Frightful Accident at Smythesdale
On Monday afternoon, a messenger arrived at Smythesdale for the local doctors, bringing the intelligence that six men hud been buried in a mine on the Nintingbool Station, in some…
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Accidents, 1869
33 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 2
Wreck of the Hellespont From Newcastle to San Francisco.— Eleven of the Crew Drowned
A correspondent at Pescadero writes to the Alta, November 19th, as follows :— The American ship Hellespont, Captain Cornelius Soule, 79 days out from Newcastle,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Accidents in Hobson's Bay. -Five Persons Drowned
One of the most distressing accidents that has occurred in this port for several years took place on Saturday last, and resulted in the loss of five lives. Between six and seven o'clock…
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The inquest on the body of the above gentlemen was held yesterday afternoon, at the Hospital, before the District Coroner, Dr. R. J. Pierce…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coroner's Inquests. a Chapter of Fatal Accidents
Since our last impression a tinge of gloom has been thrown over the entire Newcastle district by a series of fatal accidents, all of them unexpected and peculiarly distressing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fearful Accident on the Cliffs
An indescribable feeling of horror was produced in the city on Sunday afternoon, by a report gaining that a young man named Jones, a son of Mr. Lewis Jones, of the prince…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fearful Collision of the Steam. Ers America and United States. Cincinnati, Dec. 5
The collision of the United States and the America, which occurred on the Ohio river, at a point about twelve miles above the Madison, Ind., on Friday night, though terrible…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Colliery Accident in South-west Lancashire. Three Men Killed and Four Injured
Yesterday morning, a few moments after midnight, another colliery accident occurred in the South-west Lancashire coalfield, which has already resulted in the loss of three lives,…
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Captain Watson, of the barque Prince Alfred, which arrived on Thursday last, says the Now Zealand Herald of the 10th instant, reports mi extraordinary case of suicide, by a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Late Fatal Accident at Lambton
In our last issue we mentioned briefly that a man named Burns had been killed by a fall of coal at Wallsend. We have since learnt that we were misinformed—the accident…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Frightful Gale on the Coast. Numerous Shipping Disasters. Seven Vessels Wrecked. Great Loss of Life. From Twenty to Thirty Persons Drowned Perilous Position of Two Steamers
Late, on Saturday evening Last, a fearful southerly gale sprung up in Newcastle and the neighbourhood, and continued to rage with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Men Drowned at Camden
It is my melancholy duty to record the deaths by drowning, on lust Saturday morning, of Mr. John Lakeman, of Camden, and constable Byrnes, while crossing the river in a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Frightful Gale on the Coast. Numerous Shipping Disasters. Seven Vessels Wrecked. Great Loss of Life. From Twenty to Thirty Persons Drowned. Perilous Position of Two Steamers. From Tuesday's Chronicle, May 11
Late, on Saturday evening last, a fearful southerly gale sprung up in Newcastle and the neighbourhood, and continued to rage with unabated fury until near dark on Sunday…
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It is with regret we have to record the accidental death, by drowning, in a waterhole, of a child named Florence Nelson, aged eight years and nine months, daughter of…
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A melancholy case of death by drowning occurred at the Rainbow Reach, Macleay River, on the 23rd ultimo. Two men named Martin Egan and Mathew Terney, the latter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Collision at Sea
The rumoured statement to which publicity was given in The Argus of Wednesday, relative to the ship Explorer, from Liverpool, having been in collision with a French barque,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Collision in the Harbour
On Tuesday morning, about six o'clock, another disastrous collision took place in the harbour, between the A. S. Co.'s steamer Collaroy, and tho steamtug Southland. The Southland was towing out to sea the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Late Accident at the Lambton Colliery. To the Editor of the Newcastle Chronicle
SIR—With your permission I wish to make a remark or two on the late accident at tho Lambton Colliery's new sinking pit. I attribute the accident to one thing, viz., the stemming with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Collision on the Wallsend Junction
Considerable excitement was caused on the arrival of the train from Maitland last night, by the circulation of a report by the passengers, to the effect that a collision between two…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Late Railway Collision
We are glad to be in a position to state that our surmises with respect to the collision on the Wallsend line, briefly reported in our last issue, turned out to bo correct, the accident,…
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