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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1877

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Death by Drowning. Coroner's Inquest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 August 1877 · page 4

AN inquest was held yesterday, at the Naval Brigade Hotel, before Mr. Shaw, J.P., District Coroner, respecting the death of Benjamin J[?]. George Barrett, a farmer, from As[?] and, deposed:…

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Accident to the Collaroy (S.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 August 1877 · page 2

The collaroy (s.) met with a mishap yesterday afternoon as she came into the wharf from Sydney, which caused a little excitement. The steamer City of Brisbane was moored at the wharf opposite the railway…

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Accidental Death, Suicide, and Death from Grief, in one Family

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 August 1877 · page 7

ON Tuesday last, Mr. Michael Stanton, a farmer residing at Warrong, near Hawkesdale, died from the effects of a wound which it was supposed had been accidentally inflicted by himself. He…

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Terrible Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 August 1877 · page 3

A terrible accident occurred at Bath, on the third day of the Bath and West of England Show. An excursion train from Weymouth and Zeovil arrived in Bath about 11…

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Latest Telegrams the Attempt to Murder the Government Astronomer. Sydney Ready for War. Sydney Turf Club Races. Fearful Shipwreck in the English Channel. Ninety-six Persons Drowned. Sydney. Friday, recd., 8.30 p.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 September 1877 · page 4

THE Government are likely to offer a reward for the discovery of Mr. Russell's would be assassin. Dr. Sommerville's evangelistic services…

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Serious Accident at New Lambton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 September 1877 · page 1

OUR New Lambton correspondent in forms us that a serious accident happened in the New Lambton Colliery on Tuesday afternoon, to a boy about 14 years of age,…

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Death in a Mine. Seven Men Killed and the Several Injured by Foul Gas—fatal Experiment with Anthracite Coal. Sharon. Pa July 11 1877

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 October 1877 · page 3

SHARON is in mourning to-night over the heartrending castrophe that occurred at the Brookfield coal bank, two miles from this place, about noon…

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Extraordinary Railway Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 October 1877 · page 3

A SHOCKING accident occurred at Crewe station, on the London and North-Western railway on Tuesday morning. Henry Croft and his wife, of Eaton…

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Latest Telegrams. Depression in the Wheat Market. Mass Meeting of Working Men in Hyde Park. Polluting the Lauchlan Swamp. Decision in Macartney Divorce Case. Decision in Fisher v. Fisher. Railway Accident in America. The Indian War. News by the Frisco Mail. Armistice after the Battle of Biela. Terrible Conflagration in New York. SYDNEY. Recd, 8 p.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 October 1877 · page 1

THE wheat market is very depressed, owing to late news from America reporting a good harvest. Holders are anxious to sell…

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A Narrow Escape. Boat Accident in the Harbour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 October 1877 · page 1

AN accident occurred on Saturday evening which might have been attended with very serious consequences. A party, numbering eight people, were returning to…

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Collision in the Harbour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 October 1877 · page 2

THE City of Brisbane steamer, Captain Edmondson, yesterday afternoon, when approaching the wharf from the Blind Channel, did not answer her below on account of the strong wind and t[?]e, and before…

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Latest Telegrams. Port Darwin Line Interrupted. Agitation for the Metropolitan Railway. The Abbatoir Question. The Wreck of the Caroline. Opening of the Guild Hall. Street Accident Appropriation Act Passed. SYDNEY. Reed. Wednesday, 7 0 p.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 October 1877 · page 1

THE Port Darwin line is interrupted north of Charlotte Waters. The Metropolitan Railway Extension Committee intend pressing the subject on…

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Latest Telegrams. Resignation of Hon. Thomas Garrett. £1750 Collected for Indian Famine Relief. Dissolution of Parliament. Arrival of San Francisco Mail Steamer. Fearful Railway Accident in Russia. Four Hundred Persons Killed. Pedestrianism Extraordinary. SYDNEY. Friday, Read 9.40 a.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 October 1877 · page 1

THE HON. THOMAS GARRETT, Minster for Lands, has reigned his office, because Sir John Robertson has refused to agree to the Provisions included in the draft of a…

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Latest Telegrams. Mr. Dibbs' Meeting at West Sydney. Election Riots in Sydney. Fresh Disturbances Expected. Government Offices Closed. Sea Serpent 400 Feet Long. Race Horse Woodlands nearly Injured by a Villain. S.S. Australia has Arrived. SYDNEY. Recd. Monday, 9.55 a.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 October 1877 · page 2

MR. DIBBS’ meeting, on Saturday night, was very disorderly. There was a regular free fight. Chairs were thrown, the platform rushed, and the meeting dispersed…

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Serious Accident in Bulli Coal Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 October 1877 · page 5

AN accident of a very serious nature (the Illawarra Mercury reports) occurred to one of the pit road-men, named Thomas Loveday, at the Bulli…

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Serious Accident in the Harbour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 November 1877 · page 2

A MAN named Duncan McLaren met with a very serious accident in the harbour on Saturday afternoon. The steamtugs G[?]olwa and Beagares were engaged…

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Latest Telegrams. Another Army to Relieve Plevna. Cardinal Manning at Rome. Revival of Trade. More American Frauds. War between America and Mexico. Railway Accidents at Lithgow and Redfern. Hon. G. Allen dead The s.s. Lusitania at Plymouth. Election News. Loss of the Witch of the Wave. Princely Donation to a Hospital. Total Destruction of the Ly-ee-Moon. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 November 1877 · page 1

A DESTRUCTIVE fire occurred on board the Ly-ee-Moon at the A.S.N. Co's Wharf early on Sunday morning. The Magazine exploded. The damage is supposed…

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Accidents at Lambton. a Horse Falls with its Rider.—Another Animal Throws his Rider

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 November 1877 · page 1

ON Sunday afternoon, a man named Bland, a resident of Lambton, was riding down the new road to Hamilton. He was going at a quick pace, and when on the bridge near…

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Fatal Accident near Lake Macquarie

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 November 1877 · page 1

WE heard, with the deepest regret, yesterday afternoon, that a fatal accident had occurred, an hour or two previously, to Mrs. Murray, wife of the much respected…

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Latest Telegrams. Latest English New. Grace, the cricketer, met with an Accident. Duke of Edinburgh ordered to leave Greece. Patti has not retired to a Convent, Great Sufferings of Stanley the Explorer, and Party. Strikes of Masons and Cotton Operatives. Arrival of San Francisco Mail. Sydney. Friday, Recd. 10.30 a.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 November 1877 · page 1

LAST English Newsz by steamer Hankow has just arrived in Melbourne. W. G. Grace, the noted criketeer, has met with a server injury to an eye, by…

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