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873 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 44
ONE of the most fearful disasters that ever occurred on the Australian coast happened during the gale on Saturday evening, when the well-known steam collier Woniora foundered off Botany, and all hands perished,…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →A shocking accident befell, yesterday, a little boy, 5 years old, named Sheppard Brown, the son of Daniel Brown, waster mariner, who resides at No. 4, Argyle-place, Argyle-street. The child has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Marsh, P.M., James Smith, or Travers, charged with stealing a roll of tweed, value £3 10s, the property of Bernard M'Bride, was remanded till…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Yesterday, Sunday, about 4 p.m., Mr. Hall, the writing-master, was instrumental in saving the life of a, lad about 14 years of age, who had ventured out Considerably beyond his depth, while bathing at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →About half-past 6 o'clock on Saturday morning the dead body of a boy was found underneath some planks of timber on Towns' wharf, Miller's Point, The body, it has been ascertained,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →James Best, a lad 17 years of age, residing at Cook's River, claims the credit of saving the lad who was in danger of being drowned at Cook's River on Sunday (recorded by us yesterday); and he asserts…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The following account of the collision is from the pen of a passenger:- "The Peshawur left England on September 14, and Colombo on the evening of Saturday, October…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →We have received the following letter form Mr. Hall in reference to the rescue of the lad form drowning at Cook's River last Sunday.-" Cook's River, November 8, 1882. Sir.-I beg to solicit that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An old man named Franols Croker, who resided with his son in Union-street, Macdonald Town, met with a shocking accident yesterday morning, which resulted in his death. Mr. Croker, who was 70 years…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yesterday morning a fatal accident accident occurred at Messrs. Hudson Brothers Works. One of the workmen named Henry Beeley was standing near some cedar blocks piled up in the vicinity of a circular saw…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An inquest was held on Tuesday by the City Coroner, on the body of John Elders,who was found drowned in Johnson's Bay by the Water Police, on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →As the Pyrmont ferry steamer was leaving the Erskine-street wharf at 11 o'clock last night, for Pyrmont, the passengers were thrown into a state of great excitement by the report that a man had fallen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An accident of a rather serious nature happened yesterday evening on the new South Head-road. Mr. Bayly, son of the late N. P. Bayly, of Havilah, was driving a buggy, in which was seated Mr. Moore,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A little boy named James Kelly, 8½ years old, residing at 9, Queen-street, was run over by a cab last night in George-street, between Charlotte-place and Essex-street; a wheel of the cab passing over his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An inquest was held by the City Coroner, Mr. Shicll, J.P., on Wednesday, into the circumstances connected with the death of Henry Beeley, who died at the Hospital on Tuesday from injuries received…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At half-past 3 o'clock this morning a serious collision, and one purely attributable to gross neglect on the part of some of the railway officials, took place at the gates just outside the Bathurst…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another accident of a somewhat serious nature happened yesterday afternoon on the train line in Oxford-street. A buggy belonging to Dr. Warren was being driven across the street when it was run…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An accident, which, was luckily attended by no serious results, happened to a tramcar yesterday. At 1.12 p.m., the "dinner car" for Glebe Point, while entering Belmore Park, ran off the rails, owing it is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An accident occurred on the tram-line in Oxford-street, yesterday evening. A horse and buggy, the property of Dr. Warren, got on the track, and a tram coming along dashed into both before the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Marsh, S.M., James Redkin, charged with driving a horse attached to a cab so carelessly in George- street that the life of a boy named James Kelly…
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