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Illawarra · Accidents

Accidents, 1872

10 stories in Illawarra's papers

Dreadful Accident with a Kerosene Lamp

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 8 February 1872 · page 4

ONE of the most painful depths which it has ever been our duty to record occurred on Sunday morning in Brisbane. The deceased was a well-known inhabitant, the…

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Another Expected Collision Between the Earth and a Comet

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 18 April 1872 · page 3

The Swiss Times says that M. Plantamour, the celebrated Professor of Asronomy at Geneva. has lately discovered a new comet, which in…

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The Railway Accident Near Cannes

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 2 May 1872 · page 4

THE terrible accident on the railway that runs along the shore of the Mediterranean parallel with the Corniche road, from Marseilles to Mentone and thence on to…

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The Late Railroad Accident in Canada. Statement of a Survivor

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 10 September 1872 · page 4

Mr Robert Nelson Roddy, who was on the train during the late accident on the Grand Trunk Railway, makes the following statement of the horrible catastrophe:—…

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Terrible Railroad Accident in France

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 12 September 1872 · page 4

Juviay, on the line from Orleans to Paris, has been the soone of a catastrophe singularly resembling that which befel the Irish mall three or four years ago…

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The Late Railroad Accident in Canada

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 12 September 1872 · page 4

Mr. Robert Nelson Roddy, who was on the train during the late accident on the Grand Trunk Railway, makes the following statement of horrible affair :—…

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Drowning of Two Men

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 24 October 1872 · page 3

DROWNING OF TWO MEN.—Two men were drowned in the Macquarie River, close to Mr. M'Arthur's machine. It seems (says the Hill End Times) that a boatman was…

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Boat Accident in Corio Bay, Port Phillip

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 28 November 1872 · page 4

The Geelong Advertiser of the 18th instant says:—Much excitement prevailed throughout the town last evening, when a report was circulated to the effect that…

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Steamboat Accident on the Darling

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 5 December 1872 · page 4

THE Pastoral Times gives the following particulars of a shocking and fatal disaster which occurred near Mouindie. The steamer Providence, when steaming down…

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Dreadful Railway Accident

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 5 December 1872 · page 4

AT thirteen minutes past 8 o'clock on the morning of the 3rd October, a terri[?] accident happened on the Caledonian Railway, at Kir[?]bridge Station, about…

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