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Illawarra · Accidents

Accidents, 1856

2 stories in Illawarra's papers

Accident by Lightning and Waterspout

Illawarra Mercury · Monday 19 May 1856 · page 5

The barque Swan, of Swan River, 234 tons, under the command of Captain William Simpson, sailed from Singapore on the 12th March, 1856, laden with a general cargo, and bound for Swan River and Adelaide. Since the eclipse of the sun, on the 5th…

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Panama Railroad Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Monday 1 September 1856 · page 1

We have received from Washington Wright, Esq, on the Golden Age, who was in the cars at the time of the accident, the following full and complete account:— "The greatest of railroad calamities has been reserved for the…

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