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Illawarra · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

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Thrown from a Sulky. MRS. T. W. Lee Injured

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 24 November 1908 · page 2

Whilst driving along Port Kembla-road on Friday Mrs. T. W. Lee was thrown from a sulky. Mrs. Lee was driving her son (Dr. H. H. Lee), when…

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Sad Scalding Accident. Little Child Badly Injured

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 December 1908 · page 4

The little six-year-old daughter of Mr. J. B. Fitzgerald, of Balgownic, was frightfully scalded on Monday morning. It appears that Mrs…

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Helensburgh Railway Tunnel Accident

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 5 December 1908 · page 24

In the House, last week, Mr. Hollis said: I desire to ask the Colonial Treasurer if his attention has been called to a press statement,…

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Painful Accident. a Woman Lies in the Bush for 24 Hours. Intense Suffering

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 15 December 1908 · page 2

Mrs. Mary M'Goldrick, wife of Charles M'Goldrick, of Mt. Keira, has been the victim of a very painful accident. It appears that she left her…

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Fatal Accident at Helensburgh

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 18 December 1908 · page 4

A wheeler named Emile Wenlock Cunningham, aged 17 years, residing with his parents at Helensburgh, was killed in the Metropolitan colliery…

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Fatality at the Metropolitan

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 19 December 1908 · page 11

Re the death of the youth Emile Wenlock Cunningham, at the Metropolitan Colliery, on Thursday, the report of Sen-constable Tomkins…

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Buggy Accident

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 19 December 1908 · page 2

ON, Tuesday afternoon last Ald. Alex. Blow, of Jamberoo, and his son Keith, whilst driving home from Kiama, had the misfortune to…

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Seaman Drowned. in Wollongong Harbor

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 22 December 1908 · page 2

The body of a seaman, named J. Johnson was found in Wollongong Harbor on Sunday morning at 5 o'clock, by the lighthouse-keeper, A…

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Colliery Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 24 December 1908 · page 4

An accident took place in the Mt. Kembla colliery on Tuesday last. A young man, Charles Palmer, aged 25, was injured by a fall of stone in the…

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