Collision in Sydney Harbour
As the Tasmanian steamer Southern Cross was putting out to sea from the Grafton Wharf, Darling Harbour, on Tuesday afternoon, she came into collision with the lighter…
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Accidents, 1880
261 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 14
Five Persons Drowned. GRAFTON
A drogher, with a heavy deck cargo of maize, capsized between Casino and Coraki. Mr. Marshall and wife, Mr. Yabsley, J.P., Mr. James Hetherton, and…
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Messrs. Grime and Yeager's drogher Vesta capsized last night, between Casino and Coraki. Five lives were lost—viz., Mr. Marshall and wife, Mr. W, Yabsley, J.P.,…
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MR. LACKEY, in reply to Captain Onslow, on Thursday, stated that there was a Board appointed, not specially for inquiry into railway accidents, although they might be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Narrow Escape From Drowning
OUR Lake Macquarie correspondent writes:— A VERY narrow escape from drowning occurred at Lake Macquarie on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Curious Accident. BALLARAT, 25th Jan
A singular accident occurred at O'Farrell's sale yards, on Saturday afternoon, by which three farmers, Messrs. Peter Stewart, of Burrembeet, W…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Late Railway Accident
THE recent railway accident at Parramatta once more cropped up in the Assembly, on Wednesday afternoon, when Mr. Jacob naked the Secretary for Public Works if he had had…
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WE understand that a very sever accident yesterday befel a miner named Bates working in the A. A. Company's Pit, Hamilton. He was removed to his…
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YESTERDAY one of the Newcastle pilot boatman, named. Thomas Parker, met with a nasty accident on the wharf. His right hand was caught by some means by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Late Gunpowder Accident
WE learn that the patient, William Hynds, who was admitted to the Newcastle Hospital on Wednesday night, suffering so severely from the effects of an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Men Drowned. MENINDIE
Two young men, whose names are at present unknown, whilst quarreling on the bank of the Darling river here on Wednesday, rolled over together into the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Accident Near Wallsend
THE town was thrown into a state of excitement on Saturday morning, on news being brought into town that a young man, by the name of George Drummond,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Accident at Gunnedah
A telegram in yesterday's Mercury, dated Gunnedah, Monday, states that a fatal accident happened to a black fellow on Sunday,. He went up a high tree near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Accident to the Hankow. LONDON, Feb. 10
The Hankow was in great peril off Plymouth Breakwater. A week back while off Oporto she lost her screw, and continued her voyage under sail, reaching the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Tay Bridge Accident
ENGLISH advices to hand by the Suez mail give some additional particulars of the tragic and disastrous railway accident on the Tay bridge. It appears…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →(From the Sydney Papers). Shocking Accident. LONDON, February 10
By the fall of a portion of the military barracks at Constantinople soldiers were killed and 300 injured…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Blasting Accident
THE Tamworth Observer of Saturday says:—"There was another blasting accident on Tuesday on the line, by which two men, named respectively William Ewart…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dreadful Omnibus Accident
A serious omnibus accident took place at the junction of Newton Road and Parramatta-street, this morning. A 'bus collided with another vehicle, and several…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident to the Marquis and Marchioness of Lorne
An Evening News London telegram states that the Marquis and Marchioness of Lorne met with a serious accident while out sleighing. The vehicle upset, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident or Providence
By the mail Mr. Lyell, the late member for Emerald Hill, has written (says the Age) to a friend in Melbourne, stating that he had a very fortunate escape from…
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