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Illawarra · Accidents

Accidents, 1876

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

Railway Accident. Two Men Killed Near the Parramatta Junction

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 27 January 1876 · page 3

AT ten o'clock this morning our Parramatta correspondent forwarded us the following telegram:— "A frightful and fatal accident occurred…

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Fearful Double Railway Collision in England

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 23 March 1876 · page 4

Papers received by the Durham contain full particulars of the double collision on the Great Northern Railway at Abbots-Ripton Station, midway between…

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Fatal Accident in a Church

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 11 April 1876 · page 4

Whilst service was being conducted in the parish church of Cherry Burton, a village near Beverley, on the morning of December 2[?], the clock weight came…

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Another Wreck—390 Pilgrims Drowned. Bombay, March 8

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 14 April 1876 · page 4

The steamer Jowerd has been wrecked. She left Jeddah on the 16th January with upwards of 400 pilgrims. On the same night she struck on a reef known as…

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English Mail Items. Terrible Steamboat Collision in Dover Bay—great Loss of Life

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 18 April 1876 · page 4

A dreadful collision between two steamers occurred yesterday afternoon, resulting in the sinking of the Glasgow steamer Strathclyde, Captain Eaton, and the loss, it is…

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News by the Suez Mail. Terrible Steamboat Collision in Dover Bay.—great Loss of Life

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1876 · page 2

A BREADFUL collission between two steamers occurred yesterday afternoon, resulting in the sinking of the Glasgow steamer Strathclyde, Captain Eaton, and the loss, it…

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Fatal Railway Accident—thirteen Persons Killed and Many Seriously Injured

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 28 April 1876 · page 4

ON the night of Jan. 21 a terrible and fatal accident occurred on the Great Northern Railway at Abbots' Ripton Station, a few miles north of Huntingdon. The cause…

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Collision at Sea— a Whole Crrw Drowned

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 2 May 1876 · page 4

The screw steamer Ann Webster, of London, arrived in the Tyno on the 17th February. The captain reports that when off the Humber, about 80 miles…

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Terrible Railroad Accident in France—over 30 Lives Lost

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 12 May 1876 · page 4

New York, March 20.—A London letter says that the terrible railroad calamity at Ill. France, was caused by the breaking of a bridge, owing to heavy rain-storms. The…

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Terrible Accident in South Wales

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 26 May 1876 · page 2

London, April 22.—An explosion of power to-day during operations in the new railway tunnel in course of construction near Neath, Glamorgan county, South Wales, caused the roof to fail,…

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Terrible Accident in South Wales

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 2 June 1876 · page 4

London. April 22.—An explosion of powder to-day during operations in the new railway tunnel in course of construction near Neath, Glamorganshire, South Wales,…

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Extraordinary Case of Drowning

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 4 August 1876 · page 4

THE quiet neighbourhood of Tai Tapu, says the Canterbury Times, New Zealand, has been thrown into a state of very considerable excitement by the occurrence of an…

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Link the Fourth. Business. I.—An Injured Innocent

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 8 August 1876 · page 4

On the morning after the inquest, a pretty breakfast table was spread in a richly-furnished room in Belgravia. The house which enclosed this room—a scene of exquisite…

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The Queensland and Barrabool Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 8 August 1876 · page 3

A telegram, dated from Melbourne, on Thursday, appeared in Friday's 'Herald,' as follows:— At 5.30 o'clock this morning a collision took place between the Torres Straits mail steamer…

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Link the Fourth. Business. I.—An Injured Innocent

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 11 August 1876 · page 4

Miss Emily was a very intense young radical indeed, and, like all radicals, sometimes intensely disagreeable—quite beyond the power of her father's respectable…

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Accidents on the Tasmanian Railway

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 18 August 1876 · page 2

The ordinary train from Hobart Town (the Mercury says) was delayed by the second-class carriage going off the rails at a point on the line between Campania and…

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Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 18 August 1876 · page 2

Several fatal explosions are among the tragedies of the month. On the 22nd June six men were killed and a seventh seriously mutilated by an explosion of dynamite in a blacksmiths shop at…

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Via Suez. Accidents

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 22 August 1876 · page 4

Several fatal explosions are among the tragedies of the month. On the 22nd June six men were killed and a seventh seriously mutilated by an explosion of dynamite in…

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Terrible Boat Accident

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 25 August 1876 · page 4

On Sunday morning, 11th June, a shocking calamity occurred at Eastbourne, by which twelve persons, nearly all young men of the artizan class, met with their death…

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English Mail News. Terrible Boat Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 29 August 1876 · page 2

On Sunday morning, 11th June, a [?] calamity occurred at Eastbourne, by which [?] persons, nearly all young men belonging [?] artisan class, met with their death. A[?]…

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