ACCIDENT.—An accident which might have been attended with serions consequenc[?], if the [?]ap had not been so promptly attended to, occurred at the Bolton-street crossing of the Great Northern Railway ...
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Article : 198 wordsAn experiment has been made in France to ascertain the power of dynamite in breaking large blocks of cast iron. A block of iron, weighing five tons, at the iron warks ...
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Article : 148 wordsA fancy bazaar, in aid of the funds of the new Episcopal Church, was held in Armidale on Wednesday. The weather at Armidale during the week has ...
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