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Illawarra · Accidents

Accidents, 1904

48 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 3 of 3

Serious Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 19 November 1904 · page 2

On Thursday morning, as the employees at Mt. Pleasant were assembling at the mine for the day's work, they were startled by hearing loud screams for help proceeding…

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The Jervis Bay Fatality. Naval Authorities Puzzled

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 22 November 1904 · page 2

The naval authorities at Garden Island have had no official information with regard to the death of the boy Speechley. who was fatally injured by the borating of…

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Driving Accident

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 22 November 1904 · page 2

By a driving accident at Albion Park one day last week, caused by the horse bolting and the vehicle colliting with a stump by which the occupants were thrown out, Mrs…

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Accident

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 22 November 1904 · page 2

On Saturday last a serious accident befell Mr. J. Horne's little daughter Marjory. She fell over the verandah railing into the next door neighhor's yard , a distance of…

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Fatal Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Wednesday 23 November 1904 · page 2

A lad named Hugh Paterson, aged 18 years, died at the he spital on Sunday evening, from injuries received on the head whilst assisting in the erection of a…

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Fatal Accident

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 25 November 1904 · page 2

A message from Wollongong states that on Saturday afternoon last, whilst Hugh Paterson, a youth of 18, was assisting his master, Robert Elliott, in erecting a shed…

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Racing Mare Injured

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 10 December 1904 · page 2

A serious accident has happened to Mr. T. Ball's racing mare Princess. She was turned out into Sharple's paddock, when the fell into a creek, which was full of glass…

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Sad Burning Fatality

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 14 December 1904 · page 2

ON Saturday night last a sad burn fatality occurred at Fuller's Flat, Dunmore, resulting in the death of a man named Charles Philip Gilbert,…

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