Fatal Accident in the Harbour
ON Saturday morning, shortly before 11 o'clock shocking accident happened in the Harbour off Middle Head, caused by the steamer Fairlight runnig down a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accidents, 1883
35 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 2
Accident to Blondin at Middle Harbour
L'ESTHANGE, the Australian Blondin, has met with another mishap. It had been announced that he was to cross Middle Harbour on Saturday afternoon on a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Accident at the Zigzag
AN accident [?]urred on Wednesday week on the railway line at the Zigzag. News being received by the department, Mr. Green, traffic manager, proceeded to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sad and Fatal Accident at Kendall's Beach
IN these days of water disasters and loss of life scarcely anything comes as a surprise, but we were hardly prepared to hear of a calamity no unexpected as that which took…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Sad Drowning of Two Priests
In these days of water disasters and loss of life scarcely anything comes as a surprise, but we were hardly prepared to hear of a calamity so unexpected as that which took place on Friday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Tram Accident
A SHOCKING tram accident which has been attendeded with fatal consequencea, happened about half-past 1 o'clock on Monday evening, on the Waverley line. Two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocking Accident
AN accident of a shocking nature happened yesterday evening on the suburban line near Burwood, where a man named Timothy Donnelly was run over and cut to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Sisters Drowned at Coogee
On Thursday a fearful occurrence took place at Coogeo Bay. The early tram which conveys bathers to Coogee took down, amongst many others, two young…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Found Drowned
ON Tuesday afternoon last the dead body of a man was discovered lying on the send close to the water [?] edge on Kendall's beach. The discovery was made by a young woman…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Case of Drowning
QUITE a gloom was cast over the little village of Shellharbour on Thursday evening last on it becoming known that another sad and fatal case of drowning had occurred in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Accident at Bradford
The "Times" publishes the following particulars of the recent accident at Bradford:— A frightful accident occurred at Bradford…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sad Case of Drowning at Manly
ANOTHER sad calamity, attended with results almost as lamentable as the Congee fatality, occurred at Manly beach early this morning. It appears that it is the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Frightful Collision in the Mersey
ABOUT ten o'clock on the night of Sunday, January 7, the now steamer Kirby Hall, belonging to the Hall line of steamers trading between the Mersey and India,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Manly Fatality. Another Life Lost
A FEW hours have sufficed to prove what should now be an indisputable fact with regard to the very great danger which exists in connection with even the most efficient…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Swimmer Drowned at Manly
A very sad case of drowning occurred in the ocean on Manly at about 7 o'clock on Monday morning. It seems that a large party of gentlemen are in the habit of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Drowning Case at Manly
ALTHOUGH strenuous efforts have been made to recover the body of the late Mr. Ernest Holdsworth, and that of the Kanaka who was lost while engaged in the search,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocking Railway Accident
EARLY on Saturday morning a terrible accident happened at the Redfern railway-station, which illustrates the habitual danger to which those who work on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrible Railway Accident in America
One of the chief in the list of horrors with which the year opened was the accident on the Southern Public road between Sun Francisco and Los Angeles, at a place called Tebachapi…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrible Railway Accident in America
ONE of the chief in the list of horrors with which the year opened was the accident on the Southern Pacific road between San Francisco and Los Angles, at a place called…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sad Fatality at Windsor
A VERY sad and fatal accident occurred at Windsor yesterday afternoon not far from the railway station, and almost within view of the volunteer encampment. In the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →