Another Tramway Accident
SYDNEY, Thursday.—An action to recover £200, instituted by a Mr. Rigby against the Commissioner of Railways, for injuries sustained through the tramway,…
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Accidents, 1883
363 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 19
Original Correspondence. Fatal Accidents in the Mines. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—In your last Thursday's issue I notice that in the report of the Lambton miners quarterly meeting, held on Tuesday last, a speaker gave notice of motion that—"In future, when a fatal accident occurs in the…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Henry Branch, the jockey, was thrown from his horse at Randwick yesterday. He is suffering from concussion of the brain in consequence…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—The Hawthorn railway accident cost the Victorian Government £120,000, and the Windsor railway accident £19,000…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—John Porteons, a railway porter at Ashfield, while attempting to jump from a train whilst it was in motion, missed his fooling and fell between…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →English Mail News. Terrible Mining Accident. Loss of Several Lives
An accident, terrible in its consequences, occurred on August 15, at Wheal Agar Mine, which is situated in the great mining district between Camborne and Redruth. Tire fatality took place early in the…
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VIENNA, Friday.—Intelligence is to hand of a conflict having taken place between Roumanian and Austrian troops. A body of Roumanian soldiers seized the Austrian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TELEGRAMS. Serious Accident in Sydney
SYDNEY, Saturday.—This morning Maurice Murray, a corporation labourer, was standing on the brink of a cutting at the corner of King and George-streets, where…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Accident to a Chinaman
ABOUT ten days ago at Braidwood an immense body of earth fell upon an old Chinaman, 61 years of age, named Shut Hock, who was prospecting about at Bell's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Intercolonial Telegrams. Fatal Mining Accident at Egerton
MELBOURNE, Saturday.—A serious accident occurred at the Black Horse Company's mine, Egerton, yesterday morning. A fall of earth took place, burying two men named…
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EARLY on Saturday morning a courageous rescue from drowning was made on the beach at the rear of the Newcastle Hospital. Several gentlemen were enjoying their…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—A boy, aged twenty months, has been smothered in a cesspit at Ultimo. Mr. W. H Smith, of Watson and Sons,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TELEGRAMS. Railway Accident at Eveleigh
SYDNEY, Monday.âA workman, named Coghlan, was knocked down yesterday by a passing train at Everleigh station. He was taken to the hospital, and it is…
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A SAD fatal bathing accident occurred at Queenseliff (Vic.) on Monday morning. A party of gentlemen arrived there on Sunday night on a cruise in the yacht Minnohaha, and next morning went out…
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GOONABARABRAN, Wednesday.—A young man who was in a hut at Coonabarabran was shot dead yesterday by another. The latter was out shooting and mistook the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Intercolonial Telegrams. Accident to the Elamang
BRISBANE, Wednesday.—The steamer Elamang struck the Salamander Rook heavily on her voyage. It was at first expected that she would sink, but she has…
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A serious collision at sea occurred on August 26. It appears that the steamship Woodburn was run into by the French Transatlantic mail steamer St. Germains, and sank in two minutes. Eighteen lives…
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TAMWORTH, Thursday.—Mr. Geo. Single, J.P., of Tamworth, was killed yesterday, through his horse dashing him against a tree. Mr. Single was riding after a horse…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TELEGRAMS. Serious 'Bus Accident
SYDNEY, Saturday.—On Friday, Henry Myers, of Glebe Point, was sitting on the e[?]d of the box seat of an omnibus, his leg hanging over the side. The horses shied…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Joseph Perkins, grocer, of Forest Lodge, was knocked down by a steam motor at Leichardt-street yesterday. The wheels passed over one of his…
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