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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1880

261 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 14

Fatal Accident at New Lambton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 August 1880 · page 2

MR. C. B. RANCLAUD, District Corner, held an inquest yesterday afternoon, at the Hand of Friendship Hotel, Newcastle, on the body of a boy named Joseph…

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Late Railway Accident at Parramatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 August 1880 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—In the Supreme Court, yesterday, in the action brought against the Commissioner of Railways by Mr. Speechley, for £2000, as compensation…

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Fatal Omnibus Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 August 1880 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—A boy named Smith residing at Waterloo, while getting off an omnibus fell on his head, and died in a few hours…

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Fatal Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 August 1880 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—A miner named Nesbitt was shot dead accidentally by a party shooting at a target…

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Railway Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 August 1880 · page 2

EARLY yesterday morning a mishap to a coal train occurred on the line near to Messrs. Moyes and Donald's foundry, Bullock Island. It seems that a train…

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Dangerous Accident in Hunter-street

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 August 1880 · page 2

ABOUT half-past 2 o'clock p.m. yesterday an alarming and dangerous accident occurred at the works now in course of progress at the Newcastle Court House…

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Fatal Mining Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 August 1880 · page 2

A SAD occurrence (says the Bendigo Independent) happened at California Gully on Friday, on a lease at one time known as North Nelson Company. A resident of…

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Railway Accidents in England

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 August 1880 · page 4

LONDON, August 12.—Two terrible railway accidents took place this evening, which were attended with some loss of life. The accidents occurred on the…

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Accident to an Express Train

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 August 1880 · page 4

LONDON, August 11.—The Scotch express train fell over a high embankment at Berwick, while going at full speed, but only the driver and two servants were…

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Appalling Accident in France

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 August 1880 · page 2

LONDON August 18.—Cable despatches from France convey information of an appalling calamity that has occurred near the town of Chattellerault, on the Vienne,…

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The Fatality at Lambton. Coroner's Inquest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 August 1880 · page 3

YESTERDAY afternoon Mr. C. B. Raneland, District Coroner, held an inquest at the Royal Hotel, Lambton, on the body of Mrs. Ann Huntor, aged 54, landlady of…

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The Collision Between the Hydaspes and Centurion

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 August 1880 · page 2

LONDON, August 14.—The Board of Trade inquiry into the collision on the 18th ultimo, off Dungeness, between the Hydaspes, bound from London to…

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Disastrous Railway Accident in America

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 August 1880 · page 2

NEW YORK, August 13.—A disastrous railway accident occurred to-day at New Jersey resulting in a terrible loss of life. Two excursion trains, containing some…

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Late Fatal Accident at Randwick

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 August 1880 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—At the inquest on the body of the jockey Greenbaulth, killed on the Randwick racecourse on Saturday, a verdict of accidental death…

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Serious Riots in Glasgow. Collision Between Home Rulers and Police. Several Persons Wounded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 August 1880 · page 2

LONDON, August 16.—A gathering og Home Rulers at Glasgow resulted in a collision with the police. Some were seriously maltreated and injured but there…

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Fatal Shooting Accident at Concord

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 August 1880 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday—A youngman named Nolan, aged sixteen, was accidentally shot dead last night, at Concord, by another lad named Dalton, whilst, opossum…

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LOCAL & GENERAL. Accident to Dr. R. Reid

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 August 1880 · page 2

DR. R. REID, late of Newcastle, was thrown from his horse near the Show Ground, Singleton, last evening, and was very seriously injured. He was carried to…

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The Parramatta Railway Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 August 1880 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The action for compensation, Naidim v. Commissioner of Railways, for injuries received at the late Parramatta railway accident, £1000…

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The Accident to Dr. Read

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 August 1880 · page 4

IN reference to a paragraph which appeared in yesterday's issue, stating that Dr. Road, of Singleton, had been thrown from his horse and seriously injured, we…

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Railway Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 August 1880 · page 2

LONDON, August 20.—A collision has occurred on the Midland railway. The Scottish express overtook in the Blealor tunnel a train bound to Carlisle, which…

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