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Illawarra · Accidents

Accidents, 1883

35 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 2 of 2

Fatal Yachting Accident

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 3 April 1883 · page 2

THE fete day at Southport, in Moreton Bay, on Easter Monday, where the regatta was held, was, says the "Brisbane Courier," The sudden into one of sorrow…

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Serious Gunshot Accident

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 3 April 1883 · page 2

ON Monday last a serious gunshot accident happened to Patrick Thomas, sixteen years of age, son of Mr. C. Thomas of the Family Hotel. The lad had gone to Glenrock with…

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Fatal Accident

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1883 · page 4

ON Wednesday evening an accident which terminated fatally ocurred on the Vale Road to a[?]lad named Thomas Hamer, aged twelve years, son of Mr. Thomas Hamer,…

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Narrow Escape From a Railway Accident. Melbourne

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 17 April 1883 · page 2

ANOTHER serious collision was narrowly averted this morning near the South Yarra railway station, at the junction of the railway station, at the junction of this…

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Another Tram Accident

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 20 April 1883 · page 2

PROVIDENTIAL escapes from serious injuries have, during the last few days, been quite a feature in our tram life ; but perhaps the narrowest escape since the death of poor…

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Accident

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 15 May 1883 · page 4

ON Thursday afternoon last a nasty accident dent occurred at the Burill Saw Mills. Mr. It. Ireland, a young man about 20 years of ago, son of the proprietor of the mills, was…

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The Zigzag Railway Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 25 May 1883 · page 4

It is hard to imagine a more deplorable or more regrettable accident than that which occurred a few nights ago on the Lithgow Valley Zigzag, and by which fire…

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Fatal Cab Accident

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 19 June 1883 · page 4

The City Coroner held an inquest at his chambers yesterday afternoon on the body of the unfortunate man, William Bayliss, who died at the…

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Shocking Tram Accident

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 29 June 1883 · page 4

ON Saturday evening a fatal and shocking accident took place in Pitt-street south. The victim was an elderly man of some 50 years of age, named William Houlahan,…

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Shocking Accident at an Indian Religious Service

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 27 July 1883 · page 4

THE Secunderabad correspondent of the "Bombay Gazette," writing on the 18th April, gives an account of the shocking and fatal accident which attended a…

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Shocking Accident on Moore Park Road

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 31 July 1883 · page 4

A MAN named William Richards, a stonemason, aged about 44 years, and Robert Hogg, mason's labourer, aged about 53 years, were brought to the Sydney Hospital…

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The Late Fatal Accident at Bulli

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 24 August 1883 · page 2

On Tuesday afternoon last week, the inquest touching the death of the late Michael Boland was resumed before the District Coroner, and in the presence of A. Ross, Esq., Colliery Manager, and…

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Ingenious Substitutes on Steamers in Cases of Accident

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 28 August 1883 · page 4

THERE has lately come under my notice two instances on steamers where the skill and energy of the officers in charge have substituted ingenious contrivances…

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Tram Accident

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 26 October 1883 · page 2

A FATAL tram accident under Somewhat peculiar circumstances was reported in the Sydney papers of Monday last. The Victim of the accident was Mr. Joseph Perkins,…

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Fatal Accident

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 2 November 1883 · page 2

A boy nine years old was killed last night in Oxford-street. He was vending newspapers on he footboard of tram-car, from which he full, sustaining concussion…

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