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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1880

261 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 14

Serious Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 July 1880 · page 5

MR. HELY, of Inglewood, near Cooranbong, met with a very severe accident on Thursday last, which may be attended with very serious consequences. He was…

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LOCAL & GENERAL. Late Fatal Accident at Wellington

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 July 1880 · page 2

ABOUT £120 have been collected for the relief of the widow and children of the late guard Everingham, who was killed at the opening of the line to Wellington…

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Shocking Fatal Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 July 1880 · page 2

SHORTLY after noon yesterday a sad fatality occurred at the Newcastle railway station, whereby a porter named James Collins was almost immediately…

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The Late Fatal Accident at Newcastle. Coroner's Inquest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 July 1880 · page 3

YESTERDAY, Mr. C. B. Ranclaud (the District Coroner) held an inquest touching the death of James Collins, a porter, who met his death whilst at…

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Fatal Case of Drowning

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 July 1880 · page 5

A TELEGRAM from Central Kempsey dated Thursday, says:—A sad case of drowning occurred, last evening at Warneton, by which Mrs. James Chapman and her…

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The Late Fatal Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 July 1880 · page 5

A MEMORANDUM has reached us in reference to the late fatal accident to the railway porter James Collins. It appears that deceased joined the railway service on…

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Fatal Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 July 1880 · page 2

GOULBURN, Monday.—Mr. Wiseman, who was thrown from his horse here, died on Saturday…

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Accident to Prince Leopold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 July 1880 · page 2

LONDON, July 19.—Prince Leopold is reported to have met with a serious accident in Canada…

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A Mother and Child Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 July 1880 · page 2

A VERY sad accident occurred on July 14, on the Macleay River, near Warneton, by which a Mrs. Chapman and her infant were drowned. The circumstances were…

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Accident at the Wallsend Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 July 1880 · page 2

ON Saturday last a miner, named Thomas Ramsay while working in the No. 1 tunnel of the Wallsend Colliery, had one of his legs Fractured, through a quantity…

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Shocking Accident Caused by Camels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 July 1880 · page 3

A PORT AUGUSTA telegram in the Adelaide Evening Journal says that a teamster named David Brown, was admitted to the hospital here, suffering from the effects of…

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Serious Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 July 1880 · page 3

ON Sunday afternoon, a daughter of Mr. Cuthbertson, stonemason, aged about four years, met with a painful accident on the Newcastle Recreation Reserve, as the…

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The Late Railway Accident at Parramatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 July 1880 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Turkiston, a brick-maker, has obtained a verdict for £150 in an action arising out of the accident on the Parramatta railway…

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Accident at Bullock Island

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 July 1880 · page 2

YESTERDAY a painful accident occurred to an old resident of Newcastle, Mr. Henry Brooks, at the Dyke, Bullock Island. The unlucky fellow, by some means, was…

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Fatal Result of an Omnibus Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 July 1880 · page 2

WE regret to state that the unlucky man, William Williams, who sustained a fracture of the leg through an omnibus accident at Hamilton recently, succumbed…

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The Accident at Bullock Island

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 July 1880 · page 2

THE patient, Henry Brooks, now lying at the hospital, suffering from the effects of an accident received on Tuesday, at Bullock Island, is progressing favourably,…

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Another Accident at Bullock Island

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 July 1880 · page 2

YESTERDAY afternoon an old resident, named Ray, whilst coupling some newly-tarred Wallsend hopper waggons at Bullock Island Dyke, had his left foot caught…

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Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 July 1880 · page 2

ON Thursday afternoon last, about 6 p.m., Master John Moore, of Pitt-street, met with a painful accident, whereby he broke his left arm just above the wrist. It…

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Fatal Accident at Sea

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 August 1880 · page 2

ON Sunday afternoon, during the voyage of the s.s. Killarney from Melbourne to Newcastle, a Chinaman, named Ah Ti was accidently killed by falling from the…

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Correspondence Accident on Minmi Road. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 August 1880 · page 3

SIR,—In reading the Advocate, on Friday morning, I noticed the accident to the Minmi 'bus. It states there that the horses shied at some cattle lying on the…

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