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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents
107 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 6
It is our painful duty to record the death of Dr. Simon Belinfa[?]e, who was drowned this morning whon attempting to cross the Cudgegong River, at Slasher's Flat, Green Swamp…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Thursday afternoon it was rumoured through the town that another sad accident had occurred in Beyers and Holtermann's claim, and subsequent inquiry proved that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Sunday afternoon last, two men, named Patrick Maher and Edward Timmony, subcontractors on No. 7 Section of the Hill Bad and Chambers Creek road, dined at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WE have to thank Mr. John Wood, Secretary of the Miners' Association, for the following document on the above:— "Waratah, 22nd July, 1874…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Herald of Monday says:—George Usher was admitted into the Infirmary, yesterday, suffering from severe injuries he received while in the New Wallsend Coal Mine,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A miner named James Parsons received an accident in the Wallsend pit by striking his leg against a bar of iron on Friday last. Dr. Clarke was immediately in attendance,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Wednesday July 29, Robert Rico, Cheif officer of the ship Oakworth, appeared before the Steam Navigation Hoard to answer charges of neglect of duty in not taking steps to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT happened to a man named Andrew Tunney a resident of Lambton, by being run down on the Waratah Company's line, near the New Lambton Smelting Works…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Saturday afternoon a terrible collision between a coal train and a passenger train, occurred at the Great Western Railway Station at Merthyr Tydvil, 40 persons being more or…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →[?]lad named George Grills met with a painful, accident on Thursday last. His brother was cutting [?]od when a piece flew out and struck him on the [?]er lip, cutting it completely across. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A dray belonging to Mrs. Pratten, butcher, of Wallsend, broke down yesterday afternoon while crossing the piece of bad road opposite the saw mills Dark Creek. The wheel went down in a hole…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At about half-past eight last evening, as one of the coal engines was returning from the Newcastle Station, to Honeysuckle Point, the watchman at Bolton Street crossing noticed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IT is again our painful duty to revert to a series of accidents that have happened during the past two days from work connected with mining. On Monday last a lad named Keogh…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday (Friday) a miner named John Cane, employed in the Wallsend pit, received rather severe injuries from a fall of coal. While working the bottom coal came away and fell on his shoulder…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Early yesterday afternoon, the city was thrown into a state of unwonted excitement in consequence of a rumour being current that the b[?]ig Prairie, Capt. M'Farlane, had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the Melbourne Criminal Sessions, yesterday, William Edgar, late captain of the British ship Oakworth, was arraigned on a charge of having neglected to render assistance to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →One of those terrible accidents which often happen through carelessness to those whose duty it is to attend to machinery, occurred at about 10 o'clock on Friday morning, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A very Had accident happened about 5 o'clock, on Sunday afternoon, at a place on the coast known as Little Head, about a mile to the south of Coogee Bay. Mr. French…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another of those dreadful accidents which, alas! are becoming fearfully frequent in this neighbourhood, occurred yesterday afternoon, at half-past five o'clock, on the Great Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fine little boy, about five years of age, a son of Mr. Jas. Birrell, of Plattsburg, had a narrow escape of being killed of Friday last. It appears that he was playing with some other children somewhere…
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