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The wars & local soldiers, 1871

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United States. Dreadful Orange and Catholic Riots. —400 Persons Killed and Wounded

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 August 1871 · page 5

THE principal item of news from the Eastern States, is the great riot that occurred in the city of New York, on the 12th July. It had been known for several days previous to the 12th, that the…

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Chapter Xl.—the Welcome Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 September 1871 · page 19

It had been dark some hours when the travelling carriage, engaged from the last railway station to Aver Court, entored the village of Carrisford, and attracted the attention of those still wakeful. It was close upon…

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A Woman Mortally Wounded by her Husband

Evening News · Wednesday 6 September 1871 · page 3

ONE of the most shocking of the tragedies which have recently been so numerous, was perpetrated last Friday morning in the premises No. 406 sixth avenue, where Edward Walls had apartments with his…

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Men-of-war on the Station

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 September 1871 · page 8

Clio, 21 guns, Commodore Stirling, at Sydney. Rosa[?]ie, 3 guns, Commander Challis, on a cruise Planche, 8 guns, Commander Montgomery, at Melbourne. Basilisk, 5 guns, Captain Moresby, at New Zealand…

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A Woman Mortally Wounded by Her Husband

Empire · Thursday 7 September 1871 · page 3

ONE of the most shocking of the tragedies which have recently been so numerous, was perpetrated last Friday morning in the premises No. 406 sixth avenue, where Edward Walls had apartments with his…

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Frightful Steam Boat Explosion. Nearly 200 Persons Killed and Wounded

Evening News · Thursday 7 September 1871 · page 3

NEW YORK, July 30th.—The Staten Island ferry boat Westfield, when in slip Whitehall, and crowded with passengers, exploded her boiler at 1.20 p.m. to-day. The concussion was terrific, shattering the…

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Arrival of the Californian Mail. News from London to August 7. United States to August 8. Riots in Dublin—Many Persons Injured. Frightful Steamboat Explosion. 200 Killed and Wounded. Prince of Wales and Suite in Ireland. Disloyal Manifestations. Great Orange and Catholic Riots Anticipated. Great Britain

Evening News · Thursday 7 September 1871 · page 2

London, July 25.—Renewed rumours of the Pope's intention of abandoning Rome. Corsica offered him by France. July 30.—The meeting in Hyde Pork to protest…

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Frightful Steam Boat Explosion.— Nearly 200 Persons Killed and Wounded

Empire · Friday 8 September 1871 · page 3

NEW YORK, July 30th.—The Staten Island ferry-boat Westfield, when in slip Whitehall, and crowded with passengers, exploded her boiler at 1 20 p.m. to-day. The concussion was terrific, shattering the…

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Explosion on Staten Island Ferry Boat.—over 150 Killed and Wounded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 September 1871 · page 3

New York, July 30.—The Staten Island ferryboat Westfield, at 1.20 p.m. to-day, when in the slip at Whitehall, and crowded with passengers, exploded her boiler. The concussion was terrific, shattering the…

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Arrival of the Californian Mail. News from London to August 7. United States to August 8. Riots in Dublin—Many Persons Injured. Frightful Steamboat Explosion. 200 Killed and Wounded. Prince of Wales and Suite in Ireland. Disloyal Manifestations. Great Orange and Catholic Riots Anticipated. Great Britain

Empire · Friday 8 September 1871 · page 3

London, July 25.—Renewed rumours of Pope's intention of abandoning Rome. Corsica offered him by France. July 30—The meeting in Hydo Park to protest…

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Explosion on Staten Island Ferry Boat.—over 150 Killed and Wounded

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1871 · page 876

New York, July 30.—The Staten Island ferryboat Westfield, at 1.20 p.m. to-day, when in the slip at Whitehall, and crewded with passengers, exploded her boiler. The concussion was terrific, shattering the…

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The Church at War with the Douay

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 9 September 1871 · page 4

EVERYBODY that knows anything about such things, is aware that the Vulgate is said to be the form in which the Romish Church acknowledges the Holy Scriptures…

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News by the Mail Via California. News From London to August 7; United States to August 8. Riots in Dublin: Many Persons Injured. —Frightful Steamboat Explosion: 200 Killed and Wounded. — Prince of Wales and Suite in Ireland. — Dis. Loyal Manifestations.—great Orange and Catholic Riots Anticipated. Great Britain

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 September 1871 · page 5

London, July 25.—Renewed rumours of the Pope's intention of abandoning Rome. Corsica offered him by France. July 30.—The meeting in Hyde Park to protest…

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The French Officers in the Late War

Evening News · Wednesday 13 September 1871 · page 3

OF the French commissioned officers I shall say but little, since bath in their virtues and their vices they differ but slightly from the common soldiers; while the non-commissioned officers are virtually identical…

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The French Officers in the Late War. From Macmillan's Magazine

Empire · Wednesday 13 September 1871 · page 3

OF the French commissioned officers I shall say but little, since both in their virtues and their vices they differ but slightly from the common soldiers; while the non-commissioned officers are virtually identical…

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French Peasants During the War

Empire · Monday 25 September 1871 · page 3
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IF I am asked what was the attitude of the peasan[?] during the war and between the two armies, I reply that their behaviour was the most lamentable of all the lamentable spectacles in this unhappy struggle…

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Arrival of the Mail Via Suez at Adelaide. Late Telegrams to September 4th. The Queen still Indisposed. The French War Indemnity being Rapidly Paid. Ten Millions Sterling Advanced in London. Prorogation of Parliament. Gathering of the Olan Campbell at Inverary. Thiers Elected President of the French Republic Suicide of Mr. Walter Montgomery. Great Typhoon in the China Seas. Pacific Anticipations in Germany

Empire · Monday 25 September 1871 · page 3

The arrival of the August mail, but with dates to September 4th, was telegraped from Adelaide yesterday; and at once received two important items of news, namely, that wool was higher, and that M…

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Duel in Paris—an Englishman Wounded. (From the Correspondent of the London E[?]ho.)

Empire · Wednesday 27 September 1871 · page 3

PARIS, July 27 (9.30 a.m.)—A duel was fought yesterday between Mr. Robert. Middleton, an English gentleman, and M. Delpe[?]h, a deputy exColonel in General Garibaldi's army…

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Further Particulars. Colonel Fisk Wounded

Evening News · Monday 2 October 1871 · page 3

Almost the first shot that was fired by the mob at Twenty-sixth-street, struck Henry C. Paige, business manager of Fisk's Opera House, and a private in Company K, 9th Regiment, killing him instantly…

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