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Illawarra · Accidents

Accidents, 1901

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Sulky Accident. a Narrow Escape

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 5 January 1901 · page 2

ON Thursday last, while driving in a sulky to Kiama, Mrs. John James and Miss Elin Jones, of Rose Villey. met with to rather serious accident, It…

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Painful Accident at Port Kembla

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 15 January 1901 · page 2

On Friday last a workman named Chas. Watts, employed at the Port Kembla quarry, was severely injured while engaged at his work. It appears that three of the…

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Drowning Accident at Helensburgh

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 2

A sad drowning accident occurred at Helensburgh on Thursday afternoon, when a boy named James Canning, ten years of age, and an only son,…

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Nasty Accident

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 22 January 1901 · page 2

A VERY serious accident happened at the Half-moon dredge, Shoalhaven River, near Bradwood, on Tuesday, to Sydney Reynolds and William Feeney, They…

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Miners' Accident Relief Fund. a Brief Explanation

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 26 January 1901 · page 18

It is evident that doubt exists as to some of the provisions of the said Act. Perhaps, therefore, a brief explanation of some of its provisions, more…

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Drowning Accident. a Little Girl the Victim

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 29 January 1901 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon a very sad drowning fatality took place in Salty creek, Port Kembla, a little half-caste girl named Nelly Timberry, aged 7 years, being the victim…

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Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 5 February 1901 · page 2

On Saturday evening as Mrs. Robinson of Tarrawanna, accompanied by an infant and little girl, were driving into Wollongong, a sulky collided with her vehicle, with the…

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Accident to a Coal Trimmer

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1901 · page 2

On Thursday last Mr. Michael Currry, whilst coming ashore from the E. & A. Co's, steamer Australian, met with a nasty accident whereby one of his hands was severely crushed. It…

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Terrible Railway Accident Fourteen Killed. Thirteen Injured. Sydney, Friday, 8.12 p.m

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 16 February 1901 · page 2

TERRIBLE railway accident occurred it Tempe to-night. Fourteen killed; thirteen injured. No fuller particulars to hand…

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Railway Accident. Seven Persons Killed. Twenty-five Injured

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1901 · page 2

ON Friday evening a few minutes past 6 o'clock, the 5.55 p.m. fast train, Sydney to Hurstville, was wrecked just outside Sydneyham station. The wreck was caused…

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Accidents

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 1 March 1901 · page 3

A FATAL accident happened to a lad, aged 8 named Leslie Stephenson, at Brown's Mountain on Tuesday morning. He got on to a slide drawn by a team of bullocks,…

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Accident at Mt. Pleasant

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 28 March 1901 · page 2

Mr. John Thorne met with a very serious and painful accident yesterday. It appears that he was coupling the skips together when the horse started before he had…

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Disastrous Fire at Nowra. The Prince of Wales Hotel Destroyed. Two Men Burned to Death. Another Injured. Some Another Injured. Some Narrow Escapes. Good Work by the Fire Brigade. Nowra

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 12 April 1901 · page 2

A FIRE broke out at the Prince of Wales' Hotel, Nowra, shortly after one o'clock this morning. The central portion of the hotel…

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Fatal Shooting Accident

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 12 April 1901 · page 2

A SHOOTING accident happened on Monday afternoon between Lue and Havilsh, about 16 miles from Mudgee, when a young man, Frederick C. Campbell, of Church-street,…

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Serious Accident at Cambewarra

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 19 April 1901 · page 2

THE "Colonist's" Cambewarra correspondence writes:—A very serious accident happened to a son of Mr. William Soper on Saturday afternoon. George, the lad in…

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Supposed Boating Fatality. a Shellharbour Fisherman's Unfortunate End

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 23 April 1901 · page 2

MR. WILLIAM ELLIOTT, who was untill recently mate on board the coasting steamer Peterborough, and who had taken out a fisherman's license and…

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Sad Boating Fatality. to a Shellharbour Resident

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 24 April 1901 · page 2

ON Saturday morning last fisherman named William E[?]t left his home at Shellharbour alone in his boat for the lobster grounds, near Long Point, and has…

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The Shellharbor Fatality

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 25 April 1901 · page 2

No direct trace of the unfortunate man Elliott, who was upset from a fishing boat off Shellharbor on Saturday, was found up to yesterday. The tug Carbine, from…

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Collision in Belmore Basin

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 25 April 1901 · page 2

Yesterday morning, about 8 o'clock, the steamer Balmain, while entering Belmore Basin, ran foul of the I.S.N. steamer Illawarra, which was lying at the company's…

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Fatal Mining Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 25 April 1901 · page 2

On Tuesday, Arthur Langeberg, a boy employed at the South Built mine, received injuries from the result of which he died the same afternoon…

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