A Painful Accident
A painful accident befel Mr. Charley Mood one afternoon this week. Mr. Mood was busily engaged in drawing green feed for the cattle from an…
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Shooting Accident
A shooting accident happened on Sunday forenoon at Nowra-hill, near the residence of Mr. W. S. Smith. Earlier in the day Thos…
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The succession of disasters at sea should rivet extra attention on the export of the Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation, for last year. This…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Blasting Accident. at Government Quarry Near Minnamurra. Five Men Killed. Two Seriously Injured
This morning at about eight o'clock a terrible accident occurred at the new Government quarry, near Minnamurra, whereby five men were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Blasting Accident Near the Minnamurra. Five Men Killed. Others Severely Injured. Kiama Quarries Cease Work in Sympathy
A shocking accident occurred shortly after eight o'clock on Tuesday morning in a railway siding being put in to open up a quarry, recently purchased by Mr. Robert…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Blasting Accident
From the particulars published in the Kiama "Independent," it appears that the five men who were killed and the two who were seriously injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Blasting Accident. the Inquiry Adjourned
At the Courthouse, Kiama, an inquiry was opened on Wednesday morning before the District Coroner, Mr. C. W. Craig, touching the cause…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Eureka Explosion. the Sixth Fatality. Inquiry Continues. Ammunition Alleged to Be Defective. Explosive Inspector Says No
THE man John Steffens, who was bodly hurt in the recent blasting accident at Eureka siding, died from the effects of his injuries, in the Kiama Hospital at 3 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Fatality. Ganger Eyles Killed
Walter Eyles, ganger, in charge of the railway siding being constructed at Eureka was run over by the 2 30 train to Sydney yesterday afternoon and killed instantly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sulky Accident
When driving to Wollongong on Thursday last the two Miss Walkers, daughters of Mr. J. Walker, of Albion Park, narrowly escaped…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burning Accident
Mr. M. Coglam received a nasty scalding about the face, arms, and body on Tuesday night last. He was working at the Illawarra Creamery,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Painfull Accident
Mr. Goo. Fleet, of Yellow Rock, met with a painful accident during last week. He was riding around the farm looking up cattle alter the wet…
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We are sorry to hear that Mr. H. Kirkland, and party, who, as we stated in the Unanderra news in the "Mercury" a couple of weeks ago, had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Screenings Fatality to a Driver in Wallsend Mine
At an inquest last week as to the death of Stanley Oldham, Thomas Smith, deputy at the Wallsend Colliery, said the deceased was employed…
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Our Unanderra correspondent writes:— We have been visited by quite an epidemic of accidents. Last Friday Miss Elsie Lindsay, eldest…
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The dead body of a man in a horribly mutilated condition was found in the Otford tunnel about 8 o'clock on Wednesday morning, and…
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A meeting in connection with the above was held on Wednesday last. In the absence of the Mayor (Ald. Thos. Love), Ald. C. W. Craig (Jamberoo) presided, who…
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A painful accident befell a lad in the employ of Mr. H. Johnstone, of Brushgrove Farm, one day this week. The had went into the paddock to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Otford Tunnel Fatality
The thrice-adjourned inquest concerning the circumstances surrounding the death of John Joseph M'Namara, whose body was found in the Otford…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Screenings Inquest re the Fatality at Wallarah Pit
An inquest was held by Mr. C. Hibble, the district coroner, at the courthouse, Catherine Hill Bay, yesterday, concerning the deaths of…
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