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873 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 44
A serious accident happened to Mr. Frederick Griffin, accountant in the Railway Department, this morning. He was a passenger by the 4.30 special train from Sydney, in, which he was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A young man named Rutherford, of Bunnerungee, accidentally shot himself on Sunday. The lock of one barrel of his gun being stiff, it is surmised that he left it at full cock while loading the other, which he had just discharged. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The ship Oberon, from London, arrived, in harbour on Saturday, in command of T. E. Cowell, the chief officer. Mr. Cowell reports that the Oberon left Gravesend on March 17, and passed the Start Point on the 22nd. Light…
Continued on Trove, page 36 →THE brigantine Agues Jessio has been wreeked near, Napier, when bound from Lyttelton to Auckland with a cargo of grain. Five seamen wore drowned, but the master and mate wore…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Shortly after 3 o'clock last evening a married woman named Bates, who resides in Garden-street, Waverley, was taken to the hospital by her husband for surgical assistance. She informed Dr. Muskett…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A man Frederick Bridger, residing near Dennison, fell beneath the wheel of his dray yesterday, and died this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A labourer on the Hawthorne railway line, named Sherret, was knocked down by an engine at the Hawthorne Station this morning. He fell between the rails and the engine passed over him…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Inspector Seymour prosecuted a number of persons at the Water Police Court yesterday for breaches of the by-laws. Joseph Mouragues, lodging-house keeper, of 108 Clarence-street, was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Last Saturday two trains had a narrow escape of colliding on the St. Arnaud line, owing to the drivers misunderstanding the directions as to what station the trains should pass at the line,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two rather serious accidents occurred in the streets this morning, both attributable to careless driving. in one case which happened in Barcom-street, an engine-driver, named Henry King, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A miner named William Taylor has just been killed by a fall of coal at the Wallsend pit. A sailor named Thomas Mitchell, aboard the barque Cambrian, has also just fallen from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Last evening another accident happened on the Waterloo line. One of the passengers by the Water— loo tram, young man named Richard Landy, in stepping oat of a car whilst in motion, got in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An accident, which resulted in the death of a man named Michael Dongan, occurred shortly after 2 o'clock last night on the A.S.N. Company's Wharf, Circular Quay. It appeared that the deceased,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The barque Aurora, which left here for Auckland, N.Z., on June 30, returned to port yesterday. When 130 miles east of Newcastle, a heavy squall struck her, sprang a leak, and caused her…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday evening, a carpenter named Walton, a passenger on board the Alathea, one of the Watson's Bay steamers, accidentally fell overboard on the passage from Watson's Bay to Circular Quay, and it is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, July 6.—A disastrous collision is reported between two steamers, both of which sank. The full particulars are not yet to hand, but 50 persons are reported to have been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A sad accident happened on Thursday at North Annandale, causing the deaths of two little children (brothers), the one aged 8 and the other 6 years, the sons of Mr. Haines, a resident of Annandale. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A member of the larrikin fraternity, named Peter Fisher, alias Harrison, whilst taking a wall: down Market-street on Thursday evening, took a fancy to a earn containing three white shirts,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,—The horrible frequency of tramway accidents demands that every possible precaution should be taken to ensure the safety of the public. Very possibly all that an outsider like myself can say may have no influence with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Acting Coroner, Mr. Pinhey, J. P., commenced an inquest at the Observer Tavern, Lower George- street, on Saturday afternoon, on the body of the unfortunate man, Thomas Walton, who was…
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