Sad Accident
A FATAL accident happened to a little child named Ethel Rowley, aged about two years, on Tuesday afternoon. Her mother was engaged washing at Mr. Purves', baker,…
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Accidents, 1880
261 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 14
Serious Mining Accident
THE claim of the Victoria Reef Gold Mines Company, Long Gully, was the scene of another serious mining casualty on Saturday night last. A…
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THE Secretary for Railways (Mr. Vernon) on behalf of the Commissioner for Railways, has submitted to the Minister for Works a report of the investigation held into the…
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On Friday afternoon an assistant at Mr. McMichael's butcher's shop, named Alfred Buckley, met with a painful accident, by which he lost the middle finger of his right…
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WE shall be very much mistaken in our opinion if the decision of the MINISTER FOR WORKS upon the report of the Board appointed to enquire into…
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A SEVERE warning to boys who cannot swim, getting out of their depth whilst bathing, was afforded about 1 p.m. yesterday. A number of lade were at that time bathing on…
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MR. VERNON'S report on the recent railway collision at Parramatta, has been published, but as another inquiry is to be held, it loses much of its importance. It is valuable as…
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IT will have been seen by a paragraph in our issue of yesterday, that objections having very justly been taken to the manner in which the inquiry into…
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WE regret having to record a sad fatality which occurred at The Folly, Waratah yesterday afternoon, by which two fine young men, named respectively David Simons…
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THE following is the minute of the Minister for Public Works:— I have read over carefully the papers in the above case, and cannot help expressing a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Late Fatal Drowning. Coroner's Inquest
Yesterday (Friday), at noon, the District Coroner, and a jury of twelve, of whom Mr. James Sneddon was chosen foreman, held an inquest at Arnold's Miners'…
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ON Saturday morning a man named William Thomas, aged 43, narrowly escaped drowning in the harbour. He was standing close to the Queen's Wharf, when, by some mischance,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →(From the Sydney Papers). Fatal Boiler Accident at Lismore. Lismore
A terrific boiler explosion took place this morning at the Glasgow Mill, and the fireman, Robert Rowley, was blown about twenty feet, one leg and arm were broken,…
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Mr. J. C. Stanger, the coroner, held an inquest at the Railway Hotel, to-day, upon the body of James Whalen, a fireman employed on the Western line. The…
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YESTERDAY, shortly before noon, John Lane, mate of the steamer 'Lady Darling,' was admitted to the hospital suffering from very serious injuries to his skull and shoulder…
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IT was only to be expected that the late disgraceful and fearfully dangerous collision at the Parramatta Railway Station, should form the first…
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ON inquiry, we learn that the patient John Lane, mate of the barque Lady Bowen, who was removed to the Hospital, with a dislocated shoulder and skull injuries on…
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THERE seems to be a strong determination on the part of some hon. members not to let the recent private inquiry into the railway accident at Parramatta sink into oblivion…
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A railway collision has taken place at Ormskirk, 13 miles from Liverpool, resulting in 7 persons being killed, and 30 more or less injured…
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A SERIOUS accident happened on Christmas Eve (says the Olago Daily Times, of Dec. 27), to a young man named John Douglas, aged 26, from Newcastle, now on the Quarantine…
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