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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1882

233 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 12

Accidents in the Harbour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 April 1882 · page 2

Two very serious accidents occurred in the harbour yesterday. On board the Phœbe a man named Lynch slipped upon some ironwork, and received three incised wounds in…

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Accidents at Wallsend

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 April 1882 · page 2

YESTERDAY, an accident of a severe character happened at the Wallsend Colliery, to a miner named Llewellyn, who had the misfortune to get his thigh broken and his…

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Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 April 1882 · page 2

ON Monday evening a collision resulting in the smashing up of a valuable new omnibus, owned by Mr. McAuliffe, occurred in Lake road, near the sand drift. A vehicle…

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Fatal Accident to an Australian Gymnast

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 April 1882 · page 3

THE San Francisco Mail gives the following account of the recent death of an Australian gymnast:—"Thomas Fox, a native of Australia, aged 19 years, professionally…

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Correspondence the Burwood Omnibus Collision. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1882 · page 8

SIR,—Some parties seem very anxious to perpetuate the fame of a recent slight omnibus collision on the Lake Road—I, for one, don't I simply want, as the driver and owner of one of the…

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Sad Accident at Inverell

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 April 1882 · page 2

A SAD accident happened on Tuesday morning to a young woman named Susannah Guyer. She has lately been engaged as a domestic servant at Mr. G…

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Fatal Accident at Morpeth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1882 · page 5

ABOUT noon on Thursday a fatal acciden happened to a fireman employed aboard the steamer City of Brisbane at Morpeth. Deceased (Charles Simpson) was at work…

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Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 May 1882 · page 2

EARLY on Saturday an old man named Smith, employed by Mr. Field, Lutcher, of Watt-street, met with a severe accident. While working at a sausage machine one…

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Peculiar Accident on the Great Northern Line

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 May 1882 · page 2

A RATHER remarkable accident happened a few days ago to William Henry Cousins, fireman on the Great Northern Line, while at work on the engine of goods train,…

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Mining Accident at Major's Creek

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 May 1882 · page 2

WE (Braidwood Dispatch) regret to state that on Wednesday evening an accident of a very serious nature happened at Major's Creek to Edward Camage, miner of that…

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Pit Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 May 1882 · page 2

On Saturday, a miner, named John Gilmour met with a serious accident while filling small coal in the Glebe pit. A grey back in the seam, in No. 4 bord, gave way…

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LOCAL & GENERAL Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 May 1882 · page 2

ON Sunday night a young man named Wiles while stepping out from his residence in Pitt Row, fell over a cask, or some other obstacle, and dislocated his…

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The late Accident at Hamilton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 May 1882 · page 2

WE are informed that the accident on Saturday, reported yesterday as having happened at the Glebe Pit, whereby John Gilmour, a screenman, had his leg broken,…

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TELEGRAMS. Tramway Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 May 1882 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A tramway conductor, named Pierce, newly appointed, slipped off the footboard in Elizabeth-street, to-day. Both his legs were crushed, and he…

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LOCAL & GENERAL. Serious Gunpowder Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 May 1882 · page 2

YESTERDAY evening one of a number of children, while playing on the Sand Hills, near Allan's Hill fortification, works met with a serious accident from the…

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Terrible Shipping Fatality at Timaru

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1882 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—The ships City of Perth (loading grain) and Benvenue (in ballast) were totally wrecked while at anchor, during a terrible heavy sea at…

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Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1882 · page 2

ON Sunday afternoon, a man named Hunsdale was admitted to the Hospital, suffering from rather severe injuries to his back, the result of an accidental fall on the…

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Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1882 · page 5

AN accident occurred yesterday morning to a youth, aged sixteen, named Francis Crighton, while riding to school. His horse fell on the road between Hamilton and…

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Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 May 1882 · page 2

AN accident of a serious nature happened on Monday night to Mr. John Rogers, of Perkin-street, foraman for M. James Russell. He was shiting a steamer,…

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General News. Shocking Mining Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1882 · page 4

THE Under-Secretary for Mines has received a telegram from Warden Lukin at Gympie giving particulars of a fatal mining accident there on Saturday. On that night two…

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