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Illawarra · Accidents

Accidents, 1901

64 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 2 of 4

The Shellharbor Fatality

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 26 April 1901 · page 2

NO direct trace of the unfortunate than Eiltott, who was upset from a fishing boat off Shellharbor on Saturday, was fund up to yesterday. The tug Carbinn, from…

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Collision in Belmore Basin

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 26 April 1901 · page 2

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

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Mining Fatality at Bulli. the Inquest

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1901 · page 2

The district coroner, Mr. C. C. Russell, held an inquiry a the Court-house, Bulli, on Wednesday, concerning the death of a lad named Arthur Charles Langenberg,…

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Fall From a High Balcony. a Distance of 22 Feet. the Victim Very Much Injured. a Miraculous Escape From Death. an Early Morning Episode

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 7 May 1901 · page 2

Quite a sensation was caused yesterday morning when it became known that Mrs. Johnson, wife of a Carrington-terrace tenant, had by some means or other fallen…

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Serious Stabbing Affray at Shellharbor. Two Aborigines and a Constable Injured. the Offender "Batoned."

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 10 May 1901 · page 2

OUTSIDE Dixson's Hotel on Wednesday night last, in the usually peaceful village of Shellharbor, three men (William Thomse, a white man, and two aborigines named…

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Serious Buggy Accident

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 14 May 1901 · page 2

MR. M. FLEMING, of Kangaroo Valley, was the victim of a serious accident last Sunday morning while on his way home from the R. C. Church. He was driving…

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Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 14 May 1901 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon two lads named Chas. W. Newman, a 15-year old son of Mr. C. Newman, of Smith's Hill, and S. Frew, son of Mrs. Frew, of Crown street,…

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The Shellharbor Fatality

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 16 May 1901 · page 2

In connection with the disappearance of the fisherman (William Elliott) about three weeks ago, nothing further was found to show what had become of him until…

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Serious Accident at Nerriga

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 4 June 1901 · page 2

MR. JOHN KENNEDY, son of Mr. James Kennedy, of Comerong, met with an accident of a serious nature at Norriga on Wednesday whilst felling timber. A tree…

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Buggy Accident

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 7 June 1901 · page 2

WHILST Messrs Match and Mary Monaglan, of Mayfi[?]l, were driving a buggy in Junction at[?] Nowra, on Friday morning the [?] the buggy…

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Local Collier in Collision

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 22 June 1901 · page 2

A collision occurred in Sydney harbor on Tuesday between the steam collier Herga and the schooner Lady Mabel, both local traders. The schooner, at the time, was…

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Boating Fatality on Lake Illawarra

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 25 June 1901 · page 2

A SAD boating fatality occurred at 11.20 o'clock on Sunday morning Lake Illawarra, by which Wm. Kirk, blacksmith, 40 years of age, met his death. Deceased and…

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Sad Accident on the Lake. Capsize of a Sailing Boat. a Dapto Resident Drowned. Three Others Have Narrow Escapes

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 25 June 1901 · page 2

A sad boating fatality occurred at Lake Illawarra on Sunday morning, whereby Mr. William Kir's, the well-known Dapto blacksmith, lost his life, and his two sons,…

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Peculiar Accident

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 25 June 1901 · page 2

A SINGULAR occurreance happened at Bomaderry railway on Wednesday night. James Thompton, coach proprietor, was driving a 'bus to meet the night train, bin…

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Wollongong Race Course Meeting. a Very Successful Gathering. One Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 25 June 1901 · page 2

President: F. O'Donnell, J.P; judge W. Beach J.P.; starter, J.P. Galvin; handicapper, W. C. Quinton; clerk of the course, J. Phillips; clerk of the…

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A Lake Fatality

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 29 June 1901 · page 9

On Sunday last, Mr. William Kirk, blacksmith, of Dapto, lost his life by the capsize of a boat on Lake Illawarra, in which he, with his two sons William…

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Wreck of the "Alexander Berry." Struck on a Rock at Long Point. Captain and Three of the Crew Drowned. Only One Saved

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

THE "Alexander Berry, a screw steamer belonging to the Illawarra Steam Navigation Company, and engaged in the river trade, left Shoalhaven on…

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A Sad Fatality. Roasted Alive at Jamberoo

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 6 July 1901 · page 7

In the early hours of Sunday morning last a fire took place at Jamberoo, attended with melancholy results. The house in which the fire occurred was a…

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Finger Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 6 July 1901 · page 2

On Monday last a little boy, son of Mr. Blomfield, the engineer for the Port Kembla harbor works, had the misfortune to have one of his fingers injured so much…

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Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 9 July 1901 · page 2

On Sunday a lad named Johnson, residing in Flinders-s reet, while playing football had his ankle badly broken…

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