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12 stories in Illawarra's papers
Mr Henry Shiell (City Coroner) held an inquest on Tuesday afternoon, at the Observer Tavern, George-street North, touching the death of a man named Collins, whose body had been that morning found…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →About six o'clock p.m on Wednesday, the 25th instant, a report reached town to the affect that Samuel Arnold a lad between 11 and 12 yours old, and son of Mr. G. G. Arnold, baker, Manning-street…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—Seeing in the Evening News a very distorted, and to some extent, untruthful account of an accident to my son, taken from the Memory, you will please publish the following as the true…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It is my painful task to have to record the death of a son of Mr John Conway of this place caused by the upsetting of a dray. The fatal event occurred on Wednesday evening last. An inquest was held before…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At twenty-four minutes after 10 o'clock on Monday night, February 6 a special train, or "wild cat," as such are called in rai[?]read phrase, laden with petroleum oil, in tanks and barrels, passed the station of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AN accident of a very painful and fatal character occurred on the night of the 28th at the South Yarra Railway Station, Melbourne. So far as we have been able…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →—A fatal accident, of terrible nature, occurred yesterday at the Wickham Sawmills. A young man, nineteen years of age, named Andrew Crossley, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A very serious collision took place between the above named steamers yesterday morning, at 5 o'clock, off Broken Bay, which, but from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Alice Cameron, barque, from Auckland, came into Sydney on Wednesday morning, and by her have arrived the crew and passengers of the barque A. H. Badger, who were picked up…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Alice Cameron, barque, from Auckland, into port yesterday morning, and by her have arrived the crow and passengers of the barque A. H Bodger,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wagga Wagga Advertiser of the 15th says:—A very melancholy accident occurred on Saturday morning, by which a [?] lad about fourteen…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →We clip the following from the Melbourne telegram in last Saturday's Empire:—A man was killed by lightning at Sandhurst yesterday, and fourteen…
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