Serious Accident at Lambton
LATE on Monday night a man named Fred. Rosie, had a very narrow escape of losing his life. It appears he was working at the bottom of a Government shaf, when…
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Accidents, 1884
479 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 24
Found Drowned
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The body of a man name unknown, has been found in the harbour…
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YESTERDAY afternoon a fatal accident happened to a well-known railway employee at Werris' Creek Junction. The deceased, William Tooze, had for years past been a well-known guard of the goods trains,…
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GULGONG, Saturday.—An old man, named Charles Gates, of Goodman Creek, was killed yesterday through his horses bolting. He was driving out of Gulgong,…
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ON Saturday afternoon a lad named Dawson, horse driver at No. 2 crane, Bullock Island, met with a serious mishap while coupling on some empty waggons. The…
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WALGETT, Monday.—Alexander M'Kay bookkeeper at Bullamoon station, was drowned in the Barwon at Mungindi on Friday, he having walked into the river…
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LONDON, Monday.—A collision occurred this morning between the steamship Dione, 422 tons, belonging to the Tees Union Company, and the steamer…
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A SHOCKING accident occurred on the T.S.N. Co.'s s.s. Corinna, at the Dyke yesterday. A man named Williams, by some means fell down the hold and fractured his skull…
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GUNNING, Thursday.—Yesterday a railway porter named Brett, who was jumping off the engine of a goods train at Gunning, going at the rate of two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Correspondence the Fatal Accident at Bullock Island. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate)
Sir,—In looking over your issue of the (6th inst., my attention was drawn to the inquest upon the body of unfortunate young man, C. T. H. Dawson, who met with an accident on Bullock Island, which…
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News came to hand yesterday afternoon of a very serious and unfortunate collision which had taken place during the previous night between two fine and well known coasting steamers, the…
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SIR,—Seeing in last Thursday's issue of your paper on account of the accident which happened on board the ship Moonta, on Wednesday, August 6th, I wish to state if you will kindly give me space,…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—In the collision off Bradley's on Saturday at midnight between the steamers Birksgate and Barrabool, there were no fatal results. The…
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PARRAMATTA, Monday.—An elderly woman named Leiman was walking on the line near Parramatta yesterday when she was knocked down by a goods train…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The inquiry into the cause of the collision between the s.s. Birksgate and s.s. Barrabool commences to-day…
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The following abridged account of the above collision is from the S. M. Herald of Monday:—One of the most serious collisions that has taken place in the harbour for a long time past occurred…
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A LAD named Hughes, yesterday, whilst spragging ballast waggon at No. 4 dyke ballast jetty, had one of his fingers cut off by getting it jammed between the sprag and the wheel. On Monday…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Marine Board sat all day yesterday hearing evidence of the collision between the Barrabool and Birksgate. The statements are all very…
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A FRIGHTFUL accident occurred on Monday in Townsend-street, Albury, to a workman engaged in a large new store, which is being erected for Messrs. T. H. Mate and Co. The…
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The Sydney Marine Board held a special meeting on Wednesday in connection with the recent collisions between the steamers Barrabool and Birksgate, off Bradley's Read, in Port Jackson, at…
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