Collision at Sea.—mutiny. London, January 4
The ironclad Northumberland came into collision with the armour-plated Hercules, also belonging to the Channel Squadron. The collision occurred off Madeira during a…
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Accidents, 1873
34 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 2
The Collision of Dover
The steamer which ran into and sank the emigrant ship Northfleet has not yet been discovered, and it is feared she, too, has foundered…
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On Friday morning an inquest was commenced before Mr. T. W. Pearse, coroner, at Mr. Jamieson's, Junction Inn, Pitnacree Road, E. Mait land, on the body of a man unknown,…
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The other fatal accident occurred at about eleven o'clock yesterday, at the Waratah New Tunnels, to a miner named Ambrose Luton, by it similar cause, viz., the falling of coal…
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Yesterday was a day fraught with accidents at two of our coal mines, both of which ended fatally. The first occurred at the B Pit, Wallsend Colliery, by a fall of coal, by which…
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The Spanish authorities have released the steamer Murillo, and have arrived at the decision that that steamer was not the cause of the collision with the ship Northfleet, and…
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On Monday morning another fatal accident occurred at Waratah, to a miner named Ambrose Luton, who was employed, with his brother, in the tunnels. A fall of coal crushed…
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Another fatal accident (making the third during the past week, from like causes) happened, on Saturday last, at the Redhead Tunnels, to a miner named William Miller, by a…
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The following account of an accident, of which there had previously been a strong presentiment, we copy from the Launceston Examiner of the 13th instant:—We have…
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On Thursday morning, early, it was rumoured amongst persons engaged about the waterside, that Mr. Sparke's (butcher) boat, the Bride of Lorne, in which two watermen, named…
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A boiler exploded, on Sunday morning, at the New Gawbe [?] Colliery, a short distance from Barnsley. One man was blown to pieces, and another was much injured. The…
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Yesterday afternoon, great consternation was manifested upon hearing that Captain Beck, of the barque Lyttleton, had met with his death by being thrown from his house…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Furious Riding. and the Late Fatal Accident at Cottage Bridge. To the Editor of the Newcastle Chronicle
SIR—Upon reading the account of the Coroner's inquest upon the body of the late Captain Beck, who come to such an untimely and lamentable end on Monday, as reported in your…
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On Tuesday last, the Coroner held an investigation at the Cambrian Hotel, Tighe's Hill, touching the death of a child named Elizabeth Jane O'Keeffe, lying dead at the residence of…
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On Suturday, says the Launceston Examiner, a gloom was cast over the town owing to intelligence having been received that Master A. R. Murphy, aged thirteen years, eldest surviving son of our much respected Mayor, John Murphy, Esq., had accidentally shot himself while handling a "pea-rifle," at the residence of Mr. P. I. De Bomford, of Illaroo, beyond Patterson's Plains, where young Murphy wna on a visR. The particulars of the accident, as sworn to at the enquiry, were as follows:-…
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An accident of a serious nature happened on Monday, to Mr. W. Lightfoot, Mayor of the Municipality of Lambton. He was at work getting coals in the Waratah Colliery,…
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An inquest was held yesterday morning at the Commercial Hotel, Scott-street, before A. A. P. Tighe, Esq., coroner, and the following jurymen:—John Cowan (foreman), John M'Ewen,…
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On Thursday morning au inquest was held at the Northumberland Hotel, Lambton, before A. A. P. Tighe, Esq., coroner, and a jury of twelve, on the body of Matilda Blimm. The following…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest Telegrams. Bruter's Australian Associated Press Telegrams. Railway Accident. London, August 4th
A railway accident, which caused the death of fourteen persons, has occurred at Wigun. SPANISH INSURGENTS. London, August 4th…
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We yesterday learnt, with much regret, that an accident of a dreadful nature happened at the Waratah Tunnels, to a miner named Benjamin Salmon, who likewise keeps a boot and shoe shop…
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