Death by Drowning
MR. PETER COOPER, a carpenter (and late of Newcastle), employed at the N.S.S. Co.'s wharf, Morpeth, was drowned yesterday evening, at about 6.30, while bathing. It…
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Accidents, 1882
233 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 12
Fearful Fatal Accident
WE (Illawarra Mercury) learn that on Friday, a man on the water works near Appin had his head severed completely from his body by a piece of stone from a blast that…
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"Here comes a country-woman of mine," said Fairweather, of New York, to Count Oscar Von H[?]ld, as the two young men were strolling along the Unter don Linden…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Miss Joyce, a resident of Wellington, has been drowned, through the upsetting of a boat in the river. Three others, who were with her, were rescued…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—At Melbourne, the first trial in connection with the late Jolimont Railway accident has been finished. Mrs. Bliss, who claimed £5000, was awarded…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—A Melbourne jury awarded £3000 to the friends of the late Mr. Stephen, killed in the Johmont railway accident. £5000 was claimed…
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YESTERDAY afternoon a labourer named James May received very serious injuries while whipping ballast on the barque Australind. A basket of stones was being…
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LONDON, March 5.—Two aeronauts have attempted to cross the Straits of Dover in a balloon, but fell into the sea. They were ultimately rescued…
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A SON of Mr. John Wright, of Grey-street, Wickham, aged three years, was knocked down by a cart at dusk yesterday, and badly injured. The wheel passed over his neck,…
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A FEW afternoons ago a young lady residing in Newcastle was the victim of an not either of gross thoughtlessness or brtual larrikinism. While sitting with a young…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A serious accident occurred yesterday on the new tramway between Camden and Campbelltown. The train was filled with passengers who were…
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LONDON, January 14.—An accident has occurred at Lum Colliery. Durham, through the falling in of the shaft: 150 miners wore imprisoned, but were rescued…
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WE learn that a few days ago an awkward mishap happened at the Waratah Coal Company's Colliery, Raspberry Gully. The cage, when near the top of the shaft,…
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LONDON, March 18.—The Emperor of Germany has met with an accident, but no serious results are anticipated…
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IN our telegraphic columns yesterday, the fact was briefly recorded that another railway collision had occurred in Victoria. The following are fuller…
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AN old man, named Morgan, a carpenter, while at work in Lee's Hotel, Waratah, on Monday, met with a painful mishap. He was standing on some planks placed on…
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YESTERDAY morning Morgan, an old miner, while at work in Ferndale Pit, met with a painful demrough a fall of coal. Whilst fixing s[?]all props one of…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The official report concerning the Windsor railway collision is not yet published. The engine driver of the Brighton express states that…
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Mr. MICHAEL MAROONEY, of the Market Square, blacksmith, met with a painful accident on Monday. Whilst shoeing a restive horse he sprained his ankle, so much…
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YESTERDAY afternoon a further addition to the long list of recent railway accidents occurred. The victim in this case was John Wright, aged 45, well-known as a…
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