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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1877

146 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 8

Frightful Mining Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 April 1877 · page 5

A TERRIBLE accident is reported by the Pleasant Creek News:—A most serious accident occurred on Wednesday morning, about 1 o'clock, at the No. 5 level…

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Painful Accident at Echuca

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 April 1877 · page 2

A traveller, used in constructing the new Murray bridge, fell, fearfully crushing seven men…

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Dreadful Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 April 1877 · page 3

A DREADFUL accident occurred at Echuca on Monday, at the works in connection with the new Murray bridge. One of the travellers on the Moama side of the river,…

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An Aiston Poet Drowned in Rookhope

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 April 1877 · page 5

ON Sunday afternoon, two young men, whilst walking down the waterside below Bolisburn, Rookshope, observed the body of a man in the bed of the stream. On…

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Fatal Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 April 1877 · page 2

A man named John Neill died from injuries received through falling over a quarry at Pyrmont…

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The Collision between the Maitland and the Champion

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 April 1877 · page 5

THE inquiry held by the Local Maybe Board into the late fatal collision between the Maitland (s.), and the Champion, higher, was concluded at late her on Thursday night,…

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Fatal Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1877 · page 2

During a rowing contest on Saturday, Robert Bell, a clerk in the employ of Messrs. Prince, Ogg, and Co., was drowned…

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The Echuca Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 May 1877 · page 2

Five men have died from the effects of the accident at the Echuca railway bridge…

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Death by Drowning

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 May 1877 · page 2

THIS morning Mr. Shiell, the City Coroner, held an inquest at the White Bay Hotel, Balmain, relative to the death of a child named William Alston Hutchinson, aged two years,…

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Latest Telegrams. SYDNEY. Recd. 6.10 p.m. Fatal Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 May 1877 · page 2

John Robson, master lightship Bramble, of Sydney harbour, walked overboard this morning, and was drowned…

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Collision Between the Pluto (s) and Barque Warwickshire. Marine Board Inquiry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 May 1877 · page 2

A MEETING of the Local Marine Board was held yesterday to institute enquiries into the collision between the Newcastle Lighter Company's steam tug Pluto and the barque…

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Latest Telegrams. Illegal Sale of Liquors. Another Case of Drowning. Fire in Sydney. Sydney Water Supply. Wilful Murder. Murders at Duke of York Island. SYDNEY. Thursday, 7 p.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 May 1877 · page 2

John Hawkins, a wine and spirit merchant, was fined £50 and costs, at the Water Police Court, to-day, for selling a smaller quantity of liquor than is allowed by the…

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Death by Drowning at Maitland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 May 1877 · page 2

ABOUT the time the people were coming out of the various places of worship, yesterday, they were startled upon hearing that the dead body of Mr. Patrick Monahan (late…

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Latest Telegrams. Interview with Mr. Parkes. Daring Burglary. The late Captain M'Lerie. Minmi Public School Board. Arrival of the Immigrat on ship N. Boynton. Death by Drowning. Opening of Victorian Parliament. Dainty's Case. SYDNEY. Recd, Tuesday, 7.35 p.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 May 1877 · page 2

THE deputation from Newcastle, consisting of the Mayor, Alderman Creer, Brooks, and Chapman, interviewed Mr. Parkes to-day respecting the site for a public cemetery, and…

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Accident at Cooper. Bailey, and Co.'s Circus and Menagerie

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 May 1877 · page 3

LAST evening, at about seven o'clock, a g[?]st[?] gale came up from the south-west. At the tim[?] it struck the tent there were about 100[?] persons inside. As soon as Mr. Bailey ha[?]…

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Terrible Mining Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 May 1877 · page 3

AN accident occurred at the South [?]lunes tribute mine on Thursday last. A man named Thomas Bonds was loading cage to send down the shaft, and stepped into…

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Sad Death by Drowning

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 May 1877 · page 3

AN accident of a painful nature, resulting in loss of life, occurred at the Cinnabar Mines, near Rylestone, last week. If appears that Allen B[?]zen, aged eight…

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Serious Accident on the Great Northern Railway

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1877 · page 2

AN accident occurred on the Great Northern Railway line, yesterday, but which, we are pleased to state, was not attended with results fatal to human or other life. A dray,…

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Frightful Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 June 1877 · page 2

A MAN named Richard Cross, in the employment of to A. A. Company, met will a very serious accident yesterday, at about noon. It appears that he and a man named Thomas…

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Terrible Accident by Burning

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 June 1877 · page 5

ON Friday last a young man named John Kelly, a miner at Little Rliver, who had been for some time subject to fits, was found by his brother lying in the fire at…

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