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22 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 2
About 9 o'clock this morning, the regular passenger train of the Western Pacific Railroad, bound East came in collision with the train from Hayward's near Damon Station, about four miles Alameda…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It is our painful duty to record the accidental death of Mr Robert Borrowdale. of Py[?]e, an old and respected resident of this district, Whilst returning home from Terra on Wednesday evening last, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The man or woman who has escaped that peculiar form of death which, during summer, often awaits the too venturesome at our watering places, will appreciate the following vivid…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A SHOCKING accident occurred at Kenney's bathing ship, St. Kilda, between four and five o'clock on Saturday afternoon, which resulted in the death of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE other night an alarming accident occurred at the Steam Printing Offices of Messrs. Norman, at Cheltouliam. The engine boiler is a powerful Cornish…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Tarrangower Times remarks:— "We cannot with justice to ourselves, to those particularly concerned, or to our readers in general, make any coal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →It would appear from the particulars which have boon collected that the train which loft Glasgow on December 31 about half-past six o'clock had several…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An inventive and goodnatured Frenchman, who witnessed the great petroleum configuration at Bordeaux recently, suggested a now mode of harbour defence:—"In…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A travelling contributor of the New York World—a lady, by the way—has furnished that journal, with an interesting series of papers descriptive of social life at Salt Lake City, her…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A VERY melancholy accident by drowning occurred on Sunday last, 17th instant, at Weary Creek, by which at lad of ten or twelve years, son of Mr. James Bridge, of this place, lost his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Henry Shiell, City Coroner, resumed an inquiry yesterday morning, at the Observer Tavern George-street North, touching the death of the seaman named Samuel Wood…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Goulburn Herald reports that on Saturday afternoon an elderly married woman named Hackett, residing at New County Flats,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Commissioner of Police at Adelaide has received the following letter respecting high floods in the [?] North, and the loss of several [?] natives, from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The following shocking occurrence is related by the Bourke correspondent of the Dubbo Dispatch:—On Sunday, the 14th August, a terrible accident…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BOAT ACCIDENT.—On Sunday afternoon, as the Juanita crew were returning from Parramatta, in company with Mr. Strickland's gig, they observed a skiff suddenly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →[?] wasted with the washing of the waves, Are ye not like giant tombstone round those lonely ocean grave…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →About half-past 7 o'clock last evening information was received at the Insurance Fire Brigade office in Bathurst-street to the effect that a fire had broken out in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →I regret to have to record the death of Mr. John Lindsay, for many years resident on Mr T. A. Reddall's estate. Mr Lindsay fell from his horse on Tuesday last, and received such serious injuries that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This town was visited by a fearful thunderstorm this evening. A flash of lightning struck a new house in which four men had taken shelter from the storm. One of the four, a stonemason named Henry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A TERRIBLE accident to the Irish mail train occured on September 14, near Tamworth. The train consisted of an engine and eleven carriages, including…
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