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Illawarra · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

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

Peculiar Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 25 November 1910 · page 4

Mr. E. Gibson, of Dupto, lost a valuable horse in a very simple manner on Thursday last. Mrs. Gibson and her sister, Miss Johnson, had driven…

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Fatal Accident

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 3 December 1910 · page 2

A lad named Percy Campbell, 12 years of age (eldest son of Mr. Harry E. Campbell, and grandson Mr. Edward Campbell, of this town), was accidentally killed at…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 December 1910 · page 4

At an early hour yesterday morning word was received by the Dapto police that the body of a man was lying on the rails about a mile south of…

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Sad Drowning Fatality. at Kembla Heights

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 30 December 1910 · page 4

On Wednesday last the body of a lad named Alfred John Spears, aged seven years, was found in a dam at Kembla Heights. An inquest was…

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Drowned While Bathing

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 30 December 1910 · page 11

The Coroner, Mr. Elliot, held an inquest at Kembla Heights on Wednesday as to the drowning of Alfred Spears, a boy, in the dam there the…

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Sulky Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 30 December 1910 · page 7

Whilst Mrs. Thos. Condon, of Alb[?] Park and two lady friends were returning home from Shellharbour on Monday last they met with an…

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