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Accidents, 1868

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

Accident to the West India Mail

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 2 October 1868 · page 4

The A[?]with the Panama mail of 1st August, put back on the 13th totally disabled; the Tasmanian was dispatched on the 14th; the Rushine is detained at Panama; Captain J. V…

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Appalling Accident to an Irish Mail Train

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 5 November 1868 · page 4

IT may be remembered that on August 25th a frightful collision took place in the Clayton Tunnel, by which twenty three persons lost their lives, and one…

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Shipping Disasters. Accident to the S.s. Tasmania

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 26 November 1868 · page 4

WHAT might have been a very serious accident, but which providentially ended without material damage to ship, cargo, or passengers, happened to the s s…

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