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Illawarra · Accidents

Accidents, 1860

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Melancholy Accident

Examiner · Saturday 7 July 1860 · page 4

We have received intelligence of a fatal accident which occurred on the Lachlan some short time ago It appears that, on the 29th ultimo, a stockman, in…

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Accident

Examiner · Saturday 7 July 1860 · page 2

As Mr. Perrott J. P. was returning on Wednesday night last from a meeting in connection with the British and Foreign Bible Society, at Jerringong, his horse fell with him, and as we…

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Collision Between Captain Martindale and the Contractor

Examiner · Wednesday 11 July 1860 · page 3

The line to Blacktown was to have been available for traffic on Monday, but the opening did not take place in consequence of a serious misunderstanding between Captain…

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Accident

Examiner · Wednesday 18 July 1860 · page 2

A young man named Henry, in whose family three deaths by accidents and otherwise, have lately taken place, met with a serious accident yesterday morning while fencing at…

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The Boat Accident

Examiner · Wednesday 1 August 1860 · page 2

We have heard with regret that Mr. Coombes, chief officer, and James Morgan a cabin-boy, were of the three who were drowned by the upsetting of the Kiama's boat at…

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Serious Accident

Examiner · Wednesday 8 August 1860 · page 2

We regret to have to announce that Mr. James Graham, of Waughope, Jamberoo, met with a serious accident last week. On returning from Kiama on the evening of the…

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Melancholy and Fatal Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 10 August 1860 · page 4

It is with feelings of the deepest regret that we have this day to record one of those occurrences which come home to the heart of every man, for who can contemplate, without the most poignant…

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The Drowning of the Pic-nic Party

Examiner · Wednesday 15 August 1860 · page 3

THE Sumpter (U.S.) Watchman extra, received by this morning's mail, contains the full particulars of the late sad accident an Camden, by which twenty-seven persons, mostly females,…

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Dreadful Accident

Examiner · Saturday 25 August 1860 · page 4

The unpleasant duty of recording frightful accidents of life and limb amongst us is now growing painfully frequent. On Tuesday last, a feeling of gloom was thrown…

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Fatal Boat Accident

Examiner · Saturday 15 September 1860 · page 4

We regret to have to announce a melancholy accident by which a young gentleman who was much respected and beloved, suddenly lost his life. On Saturday afternoon, at about…

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Collision at Sea.—twenty Lives Lost

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 October 1860 · page 3

The New York Tribune, of June 26, reports the following: The United States steamer Walker, under the command of Lieutenant John Julius Guthrie, sailed from…

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Collision at Sea.—twenty Lives Lost

Examiner · Saturday 13 October 1860 · page 3

The New York Tribune, of June 16, reports the following:— The United States steamer Walker, under the command of Lieutenant John Julius Guthrie,…

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The Late Accident to Mrs. Cook. to the Editor of the Kiama Examiner

Examiner · Saturday 20 October 1860 · page 3

SIR,—Permit me to tell you that I think you are not a little to blame in the above affair, for not having long since exposed through the columns of your journal, for to say the least of it, an uncouth and uncivilised practice of,…

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Fatal Accident

Examiner · Saturday 3 November 1860 · page 3

Shortly before going to press on Friday evening, intelligence reached us that Mr. Benjamin Meyer, of Blayney, had met with his death by a most appalling…

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Dreadful Railway Collision

Examiner · Saturday 17 November 1860 · page 4

THE autumn excursion season rarely passes over without a batch of railway accident. But we have seldom to record one in all respects so disastrous, accompanied with such a sacrifice of…

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Omnibus Accident

Examiner · Saturday 1 December 1860 · page 4

Yesterday afternoon, shortly after four o'clock, two omnibusses the Invincible and Camille—whilst racing to get a head of each other, came in collision in…

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Accident

Examiner · Saturday 1 December 1860 · page 3

On Thursday last, the 22nd, some young men from near Camden, went out to the ranges and gullies about Razorback, for the purpose of shooting kangaroos when the gun…

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Melancholy Accident and Death

Examiner · Saturday 29 December 1860 · page 2

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT AND DEATH.—The account of the proceedings at the inquest on the body of William Lindsey, given in another part of our paper, will put our readers in possession of the…

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