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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1884

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Fatal Accidents near Lismore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 May 1884 · page 2

LISMORE, Monday.—Caspar Fra Mueller, an old resident of the Richmond River district, was accidentally drowned at Lismore…

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Shocking Railway Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 May 1884 · page 4

ON Saturday morning (says the New Zealand Herald of May 10) an accident occurred to the goods and passenger train which left Auckland at 20 minutes…

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Man Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 May 1884 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—A man, supposed to be one James Jones, about 60, fell into the, harbour of the Circular Quay, yesterday, and was drowned. Thirty-nine pounds…

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Damages for a Tram Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 May 1884 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—S. G. Dawson, commission agent, has obtained a verdict for £200 agent the Commissioner for Railways for injuries sustained by him by being…

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Supposed Drowning of Three Youths. Aboat Missing From Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 June 1884 · page 2

YESTERDAY Mrs. Beale, shopkeeper, of Watt-street, reported to Inspector Thorpe that on last Saturday week, the 24th ulto., three young men (one named Augustus…

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FRIGHTFUL Dynamite Outrages. Two Clubs Nearly Destroyed. Bearding the Lion in His Den. the Detective Bureau Wrecked. One Constable Killed, and Twelve Injured. Attempt to Destroy Nelson's Column

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 June 1884 · page 2

LONDON, Sunday.—The dynamiters are busy at work in the metropolis, and terrific explosions occurred last evening at the Junior Carlton Club, Pall Mall, and…

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Fatal Tram Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 June 1884 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—A Mrs. Carruthers met with an accident while alighting from a tram, and died yesterday…

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Serious Accident near Wallsend

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 June 1884 · page 3

A SAD accident is reported from Ledgan Cutting, Cockle Creek, on the railway line. A man named G. Miller was examining some places which had lately been blasted,…

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CABLEGRAMS Fatal Railway Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 June 1884 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday.—A train on the Western Railway ran off the rails near Salisbury, and was precipitated into the river. Five persons were killed, and…

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Shocking Railway Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 June 1884 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Saturday.—Owing to an accident- on the railway works between Nairne and Callington, Robert Willner was struck while busting by a huge rock, and his right…

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Accident to an Actress

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 June 1884 · page 3

PORTLAND, OR., May 10.—Miss Louise Pomeroy, the actress, while playing in "Romeo and Juliet," at the New Market Theatre, fell while returning from the…

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Fatal Accident with a Revolver

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 June 1884 · page 2

LITHGOW, Tuesday.—Mantle, a pedestrian of Lithgow, was accidentally shot dead yesterday while handling a loaded revolver…

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Fatal Accident near Parkes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 June 1884 · page 2

PARKES, Tuesday.—On Saturday evening James Flanagan and William Farrand were felling trees at Flagstone Creek, when a large pinetree fell on both. Farrand escaped…

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Frightful Fatality. a Husband Accidentally Shoots His Young Wife

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 June 1884 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A horrible fatality occurred in Goulburn-street yesterday. A couple named Nicholas, who lived in one of the houses, seemed very happy…

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Man Nearly drowned at loohinvar

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 June 1884 · page 2

LOCHINVAR, Thursday.—A man named John Bogan went to the creek for water to-night and fell in. He was rescued in an unconscious state by constable…

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Railway Accident at Gunnedah

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 June 1884 · page 2

GUNNEDAH, Thursday.—A terrible railway accident occurred here yesterday. A Mrs. Barlow was crossing the line as a train was coming in, and before she could…

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Sad Death by Drowning

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1884 · page 4

CORAKI, Friday.—A farmer named Armstrong, at Coraki, was attempting to rescue his daughter from drowning, yesterday, when both were drowned…

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Mining Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 June 1884 · page 2

CARCOAR, Saturday.—An accident happened on Thursday at the Brown's Creek Gold-mining Co.'s works, Carcoar. A young man, named Cared, and his mate,…

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Two Men Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1884 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—Two navvies named Jones and Stephens, employed on the Cook's River railway, were drowned on Saturday. The latter had rescued the…

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Drowned at Yass

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 June 1884 · page 2

YASS, Tuesday.—A son of Mr. James Knox, of Yass, aged fourteen, has been drowned in the river…

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