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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents
13 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers
An accident which, we regret to say, has been attended with fatal consequences, occurred at the Gl[?] Hotel, on the 17th instant. It appears that two of the servants of Mr. Donald Cumming sent down to a waterhole on the p[?] to procure water for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It is my painful duty to record a very distressing accident which occurred here on the evening of the 29th instant. A Mrs. Moffit, who lived at Cockie Creek, a hard working, industrious, and much respected woman, had occasion to come to out township to receive…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WE record in our columns the first accident which has occurred since the introduction of railways in the colony, attended with fatal results. Although experience has shown us that travelling by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The public has already been made aware of the principal circumstances relative to the accident on the Great Southern Railway between Homebush and Parramatta Alarming as was the first intelligence received on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It is the boast of the British House of Commons and the National Assemblies of most foreign suites that debates are conducted within their walls with a great show of outward propriety. The value…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ADDITIONAL evidence has been published relating to the late accident, which throws some faint light upon the cause of the catastrophe, Any doubts existing as to whether the speed at which the train…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The particulars of three fearful casualties at sea on Friday night have already appeared in the papers. One was the wreck of the schooner George bound from Liverpool to Africa, with stores for the Niger expedition, when the only survivor was William…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An inquest was held on Wednesday at the Cross Keys Inn, to enquire into the death of Joseph Wensley, there lying dead. The deceased was a bricklayer by trade, twenty-nine years of age, and was addicted to drinking…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Monday night, August 23rd, about ten o'clock, the inhabitants of this Creek were thrown into the greatest consternation, in consequence of a report that George Reynolds (a boy of ten years of age), a son of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →During the prevalence of the north-easterly gale, yesterday, one of the waterman's boats was upset, containing four persons two of whom were children, one youth, and the boatman. Fortunately, the landable efforts of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Tuesday afternoon last, as Mrs. Gingell was walking along the brink of the cliffs, above that portion of the shore where the ladies bathing place is situate, is appears, according to her own account, that a sudden…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This morning Monday the steamer Wm. Moskin arrived from Kepped Bay and had the misfortune in steaming down the coal channel to get upon the "Sand Spit," nearly opposite the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR—In the last number of the 'Sydney Spectator' appeared on article headed 'Extraordinary Narrative of the Experiences of a Drowning Man.' This narrative is in the form of a letter…
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