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Illawarra · Accidents

Accidents, 1861

28 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 2 of 2

Coach Accident

Examiner · Tuesday 12 November 1861 · page 2

We mentioned a few days since the occurence of a rumor to the effect that one of the Penrith coaches had met with an accident going into Parramatta, and that Mr. Gilbert, the well-known…

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Railway Accident. Monday morning

Examiner · Tuesday 12 November 1861 · page 3

This morning, as the 3.30 train left the station, a number of horses wore on the railroad line, which galloped along until they came to the first culvert, where they stopped e[?] masse, and before…

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Steamboat Collision

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 3 December 1861 · page 4

An alarming collision took place off Erith lately. The Metis, commanded hy Captain Forse, an old experienced muster, left London-bridge at the usual hour with about 100 passengers on board…

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Alarming Accident at the Underground Railway

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 3 December 1861 · page 4

On Saturday afternoon, in the neighborhood of Clerkenwell, at the works of the Metropolitan Underground Railway, twenty-five persons narrowly escaped a dreadful death. Upon the…

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Three Persons Drowned

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 6 December 1861 · page 4

We (Argus) quote from the Gipps Land Guardian the following particulars of a peculiarly melancholy occurrence, to which we have already briefly alluded:—…

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Dreadful Colliery Accident

Examiner · Tuesday 10 December 1861 · page 4

The Black Shole Pit, at Clay Cross, near Derby has been the scene of a dreadful catastrophe. The pit adjoined an old shaft which was full of water…

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Accident at the Wharf

Examiner · Tuesday 10 December 1861 · page 2

An accident of a very serious nature occurred, on Saturday last, to a man named Peter Palmer, which it was feared at one time would terminates fatally. It seems that…

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The Bridge Accident

Examiner · Tuesday 24 December 1861 · page 2

A frightful accident happened at York, on the 27th of September. A lattice girder bridge, in process of construction across the Ouse, fell in with a crash. At the time of its fall no less than…

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