A Chapter of Accidents
We take the following from the Milton " Times" :—The old saying, " It never rains but it pours," has a marvellous illustration in a series of misadventures which…
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Accidents
ON Wednesday last a most unfortunate accident happened in Salmond's quarry, which was attended by very serious results. At about half-past eight Messrs. Edward…
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On monday morning, seen after starting work at Mr. Satmond's qua[?]y, a pass of stone fell unexp[?]ly, and Mr. E. M"kenzi of Manning Street,…
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NEWS is to hand that a fearful accident has occurred in the United States through an explosion of maptha. While a train, carrying Maptha in bulk was being shunted…
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WITH her bow badly wrecked and three or four feet of water in lier hold the steamer Dunmore glided slowly into Botany Bay at an early hour on Tuesday morning, and…
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Master Glen Rees, aged 15, son of Mr. D. B. Rees, Smith Hill, met with a very painful accident on Thursday whilst engagement his work with Mr. J. Parsons,…
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AN accident of a very painful nature, which might have been even more serious in result, occurred at Wallaby Hill, Jamberoo, on Tuesday last (Prince of Wales Birthday)…
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YESTERDAY word was received in town that a severe gun accident had happened at Shellharbor, by which Mr. Robert Miller, son of Mr. Robert. Miller, of…
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A magisterial inquiry was held by Mr. C. C. Russell, coroner, at the Brighton Hotel, yesterday, touching the death of Benjamin Matthews, whose…
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THE residents of Shellharbour, and for the matter of that, the whole district, were shocked to heart that Mr. Robert Muir Miller had been…
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THIS week no less than three gun accidents have occurred in this district, one we regret to say, proving fatal. Two are credited to Jamberoo. The first, which…
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Mr. R. M. Miller, a farmer residing at Woodbine, Shellharbor, was found on Thursday, in an unconscious condition near the stables, having been accidentally…
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AT an early hour on Friday morning whilst berthing the steamer Palmerston Captain Thompson, harbor master, saw the body of a man floating in Wollongong…
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THE collision which took place early on the morning of May 13 off Botany Heads between the steamer Kelloe, owned by the Wallarah Coal Co., Ltd., and steamer Wallralnh Coal Co., Ltd., aid the steamer…
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A fatal gun accident, which occurred at Shellharboar last Thursday, cast a gloom over the whole of the southern part of the district, where the victim of the mishap was well…
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THE following startling message was received in Sydney early yesterday morning:—"The schooner Advance, outward bound for Newcastle, went down off Henry…
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SIR,—The prevention of such disasters as those that occured at Burwood and Dudley (Newcastle) is a matter of such gravity to mining districts,…
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A COLLISION between the steamer Civility and the brig Vision occurred shortly before noon on Thursday in [?] Bay, resulting in damages…
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BY a collision in the Sydney harbour on Thursday with the steamer Civility the brigantine Vision, a well-knwon New Zealand trader, had hes Ji- [?]oom and head…
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