Collision in Hobson's Bay. MELBOURNE
Early this morning the barque Eden, bound for Shanghai, via Wollongong, collided with the steamer Cloud Hamilton, inward bound from Newcastle with coals, about ten…
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Accidents, 1879
235 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 12
Shocking Horse Accident
WE have to record another sad accident, and subsequent need for an amputation at the Newcastle Hospital. From the information we have gl[?]aned, it appears that on Saturday…
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THE district coroner, Mr. C. B. Rancland, on Saturday last h[?]d an inquest, at the Naval Brigade Hotel, on the body of a very old resident of Newcastle. George…
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A FATAL ease of accidental death by drowning occurred at Bullock Island shortly after midnight on Sunday morning last. It seems that the mate aud one of the crew of the American…
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The down train due from Windsor at 7 15 p.m. last evening did not arrive till nearly 10 o'clock, owing to an accident at River-stone, caused by a stone supposed to have…
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PROFESSOR WILDER gives these short rules for action in case of accident:—For dust in the eyes avoid rubbing dash water into them. Remove cinder…
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ON Saturday morning the steamer Claud Hamilton, coal laden from Newcastle arrived in Hobson's Bay in a most critical position, having been in collision with the barque Eden a few…
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YESTERDAY morning, shortly after 6 o'clock a.m., a serious collision occurred in the harbour between the steamers Saxonia and Phoebe, whereby the latter very narrowly…
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A YOUNG man, named James Connolly, residing at the Sandhills, met with a very painful accident yesterday morning, whilst working at No. 6 Crane. He was engaged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Clergyman Accidentally Smothered. QUEANBEYAN
The Rev. Father M'Auliffe was accidentally smothered in a small creek two miles from town yesterday afternoon, while endeavouring to take a drink of water. The…
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Mr. Morrell, upholsterer, employed at Messrs. Farmer and Co.'s, in attempting to step on the platform when the railway train was in motion, missed his footing, and fell…
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ON Monday evening, an officer of the barque Island City, named John Duff, met with very serious accident. He was, it appears, standing on the combing of the batchway,…
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YESTERDAY evening, about half-past 5 p.m., the inward-bound steamer Boomerang, from Sydney, collided with the steam-tug Leo at the cargo wharf. It appears that the Leo…
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YESTERDAY afternoon a carpenter employed by the A. A. Co., met with a rather nasty accident. Whilst at his work, he severely cut his leg above the ankle with an adze…
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A YOUNG boy named Abraham Solway, aged about ten years, we learn, met with a nasty accident yesterday evening at Tighe's Hill. A meeting was being held at the Primitive…
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YESTERDAY morning, shortly after half-past nine o'clock, a serious accident occurred at the level railway crossing, at the foot of Newcomen-street. It seems that the Singleton…
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WE are are informed that early on Friday morning, as Dr. John Harris and Mr. Edward S. Holland wore returning from Wallsond in a buggy, they met with a serious…
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YESTERDAY afternoon a severe accident happened at Bullock Island Dyke, to a lad named Stephen Fay. It is stated that he was engaged in loading stone ballast, a quantity…
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FROM intelligence received last night, we learn that a fatal accident occurred to a boy named Evans, who was killed by a fall of stone at the Waratah Government quarry…
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A CORRESPONDENT, writing from Singleton reports a serious buggy accident which occurred there on Tuesday afternoon. It appears that two of the Misses Loder, of…
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