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Illawarra · Accidents

Accidents, 1884

8 stories in Illawarra's papers

The Late Mount Kembla Accident. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 21 March 1884 · page 3

SIR,—In your issue of Tuesday last appears a paragraph, part of which, if not contradicted, may do some of the parties concerned an injury. The part alluded to is at the end of…

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Appalling Shipwreck on the Coast of Nova Scotia.—124 Persons Drowned

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 8 July 1884 · page 4

HALIFAX, N. S., April 5,—A steamship disaster, which took place on Thursday night, at the very entrance to Halifax Harbour, has been parralleled in horror only once…

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Collision in Mid-ocean

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 24 July 1884 · page 2

Particulars are to hand respecting the collision between the barques Vanguard and Farnigham, which took place on July H. The Vanguard left London on April 20th, bound for Brisbane with a…

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Drowned in a Water Hole at Albion Park

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 26 August 1884 · page 2

AN inquiry into the circumstances of the death of Mary Binney Taylor, aged seventeen months, the daughter of Mr. William Taylor baker, of Albion Park, who was…

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Death by Drowning at Albion Park

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 7 October 1884 · page 2

AN inquest into the circumstances of the death of Frederick Barra, whose dead body was found in a water-hole at Albion Park on Thursday last was held before the…

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Shocking Tram Accident

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 14 October 1884 · page 2

A MOST dreadful accident occurred on the Botany tram line on Thursday evening. As the 7.20 tram from Bridge-street was passing the point at Gardner's-lane, near…

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Fatal Mining Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 8 November 1884 · page 2

We regret having to record a fatal accident of a most melancholy nature that occurred in the Bulli Colliery, on Wednesday last, the victim being a man named Frank Bonar. It appears…

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Inquests. Man Drowned in Fairy Creek

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 27 November 1884 · page 2

As stated in our last issue, a young man named George Wales was drowned in Fairy Creek on Monday evening. The deceased and a few others went to the creek shortly before sundown to bathe…

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