Terrible Railroad Accident
CHICAGO, Ill., Dec. 4, 1880.—A terrible railroad accident occurred about eleven o'clock this morning on the North-westerns railroad, by which…
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Accidents, 1881
214 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 11
Prevention of Accidents in Mines. Meeting in Cardiff
On Wednesday, December 8th, a deputation waited upon the Rev. T. Jones, of Rhymney, at the Black Lion Hotel, Cardiff, to consider a scheme of the…
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A TERRIBLE accident occurred at the flour mill at Baerami, near Denman, on Thursday morning, between 9 and 10 o'clock. The Boiler burst, killing the engine driver…
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AN extraordinary ease of drowning occurred at Albury on Friday. A man named Cummings, who had been staying for some days at the Border City Hotel,…
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MR. AUGUSTE GROSS (Telegraph Engineer) met with a very painful mishap whilst engaged repairing some telegraph lines near the Newcastle Courthouse…
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ON Dec. 21 two of the Midland Railway Company's passenger trains came into collision with a short distance of the Wellington-street Station, Leeds…
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ON Wednesday, about 6 p.m., as some boys were fishing in the Macquarie at Dubbo, about one mile above the township, they saw the body of a man floating…
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BRISBANE appears to be prolific in drowning eases. The Telegraph records the following:—While the Keilawarra (s.), which left the Municipal Wharves this…
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YESTERDAY morning, an accident of rather a serious nature happened to a Frenchman named Louis de Saint, a carpenter on board the barque Starlight. It appears…
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ON Saturday a most painful accident occurred to a seaman named Frederick Pollen of the barque Bellaport, from Adelaide to Newcastle. When nearing this…
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LAST night, about a quarter to, 8 p.m., A terrible accident occurred to an old man, named James Welsh, aged 79, near the Cottage Bridge, in Blane-street. It seems…
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AN inquest was held at Araluen, on Tuesday on the body of a man named Gorman, who with a mate had started homewards on the same horse at a late…
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ON inquiry at the Hospital, we learn that the unfortunate old man, James Welsh, whose shocking injuries by being run over by a wagonette was alluded to…
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LONDON, Feb. 24.—A bulletin has been issued this evening, stating that no danger is to be apprehended from 'thr results of the accident. The…
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ON Saturday morning, February 19, a sad accident occurred at Conargo, resulting in the death of two fine little children named Robert Wallace, son of Mr. Wallace,…
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SHORTLY before noon yesterday a visitor from Sydney, arrived by the morning's steamer, very narrowly escaped death by drowning in the dock adjoining the…
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WE are informed that on Saturday last a little boy, residing with his parents at Minmi, was accidentally drowned by falling into a tank. At the request of the…
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A MAN, named Thomas Barnsley, met with a severe accident whilst trundling a trolly near the Honeysuckle Point Bridge, on Monday, in company with John…
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ON Monday afternoon a visitor to a certain hotel min Lambton, named Barton, met with an uncomfortable ducking. Having gone to draw a drink of water…
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LAST night a labourer, well-known by the name of Joe, a coloured man, working on the coal shoots, met with a severe injury from being crushed by a truck. He was…
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