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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1871

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Fatal Railway Accident in Victoria

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 29 June 1871 · page 3

An inquest was held at Keilor, on Monday lost (the Telegraph reports), on the body of Thomas M'Gann, a platelayer on the railway line, aged forty-one. years. The deceased…

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The Recent Accident to the New Market Buildings. To the Editor of the Newcastle Chronicle

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 1 July 1871 · page 3

SIR—I understand that an impression exists in some quarters, that I am in some degree responsible for the recent failure which took place at the above buildings. Will you kindly allow…

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Accident to Prince Arthur

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 3 August 1871 · page 4

A very extraordinary and painful accident occurred to his Royal Highness Prince Arthur on Friday evening that, just before the state ball at Buckingham Palace. According to…

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A Child Drowned in a Water-closet

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 5 September 1871 · page 3

On Friday afternoon, the 1st inat., the City Coroner held an inquiry at the Britannia Hotel, Paddington, touching the death of a little child named Johnson, who was found…

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Fatal Accident at Waratah

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 7 September 1871 · page 3

An inquest was held yesterday, at the Miners' Arms, before C. B. Ranclaud, Esq., coroner, and a jury of eight, on the body of George Robert Harris, a child of about four…

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Fatal Accident at Waratah

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 9 September 1871 · page 7

An inquest was held yesterday, at the Miners' Arms, before C. B. Ranclaud, Esq., coroner, and a jury of eight, on the body of George Robert Harris, a child of about four…

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Accident at Waratah

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 14 September 1871 · page 3

I am sorry to have to report that on Monday night an accident of a serious nature occurred to Mr. and Mrs. Tourle, of Waratah; by which the latter is much bruised and shaken,…

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Accident at Waratah

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 16 September 1871 · page 7

I am sorry to have to report that on Monday night an accident of a serious nature occurred to Mr. and Mrs. Tourle, of Waratah; by which the latter is much bruised and shaken,…

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Accident on the Hobson's Bay Railway

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 19 September 1871 · page 4

A very serious accident happened on Tuesday night, 12th instant, about a quarter-past ten o'clock, on the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway. From what can be gathered it…

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Fatal Accident in the A. A. Company's Pit

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 7 October 1871 · page 5

One of those accidents which, unfortunately, are of such frequent occurrence amongst the mining community, and in this instance fatal in its results, happened on Thursday last at…

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Fatal Accident

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 12 October 1871 · page 2

A melancholy and fatal accident happened on Tuesday last, whereby a fine child—aged over five years, a son of Mr. Perkins, master of the brig Waverly—came by his death. It…

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Fatal Accident

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 14 October 1871 · page 3

A melancholy and fatal accident happened on Tuesday last, whereby a fine child—aged 2 years 3 months, a son of Capt. Castle, master of the brig Waverly—came by his death. It…

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The Westfield Explosion. Terrible Railway Accident. Another Steamboat Explosion

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 24 October 1871 · page 4

New York, August 25.—The coroner's jury, in the case of the victims of the West-field explosion, finds a verdict that the boiler which exploded was defective in the original…

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The Nevada's Collision. Loss of the Barque A. H. Badger

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 26 October 1871 · page 2

In our Telegraphic Intelligence of the 21st inst., it was stated that the Nevada had been badly damaged by coming into collision with a Teasel, whilst on her passage from Auckland to Sydney, and the vessel was…

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The Collision with the Barque A. H. Badger. Enquiry by the Steam Navigation Board

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 31 October 1871 · page 3

An enquiry into the circumstances attending the collision and abandonment at sea of the barque A. H. Badger, was commenced yesterday at noon, by the Steam Navigation…

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Fatal Accident

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 2 November 1871 · page 3

About 5 o'clock, on Saturday evening last, a fatal accident occurred near the junction of the New South Head Road and the Bellevue Road. Mrs. J. Graf ton Ross, Mrs. Charles…

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The Collision with the Barque A. H. Badger. Enquiry the Steam Navigation Board

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 4 November 1871 · page 7

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Fatal Accident

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 4 November 1871 · page 7

About 5 o'clock, on Saturday evening last, a fatal accident occurred near the junction of the New South Head Road and the Bellevue Road. Mrs. J. Grafton Ross, Mrs. Charles…

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The Collision Case. General News. Summerbell and Others V. the Newcastle Co-operative Steam-tug Company

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 25 November 1871 · page 3

This case, which was brought on for hearing at the last Maitland Assizes, and adjourned to Sydney, un impartial jury not being able to be found at the former place, was commenced in A COMMITTAL FOR INFANTICIDE. —The Wagga Wagga Advertiser gives the following particulars of an inquiry into the death of a child by drowning :—Considerable excitement…

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Sad and Fatal Accident at the Borehole Fit

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 30 November 1871 · page 2

On Tuesday morning last, at a little after six o'clock, a man of the name of Samuel Lingard, employed at the A. A. Company's No. 2 Pit, met with a sad and fatal accident;…

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