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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents
41 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 3
This was an action brought by the Owners of the late screw steamship Xanthe, 579 tons register, with engines of 95 horse power, from South Shields, with coals, for Gibraltar,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On the fifth of May, 1842, the good ship R—S—, bound for Calcutta, hauled out of the East India Docks. She was a frigate built, double sterned ship, of 655 tons register,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →When a voice came down along the yard, " Light out to windward." The centre cloth was true with the tie bend and then " Haul out to leeward." Now sitting to leeward I…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Last Saturday week, a lad named Black about thirteen years of age, is reported by the Burrangong Argus to have gone out shooting in company with a son of Dr. Temple. Both'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An inquest was held on Tuesday, before T. Taylor, Esq., at the Wharncliffe Hotel, Barnsley, touching the deaths of Henry Bradley, alias Fletcher, and Henry Marshall, aged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We regret to record that a melancholy and fatal accident happened in the vicinity of Gundagai on Friday, the 17th ultimo. It appears that the deceased, William Nugent, a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE LATE COLLIERY CATASTROPHE.—EXTRAORDIANRY RESCUE OF TWO OF THE MEN.—The operation of pumpiug the water out of the shaft at Wheatley-hill, colliery was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Quite a feeling of gloom was spread over the city on Saturday evening, by the and catastrophe which happened during the afternoon to Mr. Sydney Chambers. It appears…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our readers will remember that we gave an account in a late issue, of the death, by drowning, of one Wilhelm Hagen, a Seaman, belonging to the barque Mikado. At an early hour…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An inquest was held on Tuesday, at the 'Hand of Friendship Hotel,' New Lambton, before C. B. Ranclaud, Esq., coroner, and a jury of twelve, of whom Mr. Thomas…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two men were accidentally drowned in Warrnambool Harbour, whilst bathing, on Sunday morning. One of them, William Gillow, a blacksmith, had resided seventeen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR— I had expected that before now, some notice would have been taken of the conduct of Captain Harris, of the Collaroy, in relieving myself and others from a most awkward…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the Borehole yesterday, about one p.m., a lamentable accident occurred to a young man named Matthew Green, a stoker engaged on the A. A. Company's line. It appears…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Thursday great excitement prevailed in the city, consequent on a rumour in circulation to the effect that a young man, working at Mr. Cumeron's sawmills, at Wickham, had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The almost perfect success achieved in the Review was dashed just at the close by a lamentable accident, in which John Alexander, a corporal in the Engineers, of which corps he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The body of the unfortunate man, Corporal Alexander (says the Argus of Friday), who was killed at the review on Wednesday, was recovered yesterday afternoon by the Water…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday, as the half-past three afternoon train, from this to Maitland had passed Hexham, was approaching Woodford and going down the incline, the engine-driver observed a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Considerable excitement was caused in town, on Saturday last about four or five o'clock from a report that a boy was drowned in the river, near the Catholic Orphan School, land…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A sad and fatal accident happened on Saturday last, at Dark Creek, near Lambton, whereby a young lad named Charles Blim was killed by being shot through the head by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We record with extreme regret an accident by which Mr. C. J. Smithers, lately Clerk of Yetty Sessions for the police district of Maitland, is the sufferer. So far as we have been…
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