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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1882

233 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 12

Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 May 1882 · page 2

YESTERDAY George Goodchild, living at Bullock Island, while getting off a cart at the Glebe, met with a nasty accident. His horse started, and he fell, dislocating his…

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Serious Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 May 1882 · page 2

A VERY serious accident happened on Monday night to Mr. J. F. Armstrong for along time one of the chief compositors on the staff of this journal. Mr. Armstrong was…

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Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 June 1882 · page 2

Two accidents happened yesterday, and were treated at Dr. Knaggs surgery. The first occurred to Dugald Cameron, while chopping in two a sheep at Mr. Sparke's…

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Fatal Accident at Lake Macquarie Heads

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 June 1882 · page 3

ABOUT half-past 6 o'clock yesterday morning fatal accident happened at Lake Macquarie Heads to a young man named Harry Williams, formerly employed as a…

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Accident to Mr. Pechey, M.L.A.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 June 1882 · page 2

BATHURST, Friday.—A.J. Pechey, Esq., M.L.A., member for East Macquarie, while driving home from Bathurst at 6 p.m., the horse bolted in turning into…

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Railway Collision in Germany

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 June 1882 · page 2

LONDON, May 31.—A collision has occurred between two trains at Wieblingen, in the Grand Duchy of Baden. A number of the railway carriages were completely…

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The Fatality at Lake Macquarie

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1882 · page 2

AN inquest was held at Pelican Flat on Saturday last, by Mr. E. Reeves, P.M., coroner, from Brisbane Water, touching the death of the young man, Harry…

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Accident at Tighe's Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1882 · page 2

AN accident occurred yesterday at Messrs Walker and Wildes pit. James Walker, one of the proprietors' sons, was filling a skip at the face of one of the working…

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Accident on the Botany Tramway

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 June 1882 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A girl, not yet identified, jumped from the Botany tramcar, whilst in motion, and received concussion of the brain. She was taken to the…

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Terrible Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 June 1882 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A man working at Queen's Wharf had his hands on a pile, when the heavy iron "monkey" fell, smashing them both into pulp…

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Accidents and Offences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 June 1882 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—A man named Henry Carbonell has been found dead on the staircase of the Young Men's Christian Association rooms…

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Local News. Fatal Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 June 1882 · page 4

YESTERDAY, a miner named John Booker, working at Greta colliery, was killed by a fall of coal. Aminquest on the unfortunate man's remains will be held to-day…

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Accidents and Offences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 June 1882 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—A football player on Saturday fractured his shoulder blade. Two more seaffolding accidents occurred on Saturday. A boiler explosion took place…

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Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 June 1882 · page 3

ON Saturday, whilst playing in a football match v. Parramatta, on the local football ground, Mr. John Wood, jun., had his left hand badly lascerated by falling on the…

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Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 June 1882 · page 2

AN accident of a serious nature happened yesterday morning to a mason named Webb, employed on Mr. Hollinshead's mew houses in Upper Church and Wolfe streets…

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Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 June 1882 · page 2

ON Tuesday, an accident occurred through the reckless driving of a butcher-boy, named McAuliffe, who essayed to gallop between an omnibus and a cart. The sequel was…

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TELEGRAMS. Shocking Tramway Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 June 1882 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A child two and a half years old, playing on the tramway, at Waverley, was run over by a steam moter, and had one leg and an…

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Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 June 1882 · page 5

A BOY, named Carpenter, employed at Ritchie's Carriage Works, Wickham had the third finger of his left hand crushed in some machinery. He was removed to Dr…

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Painful Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 June 1882 · page 2

ON Saturday a dangerous accident happened to a child, son of Mr. Winchester, residing near the Reserve, in Watt-street. He was swinging, or otherwise playing on…

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Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 June 1882 · page 2

ON Sunday evening at about half past five o'clock, a son of Mr. Wrigly of Watt-street, whilst climbing on a fence, fell to the ground and sustained a dislocation of the…

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