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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1883

363 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 19

Accidents and Offences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 August 1883 · page 2

SYDNEY, Saturday.—A little girl, the daughter of Mr. William Lowden, of Cudgewa, near Albury, was in a paddock keeping the birds from the crop, and…

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Accidents and Offences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 August 1883 · page 2

MAITLAND, Monday.—A narrow escape from fire occurred at Mr. W. G. Lipscombe's the chemist, West Maitland, to-night. A box of clothes ignited in some way upstairs,…

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Accidents and Offences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 August 1883 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—John Rose, alias Happy Jack, the Salvationist, has been convicted of indecent assault at Balmain, and sentenced to eighteen months'…

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Accidents and Offences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 August 1883 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A youth named Castner has been committed for trial at Wagga for breaking open passengers' luggage in the waiting-room, and stealing…

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Accidents and Offences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 August 1883 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—William Elliott, charged with the murder of Catherine Greenfield, has been found guilty of manslaughter, and sentenced to seven years…

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Accidents and Offences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 August 1883 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday,—Wm. Bell, a slater, fell from a great height at Callen Park Asylum, and was killed. Mr. Rowland Evans, of Pitt-street, has…

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Fatal Accident at Bulli

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 August 1883 · page 3

A MOST sad and fatal accident occurred about 10 o'clock on Wednesday in the Bulli coal mine. While a miner named Michael Boland was at work, a quantity of stone fell from the roof, striking him on the…

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The Rotomahana's Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 August 1883 · page 2

A TELEGRAM from Wellington, dated Monday, states that the Marine Board has held an inquiry respecting the accident which happened to the steamer…

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Accidents and Offences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 August 1883 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Johnny Ah Hing has been sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment for conspiring to defraud the creditors of Ack Chow…

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"Accidents, and How to Treat Them."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 August 1883 · page 2

SUCH was the title selected by Dr. THAMAS DIXSON, for a lecture delivered one evening last week in the Sydney Mechanics' Technical College. We make no apology…

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Nearly an Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 August 1883 · page 3

A TELEGRAM from Melbourne states that a very narrow escape from a serious railway accident has occurred near Boost, about 180 miles from Melbourne. By some…

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Original Correspondence. Accidents—and How to Treat Them. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 August 1883 · page 2

SIR,—Permit me most cordially to endorse the views expressed in your editorial article of this date, headed "Accidents, and how to treat them." The importance of giving the public a certain amount of elementary…

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Accidents and Offences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 August 1883 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—TWO seamen of the the Nelson have been sentenced to twelve and fifteen months' imprisonment; the latter with dismissal…

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Accidents and Offences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 August 1883 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A child, aged four, named Isabelle Graham, fell into the fire at Prospect, and was burnt to death. Burglars entered the Palace Hotel,…

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Dreadful Accident in a Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 August 1883 · page 2

LONDON, August 16.-A cage containing twelve men vas ascending a shaft, in a minne in Cornwall, when the rope broke, and all were killed…

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Accidents and Offences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 August 1883 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—Constable Beadman rescued a lad in the harbour from drowning. The Superintendent-General at once promoted him to the rank of a first-class constable…

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Another Channel Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 August 1883 · page 2

LONDON, August 19.—A collision has occurred on the river Thames, between the ships Huna and George Thompson, the latter bound for Sydney. She was much…

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Accidents and Offences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 August 1883 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—A fire has occurred at Partridge's iron works, Bathurst-street. The damage was small. A newly-erected weatherboard house,…

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Prevention of Accidents at Sea

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 August 1883 · page 4

A SMALL pamphlet for gratuitous distribution has been issued by the New Zealand Marine Underwriters, offering suggestion to masters of vessels insured in the New…

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TELEGRAMS. Accidents and Offences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 August 1883 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Marine Board inquiry into the stranding of the steamer Catterthun in Watson's Bay resulted in it being found…

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