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Illawarra · Accidents

Accidents, 1893

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Accident at the Harbour Works

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 13 April 1893 · page 2

An accident of a serious nature happened at the breakwater works yesterday forenoon. A large log was being lifted by the small crane, when by some means…

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Railway Accident at Austinmer

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 29 April 1893 · page 2

An accident occurred on the railway line at Austinmer yesterday morning. When the curly mail and mixed train from Sydney was close to Austinmer…

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A Serious Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 23 May 1893 · page 3

A Dapto correspondent informs as that Mr. W. Harvey met with a severe accident on Saturday, by which he sustained a broken leg. He was driving in a dray, to…

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Serious Gun Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 8 June 1893 · page 3

At Bourke, yesterday, about half-past 11 o'clock, a man named George Murray and a telegraph messenger named Chas O'Brien were in the shop of a gunsmith…

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Terrible Naval Disaster in the Mediterranean. Two British Warships in Collision. 430 Lives Lost

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 27 June 1893 · page 2

On Saturday the painful news was communicated to our readers by an extraordinary from this office that [?].M.S. Victoria of the Medito[?] Squadron had been…

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The Burning Fatality at Mount Pleasant. the Coroner's Inquest

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 11 July 1893 · page 3

Mr. H. Lipscomb, District Coronor, held an inquiry at the Wollongong Hospital on Saturday morning into the circumstance attending the death of…

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Accident at the Breakwater. the Crane Falls Off the Jetty Into the Sea

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 11 July 1893 · page 2

A very unfortunate accident occurred at the new breakwater works about half-past 4 o'olock yesterday afternoon. The smaller crane, which has been used at the end of…

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Shocking Accident. a Little Girl's Leg Crushed Off

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 11 July 1893 · page 2

A shocking accident occurred at tho Wollongong Railway Station about half-past four o'clock on Saturday afternoon. Four or live little girls were playing at…

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Shocking Accident. a Little Girl's Leg Crushed Off

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 13 July 1893 · page 4

A shocking accident occurred at Wollongong on Saturday to a girl aged eight, daughter of Mr. J. M. Spence, railway station-master. The child,…

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Tree-felling Fatality. the Coroner's Inquest

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 15 July 1893 · page 2

Mr. B. Lipacomb, District Croner, held an inquest at the dwelling-house of Francis Andrews, Cordeaux, on Wednesday afternoon, on the body of Roger Andrews, who…

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Buggy Accident in Wollongong

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 18 July 1893 · page 3

A buggy accident which might have resulted more seriously occurred on Garden Hill on Sunday night. A party of five boys, aged from 10 to about 15…

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Fatal Accident on the Railway. a Man Cut to Pieces at Berry

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 12 August 1893 · page 2

News reached Kiama on Thursday morning that a shocking accident occurred at Berry on the previous night. From information which we have been able to…

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Sad Boating Fatality at Nowra. Nowra, Monday, 7.15 p.m

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 15 August 1893 · page 2

An inquest was held this afternoon at the Courthouse, before Mr. Coroner Bice and a jury of twelve, touching the cause of death of Joseph Walker, whose body…

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Sad Accident at Nowra

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 15 August 1893 · page 3

A sad boating accident occurred at Nowra on Saturday evening about 6.20. Mr. Thomas Edwards, the town, clerk, and Mr. Joseph Walker, corporation…

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The Shoalhaven Drowning Fatality. the Bodies of Both Victims Recovered

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 17 August 1893 · page 2

An article in our lost issue contained the news of a terribly tragic and sad fatality which occurred on the Shoalhaven River on Saturday last at 6.20 p.m., by which two…

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Fatality at Helensburgh. a Boy Drowned

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 22 August 1893 · page 2

A Helensburgh correspondent writes: "A young lad, aged about 14 years, son of Mr. Samuel Griggs, late of Helensburgh, now of Lily vale, was…

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Train and Coach in Collision. a Bulli Coach Smashed Up

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 26 September 1893 · page 3

Yesterday morning, as Mr. William Bennett was driving his coach, in which Mrs. Bovis and her baby were passengers, from Bulli to Wollongong, it was…

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The Sick and Accident Fund. (To the Editor.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 26 September 1893 · page 2

SIR,—Your Helensburgh correspondent claims that he has 50 per cont of his men on the above mentioned fund. He probably forgets to add that 75 per cont of the calls…

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Serious Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 28 October 1893 · page 2

An accident occurred to the son of our well-known townsman, Mr. Cheney, whilst coming down Mount Keira road yesterday with a cart and two horses iu tandem. The…

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Strange Shooting Fatality

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 2 November 1893 · page 3

A strange shooting fatality was reported on Sunday from Moonee Ponds, (Vic) It appears that a men named William Henry Main, aged 27, a produce merchant…

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