The Collision with a Royal Yacht
The inquest on the bodies of Captain Stokes and Miss Peel, was resumed on Friday. September 3rd. Shortly after the opening of the Court, a large attendance…
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Accidents, 1875
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Accident at Wallsend Colliery
An accident occurred at this colliery yesterday (Friday) afternoon, by which a miner, named Christopher Thornton, was severely hurt about the lower portions of his body. It appears that he was engaged in his bord when…
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A distressing accident occurred on September 11th at Dounington Wood Colliery, Shropshire, England, by which eleven miners met almost instantaneous death. These men went down the pit at six in the morning,…
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A painful accident occurred at Wallsend on Monday evening, whereby Mr. Andrew Ricklow, an old and well-known resident of Wallsend, sustained some severe injuries in the face and neck. It appears Mr. Ricklow…
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Madura.—Intelligence has been received at this station of a frightful catastrophe which befel a party of pilgrims to the Muhalingam shrine, on the Tinnevelly frontier, on the…
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Early in the afternoon of the Prince of Wales Birthday a party consisting of C. Matthews, second officer of the barque Lufra; Frank Hutchinson (a native of Banff, Scotland), an…
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An Accident occured yesterday (Friday), evening by which Mr. H. Wheeler, Baker, of Wallsend, was severely hurt. It appears that a horse belonging to the Co-operative Store came galloping up from the direction of…
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An accident of a very serious nature, and attended with fatal consequences, occurred yesterday morning at about ten o'clock, on the Minmi Colliery line, a quarter of a mile from the…
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A MELANCHOLY and fatal accident occurred at Minmi on Monday morning, by which a young man named David Shaw, aged 17 years, was killed, and several waggons belonging to the Minmi colliery destroyed. In order…
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An accident occurred on Monday evening, on Harris' bridge, by which a resident of Minmi named Funnel had his leg broken. It appears that Mr. Funnell had been at Newcastle, and was returning home on…
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At about half-past seven, last Saturday, a cry of fire proceeding from Mr. Avery's Hotel, at the corner of Elder and Morehead streets, startled those who happened at the time to be…
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One of our townsmen, Mr. R. Lavis, grocer and general dealer, sustained a severe kick from a horse on Monday, morning. The animal in question in one that Mr. Lavis purchased a few days ago. Having occasion to want…
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An accident occurred to Mr. H. Dennett, on Thursday, which was very nearly being attended with serious consequences. He was riding fast after some horses, when, through a misunderstanding between himself and…
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A shocking colliery fatality happened in the Shropshire coal field on Saturday, Sept. 11 1875, by which eleven lives were lost. At six in the morning the pit's company assembled…
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A sad accident, which resulted fatally occurred to a fine little boy, aged 6 years, son of Mr. J. N. Brunker, at East Maitland, on Saturday morning last. The little fellow it appears, attempted to drive his pony into…
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Another accident occurred at this bridge on Thursday morning, which fortunately resulted in no further injury than a severe shaking. A young man (whose name we could not ascertain) was riding over this place…
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The American ship Messenger, Captain F. G. Gilkey, arrived nine days from San Francisco at Port Townsend, and reports picking up a part of the pilot-house twenty miles south of Cape…
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We are informed that two Chinamen were drowned at Lake Macquarie on Thursday, through the capsizing of a boat, and three others had a very narrow escape from sharing the same fate. The accident was observed from…
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THE members of the above fund celebrated their anniversary by a banquet in Stokers' Hall, Lambton, on Saturday evening, the 11th inst. At the Waratah Colliery the day men…
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An unfortunate accident occurred on Monday last to a little boy, about four years old, named Gilbert. A large boiler, of hop beer was placed in the centre of a room, and while the child's…
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