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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1869

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Fatal Railway Accident at Newtown. William Marks, Railway Guard, Killed. Inquest on the Body

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 14 August 1869 · page 4

Last evening, about eighteen minutes to 8 o'clock, an accident of a very terrible character occurred at the Newtown railway station. A goods train proceeding up country was shunted…

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Fatal Accident at Waratah

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 19 August 1869 · page 2

On Thursday, a magisterial inquiry was held at the Waratha colliery touching the death of william Brazil, carpenter aged fifty four years then and there lying dead…

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Accident to the A. S. N. Co.s Stea-mer Balclutha

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 2 September 1869 · page 2

We make tho following abridgment of tho accident to tho above steamer from tho South Australian Register of the 23rd August. The Balclutha, steamer, Captain Grainger left…

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Capsizing of the Postoffice Boat One Man Drowned

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 14 September 1869 · page 3

About noon on Thursday last a Govern-ment boat with a crew of four men went down the harbour with the supplementary English mail in charge of two employes of…

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Fatal Bathing Accident. Heroic Conduct of Two Newcastle Gentlemen

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 7 October 1869 · page 2

On Sunday afternoon, considerable excite-ment was created on Whitley Sands, by the occurrence of a distressing bathing accident. A gentleman, named John Elliott, an…

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The Late Fatal Accident at Lambton

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 16 October 1869 · page 3

On Wednesday, a magisterial inquiry was held at Lambton, before H. Scott, Esq., Police Magistrate, touching the death of Peter Seres, aged 37 years (a Frenchman) who was…

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The Late Fatal Accident at Waratah

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 21 October 1869 · page 4

On Monday, a magisterial enquiry was held at Waratah, before H. Scott, Esq., Police Magistrate, touching the death of Jabez Biddle, who was accidentally killed, on the…

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Most Singular Coach Accident at Hokitika, New Zealand

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 26 October 1869 · page 4

Now countries are naturally the scenes of moving accidents by Hood and field to an extent that the inhabitants of moro settled communities can hardely realise. An adven­ture,…

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The Fearful Colliery Accident in Saxony. Upwards of Four Hundred Men Killed. Dresden, August 5

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 4 November 1869 · page 4

Early on Monday morning last, intelligence was received here that, at a short distance from this city upwards of four hundred men had fallen victims to a terrible colliery accident…

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Letters to the Editor. the Late Fatal Accident at Lambton. To the Editor of the Newcastle Chronicle

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 4 November 1869 · page 3

Sir I am requested by tho widow of the late Peter Sores to return her sincere thanks for the assistance she has received from tho inhabitants of the Newcastle district, £6 having been…

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Colliery Accidents and Official Inspection

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 11 December 1869 · page 2

The fact that, in point of safety, the English collieries, which are subjected to very limited governmental inspection, compare favourably with those of Belgium, where a strict military…

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Melancholy and Fatal Accident Near Dubbo

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 11 December 1869 · page 2

On Tuesday last (says the Dubbo Dispatch of the [?] instant), a rumour was current in Dubbo. that Mr. Frank M'Cullocb. J.P.. of Colane, Duck Creek…

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Accident and Terrible Suffering in the Bush

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 14 December 1869 · page 4

The Wagga Wagga Express records the following :-The report of a riding accident, followed by the endurance alone in tho bush of three whole days of terrible bodily…

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