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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1872

41 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 3

Fatal Accident at Waratah

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 25 January 1872 · page 3

On Tuesday evening shortly before six o'clock, an accident occurred on the Waratah Coal Company's line of railway, by which a fine boy between ten and eleven years of…

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Fatal Accident at Waratah

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 27 January 1872 · page 7

On Tuesday evening shortly before six o'clock, an accident occurred on the Waratah Coal Company's line of railway, by which a fine boy between ten and eleven years of…

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Collision

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 5 March 1872 · page 4

The collision betveen the screw steamer T. S. Webb and the Paraguay, which, it may be remembered, occurred in May last, off Dungeness, has been the subject of a trial in the…

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Death by Drowning

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 9 March 1872 · page 3

An inquest was held, yesterday, at the General Washington Hotel, Stockton, before C. B. Ranclaud, Esq., coroner, and a jury of five, on the body of Henry Frost, a lad nearly…

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Fatal Accident at Ash Island

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 9 March 1872 · page 3

An inquest wag held on Thursday last, at the residence of Daniel Lintott, Ash Island, before C. B. Ranclaud, Esq., coroner, and a jury of five, on the body of James Wright, a…

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Fatal Colliery Accident at Wallsend

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 19 March 1872 · page 3

An inquest was held yesterday, at the Wallsend Colliery Inn, before C. B. Ranclaud, Esq., coroner, and a jury of twelve, on the body of Noah Woolley, who came by his…

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Fatal Colliery Accident at Wallsend

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 23 March 1872 · page 7

An inquest was held yesterday, at the Wallsend Colliery Inn, before C. B. Ranclaud, Esq., coroner, and a jury of twelve, on the body of Noah Woolley, who came by his…

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Fatal Accident at Wiseman's Ferry

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 4 April 1872 · page 3

On Friday evening a rumour prevailed that one of the Grammar School Cadets, who left Sydney with that corps, in the steamer Alchymist, to camp at Wiseman's Ferry, had…

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Child Drowned in a Tank

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 16 April 1872 · page 3

At an inquest held on Sunday afternoon last on the body of Mary Gallagher, who, on the preceding Friday evening, had been found dead in a tank on the premises occupied by…

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Inquests. a Man Drowned in a Drain

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 16 April 1872 · page 3

At an inquest held yesterday (Monday), at the Market Wharf Inn, on the body of John Roberts, who on the previous day had been discovered lying dead in an open sewer, near…

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Child Drowned in a Tank

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 20 April 1872 · page 7

At an inquest held on Sunday afternoon on the body of Mary Gallagher, who, on the preceding Friday evening, had been found, dead in a tank on the premises occupied by…

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Inquests. a Man Drowned in a Drain

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 20 April 1872 · page 7

At an inquest held yesterday (Monday), at the Market Wharf Inn, on the body of John Roberts, who on the previous day had been discovered lying dead in an open sewer, near…

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Fatal Accident at Waratah. Death of Mr. Prince, the Late Well-known Bandmaster

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 23 April 1872 · page 3

A sad accident occurred on Saturday night last, at Waratah, whereby Mr. Prince, the well-known bandmaster, who had been for some time past instructor of nearly all the…

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The late Fatal Accident to Mr. Prince, at Waratah

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 25 April 1872 · page 2

In our issue of Tuesday last, we gave the particulars of this melancholy accident. On Tuesday morning, an inquest, on the body was held at Mr. Dawson's hotel, Waratah, before…

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Fatal Accident at Waratah. Death of Mr. Prince, the Late Well-known Bandmaster

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 27 April 1872 · page 7

A sad accident occurred on Saturday night last, at Waratah, whereby Mr. Prince, the well-known bandmaster, who had been for some time past instructor of nearly all the…

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Disastrous Boat Accident and Supposed Loss of Four Lives

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 7 May 1872 · page 3

On Friday morning last, four men, usually employed in this port as coal trimmers, named John M'Carthy, James Bennett, Peter Nelson, and Patrick Canlan, borrowed a boat from…

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Collision

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 9 May 1872 · page 4

The collision between the Windsor Castle and the Costa Rica took place through the latter vessel not being carefully navigated, and from non-observance of the 12th Article of…

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Disastrous Boat Accident and Supposed Loss of Four Lives

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 11 May 1872 · page 7

On Friday morning last, four men, usually employed in this port as coal trimmers, named John M'Carthy, James Bennett, Peter Nelson, and Patrick Canlan, borrowed a boat from…

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Drowning of Mr. H. H. Davis. Arrest of the Steward of the Steamer Susannah Cuthbert

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 21 May 1872 · page 4

A magisterial inquiry was held in the Court-house, Ballina, on the 22nd ultimo, before Mr. H. M. Croft, J.P., on view of the body of Archibald Henry Haywood Morgan…

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Melancholy Accident and Death

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 23 May 1872 · page 3

Only too true, alas, proved the report that circulated through the city at an early hour on Tuesday morning that Mr. George Lane, of Luke Macquarie,…

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