Steamer Dunmore Runs Down a Pinnace. Fifteen Men Drowned
A TELEGRAM was received in Kiama yesterday afternoon to the effect that the steamer Dunmore ran down a pinnace that morning in Sydney harbour as a result of which…
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Disastrous Collision
On Tuesday morning last the steamer Dunmore (the well-known metal steamer that has been trading to Shellharbor for many years) was…
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A pinnace from H.M.S. Encounter, conveying about 60 blue-jackets from the ship to the shore, for the purpose of engaging in musketry practice at Randwick,…
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WHILE being brought to a berth at the Illawarra and South Coast Steam Navigation Co's wharf at Darling Harbor on Tuesday last, the steamer Moruyu (525 tons) came into collision…
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The Dapto showground yesterday was the scene of an accident which might have been attended with fatal results. A black horse, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Dangerous Crossing. Accident at Thirroul
An accident occurred at the level crossing over the Illawarra railway line near Thirroul station about 6 p.m. on Monday. A train, consisting…
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The Court of Marine Inquiry has found both sides blameworthy in the recent naval disaster. Captain Hansen has been called on to show cause…
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A resident of the Unanderra district, Mr. John Parker, rescued a drowning man from the surf at Stan well Park on Tuesday last. It appears…
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On Saturday last a man named J. W. Parke, residing in Robinson-st., Garden Hill, and employed at Mr. W. M'Kenzie's butchery establishment in…
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The confession of Mr. Percy Maxim that the discovery of his silent firearm was the result of an accident "while studying the problem of…
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The coronial inquiry into the circumstances attending the death ot the fifteen victims of the Dumnore-naval pinnace collision was continued…
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Accident on Keira Incline. Yesterday afternoon a miner named Spencer, employed at the Mt. Keira colliery, was returning from work,…
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On Tuesday afternoon a sad drowning fatality took place in the surf at Bellambi by which a young man named Joseph Albert Hawken lost his…
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On Wednesday afternoon, the Deputy Coroner (Mr. W. H. Rees) held an inquest as to the death of Joseph Hawken, on the previous day, at…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Fatal Accident. at Port Kembla Quarry. Two Men Killed
An accident happened in the Government stone quarry at Port Kembla on Thursday, by which two men, named John M'Millan and Patrick…
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An accident, by which two valuable lives were lost, happened in the Harbor Quarry, Port Kembla, on Thursday morning…
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AT the Government quarry at Port Kembla on Thursday, morning last, J. McMillan (a ganger) and P. Mulligan, a resident of…
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A conference in connection with the Mines Accident Relief Fund was held in tho Trades Hall on 17th and 18th of March respectfully, the following…
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On Tuesday forenoon the town of Wollongong was shocked to hear that the Rev. Father Murray, assistant to the Rev. Father Walsh, P.P., had…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Cutbrough Fatality
At the inquest as to the death of Richard Walsh, a miner, in Hebburn Colliery last week, the following evidence was given by the deputy:—…
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