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715 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 36
One of the most disastrous railway accidents that has occurred for some time took place today at Vanxhall, on the South-western line. Two trains came into collision, resulting in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The collision between the Hydaspes and the Centurion which occurred off Dungeness on Saturday, July 17, happily resulted in no loss of life. the whole of the passengers and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The City Coroner held an inquest at the Observer Tavern on Tuesday on the body of a nan named John Petersen, which was found floating in Darling Harbour. A sailor named Andrew Harmon deposed that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,--There has long been wanting in this colony a paper that will speak out fearlessly and independently, and the public have good cause to rejoice in possessing so able an advocate of their interests as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On July 17, during a dense fog, the ship Hydaspes, of London, for Melbourne, was run into and sank off Dungeness. The Hydaspes was of 2003 tons burden, was commanded by Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →William Walker, who has been for upwards of 25 years a waterman of this city, having been missed from his home, information was given to the police, who, finding some of his clothes at the Grafton…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, September 13.—The Waterloo railway station, on the London and Brighton railway line, has been the scene of a disastrous collision between two trains…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The collision between the Hydaspes and the Centurion, which occurred off Dungeness on Saturday, July 17, happily resulted in no loss of life, the whole of the passengers and the…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →This morning, the City Coroner (Mr. H. Shiell) held an inquest at the Gas Hotel, Kent-street, on the body of William Walker, whose body was found flatting in Darling Harbour, at the foot of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A young man named Frank Kenning is supposed to have been drowned. It appears that he went out fishing alone on Saturday night in a small dingy, and not having returned home, a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A collision has taken place between Turkish troops and Greek insurgents. The latter retired after severe fighting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The driver of ono of Starkoy's cordial carts met with a painful accident on Saturday afternoon in Dowling-street, Woolloomooloo. He was standing on the wheel of the cart, whon the horse started,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At half-past 1 o'clock on Saturday, Dr. J. Moffitt admitted to the Infirmary a lad named James Marshall, aged 10, living in Smithers-street, Chippendale. He was brought by his mother and a lad…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A man named Baptist John Wright fell off the market wharf yesterday afternoon into the river, while in an epileptic Ct, and was drowned in the presence of a number of bystanders. Mr. Clark…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miss Morrow, matron of the Newcastle hospital, whilst in a buggy yesterday, near Minmi, was thrown out of it, together with other lady occupants, owing to the wheel get tine into a rut…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A terrible railway accident happened on August 11, at Wennington Junction, near Settle, on the Midland Railway, to a train from Leeds to Carnforth and the Lake district The engine was about to run on a length of single…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →We have to record the most terribly sensational railway casualty, and that of most serious cost in life and limb, which has occurred in New Zealand since our railway system was begun. On Saturday morning, September 11,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →From the Wellington Evening Post the following details of the terrible railway accident on the Rimutaka incline are taken:--The ill-fated train consisted of two composite carriages, an ordinary…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A fatal accident occurred in Sydney Harbour yesterday evening, by which a man named William Hughes, late cook on board the s.s. Australian, lost his life. Deceased was seen struggling in the water…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →We have to record the most terribly sensational railway casualty, and that of most serious cost in life and limb, which has occurred in New Zealand since our railway system was begun. On Saturday morning, September 11,…
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