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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1877

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

LAMBTON. Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 December 1877 · page 2

On Monday, a little girl, daughter of Mr. Isaac Morgan, residing on the Commonage, near Lambton went into the bush with an axe to cut horns Christmas bushes, when by some means, she tripped and…

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Narrow Escape from Drowning

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 December 1877 · page 2

FOLLOWING of closely on the late melancholy and total accident, we have to record another which happily, however did not and so [?]ragi[?]ally, Messrs F, Gardner, Turnbull,…

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Narrow Escape from Drowning

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 December 1877 · page 2

HAD is not been for the promptitude and courage displayed by a son of Mr. Flaming of Bullock Island we should have had to chroniole another fatal accident in our…

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LAMBTON. Horse Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 December 1877 · page 2

On Christmas Day a young man named Marchsnt a resident of Wallsend, fell several times from a horse which he was riding. He was suffering from the often of drink, and…

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Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 December 1877 · page 2

ON Boxing Day, as a party of pleasure seekers were returning from the Lake one of the spring carts, containing about half-a-dozen youngsters, was capsized, and at the…

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Late Telegrams. Arrival of the English Mail Via Torres Straits. Cabinet Meeting at Windso. Political Speeches at Home great gold discovery in new guinea Farnell returned unopposed. Boat accident at parramatta. Dinner to the Ironclads. Intercolonial Cricket Match SYDNEY. Thursday. Reed 8.50 p.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 December 1877 · page 2

THE Torres Straits mail has arrived at Cooktown. Several Cabinet Councils have been held at Windsor…

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