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654 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 33
The inquest on the body of the man found near Milson's Point on 18th ultimo was concluded on the 24th, at the Brecknock Arms Hotel. The witnesses examined consisted of Richard Lowenberg and Mary Marshall,…
Continued on Trove, page 187 →A terrible collision took pince shortly after midnight on Tuesday morning, off Folkestone, a fewmiles only from the scone of the Grosser Kurfurst catastrophe, resulting in the loss of about fifty…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →THE City Coroner, on Monday morning last, held an inquest at the Brecknock Hotel, Lower George-street, respecting the death of a young woman named Eliza Hogan, who was killed by…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Between 8 and 9 o'clock on Monday morning (says the Daily Telegraph) a terrible fatal accident occurred at the Footscray railway station, on the Williamstown line. A widow, named Cecilia Britt, aged 61 years,…
Continued on Trove, page 190 →A SAD fatal accident occurred in the presence of some hundreds of travellers at the Footscray railway station, between 8 and 9 o'clock on the morning of the 27th January (says the Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A TERRIBLE railway accident occurred Shortly before 6 o'clock on Thursday afternoon, at the railway bridge, a short distance beyond Homebush railway station, by which a young man named John Hollis lost his…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The steamer Byzantin, belonging to the Fraisinet Company, of Marseilles, and bound from that place to Constantinople, and the steamer Rinaldo, of Hull, from Hull to Constantinople, with a general cargo, are reported by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At 3 o'clock this morning a fire broke out in a house occupied by Mr. Frederick' Veith, Church-street, north, Parramatta, caused by the bursting of a kerosene night lamp. It appears that Mr. Veith, who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Last Sunday week, during the trip of one of the Parramatta River steamers from Sydney, a lady passenger fell overboard in the vicinity of the place known as the Hen and Chickens…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A German sailor named Powl Forcrka arrived at Liverpool on Saturday, and reported that his vessel, the San Juan, had been run into and sunk by a steamer, and that all the crew witt the exception…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →DEAR SIR,——The statement of one of the jury, at the inquest held at Windsor on Tuesday last on the body of Mr. G. Hawley will very likely mislead your readers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →KEMPSEY, Friday.—An unfortunate accident happened yesterday to Mr. Millingen, traveller for Messrs. Hoffnung and Co., of Sydney. He was travelling from the Manning River to Port…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WAGGA, Saturday.—A fatal gun accident occurred last night at Wooleengough Station. One of the men employed on the station was trying to blow out a lighted candle with a gun supposed to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A terrible bush fire broke out on Thursday, 6th instant (says the ARGUS), about eight miles south of Colac, and swept down with great rapidity upon the township. A large number of small selectors…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NEWCASTLE, Monday.—A man named Harrison was knocked down by an engine at the Warata[?] crossing, near the New Lambton Smelting works. He was completely cut to pieces. An inquest will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BRISBANE, Tuesday.—A concert was given last evening in aid of the families of the two gunners who were recently killed in the volunteer accident at the Garden Battery. Colonel Scratchley,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This morning the dead body of a woman was found in a water-hole, near the Victoria-road, Marrickville, by a man named Harber, who reported it to Constable Dully. On being taken…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Admiralty have reported that the cause of the late explosion on board H.M.S.S. Thunderer was owing to the fact that the gun missed fire, and that on being reloaded both charges were fired.—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Admiralty have reported that the cause of the late explosion on board H.M.S.S. Thunderer was owing the fact that the gun missed fire, and that on being reloaded both…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →GRAFTON, Friday.—A boy named Ross, living with his parents at Palmer's Island, was drawn into the machinery of a sawmill and had one of his legs severely lacerated, necessitating amputation,…
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