The Dunkeld Accident
THE adjourned inquest on the body of the young man Thomas Evans, who met with his death by falling down the hold of the barque Dunkeld, on Sunday night last, was resumed yesterday, at…
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Accidents, 1878
211 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 11
Accident in Blane-street
YESTERDAY morning, between 9 and 10 o'clock, a horse and cart belonging to Mr. Alexander Rodgers was standing in the yard of the Newcastle Foundry. The carter who was holding the…
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ON Sunday morning last between seven and eight o'clock a young man, named Lake Thomas, whilst bathing at the Gulf (beyond the bathing hole) had a narrow escape from drowning; being…
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ALL the friends of the late champion sculler (says the E. News) will hear with regret, that he met with a serious accident this morning, that greatly jeopardises his chances of ever rowing…
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HAVING missed the well-known face of Mr. Wilkes, the providore of he steamer Kembla from on board, on enquiry we learned with regret that he met with an accident on Wednesday evening…
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BETWEEN eleven and twelve o'clock yesterday morning a horse and dray belonging to Messrs. Capper, Bros., ironmongers of Hunter street, was standing at the Steamers' Wharf. The driver was…
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A BOY named Henry Larkins fell down the steps of the Convent School yesterday, and broke his collar bone. He was conveyed home, where Dr. John Harris attended to his injuries…
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BALL AND SUPPER.—Ashby's New Music Hall is to be opened this (Tuesday) evening by a hall and supper. An efficient band has been engaged and all other arrangements made for making the…
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AN accident took place at about noon on Monday at the Waratah Shoots, where the barque Kalahome home was discharging copper ore. It appears that the staging or platform on which the bags were…
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YESTERDAY a boy named Whitehall, about nine years of age, fell out of Mr. M'Lardy's delivery van, and broke his arm. The van was proceeding along Hunter-street, and Whitehall was in…
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OUR Murrurundi correspondent yesterday writes —Shortly after the arrival of the mail train from Newcastle, this morning, an accident occurred, by which an extra railway guard, named william…
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ON Saturday, as the barque Nile was about to proceed to sea, an accident occurred on board by which one man was very severely burnt, and a number of others might have been seriously…
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THE frequency of painful and fatal accidents on our railways of late is a matter that suggests enquiry and reflection. In nearly every case the…
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WHILST two pairs of wheel were being landed on to the wharf from the ship "Prince Louis" by No. Crane, yesterday, Mr. G. Prince (foreman of the crane), who was in the act of steadying…
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THE friends of Mr. George Prince will be glad to hear that he is progressing favourably, and will be able to resume his duties in a few days, none the worse for his narrow escape, with the…
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THE following verdict was returned (says the S. M. Herald) at the inquest held at Haydonton, on the body of Heffernan, before the district coroner, Mr. Boyce, and a jury of twelve:â…
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YESTERDAY a lad, named Buckley, met with a rather severe accident in Hunter-street. He was driving a horse and dray, loaded with slab, and had just started the horse. Whilst in the act of…
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IT is our painful duty to have to chronicle another melancholy and fatal accident on the Great Northern Railway by which two men met with a violent and sudden death. The scene of the…
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A RAILWAY accident occurred at the High-street station on Tuesday morning last, says the M. Mercury. From What we have been able to learn, it appears that a special coal train, which…
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WITH reference to the above reported in our yesterday's issue, we learn further that the two unfortunate men who met with their death in such a shocking manner, were immigrants who…
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