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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents
211 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 11
As Dr. Walker was hurriedly riding across the Sandhills, between 3 and 4 a.m. last Saturday morning, to attend to an urgent professional call, he came into violent contact with a clothes-line,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ABOUT half-past ten yesterday morning, the Harbour Master, Captain Allan, received a telegram from Port Stephens, stating that the steamer platypus was off that port, and in want…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AN accident befel a miner named Coxen, whilst following his occupation in the Hamilton Pit yesterday. A fall of coal took place, and his right leg was severely lacerated. Dr. John…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE correspondent of the S.M. Herald writs:—"I have just returned from the scene o[?] the collision. It appears that the mineral trail was the usual pick-up which starts every morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →YESTERDAY morning Robert Henderson, a miner employed at the Newcastle Company's mine, at the Globe, had his leg broken by a fall of coal. Dr. John Harris attended, and set the fractured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →REGARDING the accident to the Orient steamer, the mail brings the following particulars (says the S. M. Herald):—The Garonne grounded on a sandbank…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THERE are very few persons who have not at some time or other paused for a moment to consider the almost innumerable risks that surround the life and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →As he Minmi coal-train was coming in from the mi[?] yesterday evening, one of the waggons went off the line at the Wal send junction, completely blocking the traffic, and damaging the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →YESTERDAY afternoon a man named William Howe, employed on the railway as porter, had his foot crushed whilst assisting to shunt some coal waggons at the wharf. He was standing on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AN accident occurred on Tuesday to a man named Harry Sullivan, a resident of Newcastle, employed at the works in progress at Belmore Bridge. It appears he was engaged fixing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE poor little girl Simpson, who was so severely burned on Thursday morning, succumbed from the effects of her effects of her injuries last night at about eleven o'clock. From the time of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A MAN named Mayne, an engine-fitter employed in the railway workshop at Honeysuckle Point, met with a very painful accident on Thursday He was engaged in fitting up the carriage of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AN accident befel Dr. John Harris yesterday evening, at dusk, that narrowly escaped ending most disastrously. It appears he was driving at a rather smart peace in to town in his buggy, in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A YOUNG man named Isaac Williams, a brickmaker, residing at the Globe, whilst returning to town on horseback, late on Saturday night, coming up Blane-street, had his leg broken just…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. T. W. PEARSE J.P., coroner for the Maitland district, held and inquest on the body of Mary Eden Simpson, the child who was so severely burnt on Thursday last, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Maori, which arrived at Auckland from the West Coast, on the 18th July, reports arriving at Big Bay on the morning of the 16th, where Fisher,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ON Friday night last as Captain Howes, of the Abbey N. Franklin, which vessel is lying at the Dyke, was returning from a visit to Captain Former of the Garaboldi, also alongside the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →YESTERDAY afternoon as a man named McCann was engaged, removing some timber on Bullock Island Dyke, one of the logs slipped, and fell on his left foot, severely contusing the whole…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ON Saturday, a man named James Nelson, whilst engaged on board the ketch [?] at Raymond Terrace, met with a very painful accident. He was walking along the vessel's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A YOUNG man, named James O'Connor, who is saying at the Northumberland Hotel, was out riding on the Tighe's Hill road on Saturday evening, when the horse tripped and fell,…
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