Accident.—Falling from a Train
A RATHER nasty accident occurred yesterday, as the 11 30 train was proceeding between Hexham and Woodford platform. A man named Cozens, acting as fireman…
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Accidents, 1878
211 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 11
Peculiar Accident
THE strange and serious accident [?] to Mr. George New, on Monday [?] New resides in one of the [?] Company's buts, and, it appears,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late Telegrams. Accident During Kiss in the Ring. Dr. Somerville's Departure. Election Intelligence, Baloon Ascent at Ballarat. Gatekeeper Killed on Gipspland Railway. SYDNEY. Thursday, Reed. 7 p m
Mr. Fitzpatrick polled 290 votes against 22 for Mr. Remmington. Joe Thompson, the bookmaker, is reported to have lost £5000 over the…
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As Captain Bennett was paying a flying visit to Mr. Charles Harper, manager of the Greta Colliery, he met with a severe accident, which will incapacitate him for…
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A boy, named Connor, residing in Melbourne, says the "Herald," was killed oil Tuesday by coming in contact with a clothes-line. He was thrown violently on his…
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ON Monday night, a frightful accident occurred at Wombwell Main village, near Barnsley, one man being decapitated another fearfully injured, and…
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OUR correspondent at the above township informs us that a poor boy named Newman, who had been absent from his home some six months, arrived with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TELEGRAMS. Latest Sydney Telegrams Fatal Balloon Accident Investiture of Archbishop Vaughan. Important Railway Changes. Catholic Bishop for Armidale Dissolution of Victorian Assembly Bumoured. Telephone Experiments in Sydney. SYDNEY
THE balloon ascent, on Saturday night from the pavilion in the Domain, caused the death of a printer named Charles Hardey, and severely injured Professor…
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TAE inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of Charles Harden, who was injured by the accident to the balloon in Sydney, on Saturday, resulted…
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ANOTHER instance of the necessity of public baths in this city, and the danger attendant on the present method of bathing, was witnessed on Wednesday…
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ON Tuesday afternoon a young lady, engaged as milliner in one of the principal drapery establishments of this city, had a very narrow escape from the drowning…
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ON Friday last, Ralph Turnbull, son of Mr. Turnbull, colliery manager of the A. A. Co., had a narrow escape from the above fate. It appears young Turnbull, in company with others, was…
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ABOUT a quarter-past seven o'clock yesterday morning, whilst the labourers were engaged in discharging the cargo of the Coonanbara, at two Steamers' Wharf, an accident of a most serious…
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YESTERDAY afternoon, an accident occurred between the Market and Steamers' Wharves. Two men were in the act of lowering a cask of grease down the steps into a boat alongside, in which…
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As a cart and horse, belonging to Mr. John Ash, were proceeding townwards from the Hill, the horse took fright near the Grammar School, and in the act of bolting, a child was hurt by the…
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As Joseph Hands, a young man in the employment of Mr. M'Gregor, butcher, of Hunter-street, was engaged in killing a sheep at the slaughter-house at Green's Paddock, near Hamilton, he…
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SPEAKING of the lamentable accident which caused the death of Mr. William Cummings, on Wednesday last, the Western Independent says:—"The late Mr. Cummings was a large-hearted…
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A MAN named Hyde, working at the co-operative Colliery, sustained a severe accident yesterday, by which two lingers of the left hand were almost wholly taken off. It appears the poor…
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A FATAL accident occurred at the screens of the Lambton Colliery at about 10 o'clock, on Friday morning, whereby a man named Charles Howard, lost his life…
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On Saturday last an accident occurred to a young lady, resident in Newcastle. It appears show was in the act of stepping from one rock to another, and her foot slipping, she fell a distance of seven…
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