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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 23, 1906
Page
5
A blizzard triggered a railway collision in Colorado killing forty people, fifteen burned alive. Many workers were injured as the scene unfolded with gruesome fires and trapped passengers. A rescuer testified a family of ten perished, and another worker feared losing a foot to flames. A passenger amid the blaze pleaded to be shot before the roof collapsed.
Two local residents recently returned from a business trip report a magnificent country with abundant rains and lush pastures. They traveled from Dandaloo to a distant station, enduring knee deep mud on rough roads, but settlers remain hopeful for a splendid winter and spring.
In Sydney a 15 year old boy Thomas John Quinlan was found guilty of murder of Mrs Mercy Gregory and sentenced to death. He remained calm in court while his mother sobbed as a letter from her to him was read. The defence argued insanity but the jury returned a guilty verdict with a mercy recommendation to be considered by the Cabinet.
In a NSW country town years ago a murderer faced execution. The night before the hanging Nosey and his Sydney helper arrived. A charity ball drew many dancers including an athletic man who impressed guests. Soon groups fled and the ballroom emptied as whispers spread that the shone star dancer was the assistant hangman.
An astounding claim surrounds Dr Sheldon’s new remedy for coughs colds and consumption promising relief in hopeless cases after all other remedies fail. Distribution by C F Bruphens and the product marketed with strong promotional language.
The 6 August 2005 Town and Country Journal hails Delacy’s Establishment at Peak Hill as the best in New South Wales outside Sydney and asserts one trial will prove it both superior and the cheapest.
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