Local News Railway Accident
YESTERDAY morning an engine and tender going towards the Glebe pit ran off the metals nearly opposite the crossing in front of the Duke of Edinburg Hotel, Junction…
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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents
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YESTERDAY morning an engine and tender going towards the Glebe pit ran off the metals nearly opposite the crossing in front of the Duke of Edinburg Hotel, Junction…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON Monday a man named John Hough was brought into Newcastle from Lake Macquarie, having had two of his fingers jammed off. Yesterday a seaman was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A woman named Ellen Leer has been committed for trial for brutally beating her two young daughters. A man named Heath has been picked up…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Thursday.—A lad aged 5, son of Mr. Nesbitt, of Woollabra, has been drowned in a watherhole whilst playing. A sailor, named Walter Goodwin,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LAST evening, between ten and eleven o'clock, a woman, residing in Railway-street, Wickham, went to the well for water. A child was near, a few minutes after, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ON Saturday morning a boy named Touse, employed at Arnett's biscuit factory, had one of his fingers of the left hand severely crushed by a cog-whorl. He was taken…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A VERY painful, and nearly fatal, accident occurred to a young girl, the daughter of Mr. Lindus, grocer, of Wickham, about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. It appears that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A PAINFUL, accident occurred at the steam cranes yesterday afternoon to a young man named James Tierney. He was assisting to load a steamer, and slipped, owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →YESTERDAY evening a young man, named George Turner, was admitted to the Hospital, suffering from a dislocation, out wards, of both bones of the left forearm,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A RATHER serious accident happened on Tuesday to Henry Thomas, son of Wm. Thomas, of Greta, aged 15. While climbing a tree he fell to the ground, causing a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →YESTERDAY morning a man, named Anthony Patrick, was admitted into the hospital, suffering from a fractured thigh. He was employed discharging ballast from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE District Coroner, Mr. C. B. Rancland, held an inquest at the Travellers' Rest Hotel, Wallsend, yesterday, touching the death a miner named William Taylor, who had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Thursday.—At the inquest on the child found at the Saudhills, Waterloo, the evidence went to show that it was stillborn…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MR. RANCLAUD, District Coroner, held an inquest yesterday afternoon at Scott's Albion Hotel, Watt-street, Newcastle, on the body of an elderly man, named John…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Friday.—A passenger, named Walton, returning from Wetson's Bay, fell overboard from the steamer Alathea, and was drowned. Jas. Farrell, cook on board…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, July 6.—A disastrous collision is reported between two steamers, both of which sank. The full particulars are not yet to hand, but 50 persons are reported to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Monday.—Maxwell, manager of the Colonial Bank at Winchelsea (Victoria), charged with embezzling £400, admits misappropriating £200. Prisoner,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Three men are supposed to have been drowned while crossing the Wogonga River at Bodalla. Frank Millett has been fined 40s for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MR. C. B. RANCLAUD, District Coroner, and a jury of twelve, held an inquest at Fenwick's Hotel, Jesmond, yesterday, touching the death if Michael Hanley, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, July 14.—A disastrous railway accident has occurred at Moscow. 200 persons were killed…
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