Accidents
ON Thursday last, about mid-day, a little boy of Mr. Sproule's, at Jerrara Creek, whilst playing near the house, was bitten by a brown snake. A ligature was…
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17 stories in Illawarra's papers
Fearful Railway Accident Loss of Life
HITHERTO we have had cause for t[?]fulness that the construction of our [?] way has been so wonderfully free fr[?] accidents which have marked…
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Information was received here on Wednesday the 22nd instant, that a young man of the name of Hay, residing at Meroo, had accidentally shot himself. The intelligence proved too true. It is a melancholy…
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Last Wednesday an accident occurred which might have ended in fatal consequences. A young person of the name of Steadman, with a number of her friends were returning from town, where they had…
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Last evening, (Friday). James Campbell, a well known ell resident in Shellbavbor, was killed by a dray being overturned on him, on the road near tho Stoney Range…
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The following is a copy of the evidence given at the coroner's inquest held on the body of Master John Col[?] at the dwelling house of Mr G. K. Waldron, at Kiama, on the 3rd day of June, 1865. before…
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LAST night, as the P. and O. Co.'s steamer Jeddo was coming up the harbour, she came into collision with the barque Adn, under the following circumstances, by which the…
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As Charles Bennett was engaged in carting furniture from Greenwell Point to Currambene, the board usually fixed to the guard iron, got out of its place between the spokes of the wheel…
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ON Monday the City Coroner began an inquest at the Observer Tavern, George-street North, on view of the body of Robert Codling, the seaman who was taken out of…
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A serious accident happened in Georgestreet, last week, whereby Mrs. W. B. Tooth and Master Tooth, a little boy about five years of age, were violently…
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As the Catherine Agnes was entering the harbor oh Sunday morning she ran foul of the wooden jetty, carrying away two bays, and also a considerable portion of the small…
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ON Wednesday last, the Rev. Stephen Barclay Drury, an unmarried clergyman of twenty-six, who has for about twelve months acted as the curate of Phillack…
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An accident of the most frightful character has taken place at Redual, a station on the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway. A large excursion train, consisting of 32 carriages, and drawn by two…
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We regret that an accident occurred on Wednesday whereby a son of Mr James Southam had his leg broken. It seems that the lad was jumping over a fallen tree. When his foot catching in a small branch,…
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THE body of R. M'Kinlay, a deserter from H.M.S. Curagon, was found floating in the water off Fort Macquarie yesterday morning. The corpse was taken on board…
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AN accident of a most frightful nature occurred on Monday at the Government metal quarry, Burwood, by which a man named William Frazer, a native of Germany, was so severely…
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Yesterday, the City Coroner held an inquest at the Stirling Castle, Cleveland street, Redfern, on view of the body of Michael Crotey, lying dead at his mother's…
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