Distressing and Fatal Accident at Singleton
FOR years past no event has occurred at Singleton which has cast a deeper gloom over the town and caused more widespread feelings of grief and sympathy with the…
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13 stories in Illawarra's papers
Collision in the Harbour
COLLISIONS hove been rather frequent of late, but none, with the exception of the Birksgate and Barrabool, has been of such a serious nature as that which took place in…
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THE following important letter, signed "A Passenger," appeared in the "Hay Standard" of 4th February:— "Sir,—Having carefully read the various…
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ONE man there was who knew of the existence of the fatal breach in the line, for he had seen it made, but he, unhappily was placed in as heartrending a…
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ON Sunday evening, 8th instant, Mr. B. Short addressed a large congregation in the Wesleyan Church, Bowral, on the above disaster. He chose for his…
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A frightful collision between the troopship Iberia and Messrs, Huddart and Paker's steamer Nemesia, unfortunately marred the brightness of Tuesday's…
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An accident, which resulted futility, occurred on Thursday forenoon at the cutting at what is known as Dakin's Hill. At about 12 o'clock which is the lunch hour for the railway men two…
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A TERRIBLE accident, which resulted in the death of a man named John Lawson, occurred at Coal-Cliff on Wednesday night last. Not for from the southern end of…
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On Monday afternoon (says the Evening News) the steamer Wonoona returned to port, having met with an accident on her outward trip. She left Sydney at about 4 a.m. for Bulli, where she…
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ON Monday afternoon (says the "Evening News") the steamer Wonoona returned to port, having met with one accident on her outward trip. She left Sydney about 4 a.m…
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The particulars of the death of James Williamson, jun., briefly notified in Thursday's issue, are of the most heartrending character. Messrs. E. R. Evans and John Lindsay, of Dapto, having…
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A YOUNG man named James Williamson, 23 years of age, was suddenly killed at Mount Corrimal, near Wollongong, on Wednesday, 22rd instant, by a fall at rock…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrib'e Fatal Accident at Bombo Quarry Works
AN inquest roes held by the district coroner, H. Connell Esq , on Friday, at the residence of Mr. Leonard Gwynn, Bombo, touching the death of Peter Hardy, a brief notice of…
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