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Illawarra · Accidents

Accidents, 1875

33 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 2

Collision Between the Candahar and Kingsbridge

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 7 January 1875 · page 3

Thu ship Candahar, of Liverpool, 1418 tons, owned by T. and R. Brocklebank, bound from London to Melbourne, with a general carge put into Falmouth on…

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Bush Accident and Terrible Suffering

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 7 January 1875 · page 4

THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser reports that on Saturday night, 26th December, a man named Robert Philips was brought to the hospital with a broken leg, and the…

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Extraordinary Railway Accident in Queensland

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 9 February 1875 · page 3

A railway accident, that which none of a more extraordinary character has ever occurred in any part of the world, happened in Queensland in reporting the accident, the 'Brisbane…

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Dreadful Accident on Mont St. Bernard

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 16 February 1875 · page 4

Tho Journal dc Geneva contains the following account of the catastrophe which has just occurred on Mont St. Bernard:— "On Monday morning last it was rumoured in…

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Dreadful Railway Accident

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 18 February 1875 · page 3

IT is our painful duty to chronicle one of the most terrible railway disasters which has ever happened in this country, On December 24, at 11.40, an express train,…

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Boat Accident—four Lives Lost

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 4 March 1875 · page 3

THE Gippsland Mercury of the 20th February contains the following particulars of the sad accident on the lakes:—"On the 26th January, a sailing boat,…

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Terrible Accident on the Great Western Railway. 100 Persons Killed and Injured. (London Daily News, Dec. 25.)

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 11 March 1875 · page 4

YESTERDAY a dreadful accident occurred to the express train on the Great Western Railway at Shipton, near Oxford. The train to which the accident occurred was…

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A Dreadful Accident

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 11 March 1875 · page 3

ON Saturday evening, a man named Robert Page, about 84 years of age, met with his death at Wearne's Anchor Flour Mills, at the foot of Pathurst-street. At about…

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Shocking Accident on the Tyne.—nine Lives Lost

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 16 March 1875 · page 4

On January 4, a fearful accident occurred on the River Tyne, near Blaydon, by which nine lives were lost, and a large number of persons narrowly escaped drowning. During the frost…

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Railway Accident in Victoria—two Lives Lost

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 1 April 1875 · page 4

A SHOCKING accident (the Argus reports) resulting in the death of a man and a boy, and in serious injury of another man, occurred on the North-eastern…

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Sad Case of Accidental Poisoning

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 8 April 1875 · page 3

ON Tuesday, 9th ultimo, a most distressing case of accidental poisoning occurred at Razorback, near Camden, by which Mr. John Tickner, farmer, an old and much…

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Curious Fatal Accident

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 29 April 1875 · page 4

A MAGISTERIAL inquiry was held touching the dent h of Ann Masingarb, which occurred on Wednesday evening last very suddenly. From the evidence of her…

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Drowning of Three Men in Hobson's Bay

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 27 May 1875 · page 2

THERE is great reason to fear that Mr. W. Gresham, the well-known shipehandler of Sandridge, and two other men, have been drowned in the bay. Last Thursday…

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Shocking Accident to a Young Lady

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 10 June 1875 · page 3

A shocking accident occurred in Paris on March 17, which has thrown the Rothschild and other great Jewish families into mourning…

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Boat Accident and Loss of Seven Lives

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 25 June 1875 · page 4

A boat accident, by which seven lives were lost is reported from Stornoway. One day last week an open boat with seven of a crew, left the village of Borvie, on the…

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Extraordinary Escape From Drowning

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 15 July 1875 · page 4

ONE of the most wonderful escapes from a watery grave that we Ovens and Murray Advertiser have ever heard of occurred in our district on Sunday last. On Saturday…

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Fatal Railway Accident in Victoria

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 19 August 1875 · page 4

A FATAL accident of a very sudden and terrible character occurred on the Williams-town line. A man named Wm. Thompson, a boilermaker, engaged at the Yarra boiler…

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A Terrible Railway Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 31 August 1875 · page 4

The dreadful accident on the Southern Railroad of Long Island on July 5, by which seven people, were, killed and forty-two maimed, continued yesterday to be the…

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A Terrible Railway Accident

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 2 September 1875 · page 4

The dreadful accident on the Southern Railroad of Long Island on July 5, by which seven people were killed and forty-two maimed, continued yesterday to be the…

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Extraordinary Fatal Accident in New Zealand

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 16 September 1875 · page 4

THE following particulars of the very distressing accident which happened at mid-day on Tuesday week in the neighbourhood of the Ajax mine , Inaugahua, are given by…

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