named Joseph Spinks was drowned in crossing Narrawillie Lake on Saturday. His body was found by James Melville on Sunday afternoon.—A commercial…
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