A Eculiar Accident
AT about a quarter to 2 o'clock on Saturday afternoon Mrs. Brown, of Bolton street, brought her little, daughter, Mary Theresa, to Drs. Ashe and Beeston in a choking…
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Accidents, 1886
406 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 21
Accident From the Bursting of a Gun
A YOUNG man named Vidis[?]n, was brought to the Newcastle Hospital last evening, suffering from severe injuries inflicted by the bursting of a gun while he was out…
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The body of James Gibson, an employee at the gas works, has been found in the harbour…
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THE long-expected final report of her Majestys Commissioners appointed to inquire into accidents in mines-has at last been published, together with a…
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Robert Mayburyg late an inmate of the Benevolent Asylum, has been found drowned in the city baths…
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MR. WILLIAM SIVEL, Son of Mr. James Sivel, the well-known stock buyer of Murrurundi, met with a bad accident on Monday last. While out on a shooting excursion…
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Samuel Waterfield, Bulli Colliery, has been killed by a fall of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Australian Cricketers. Accident to Spofforth
Spofforth, while practising to-day, met with a severe accident, by which he dislocated the third finger of his right hand. The injury is of such a character…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Recent Shooting Fatality. the Inquest
IN our issue of yesterday we reported that a young man named William Pealing, residing at the house of Mrs. Holmes, at Wickham, had shot…
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The body of a man unknown, about 30 years of age, and dressed in tack coat, with watch and chain, has been found in the harbour…
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A collision has occurred in the Suez Canal between the British India Company's steamer Merkera and the Russian steamship Katsarhano. The latter was…
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The body of a young man, Samuel Thomas Simpson, aged 23, has been found at Granville railway station, terribly mangled…
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The man found drowned in the harbour has been identified as Frank Holm, seaman on the schooner Morning Light…
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The body of a girl, aged 20, has been found drowned in the harbour…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Allandale Railway Accident. The Court of Enquiry
A COURT of Enquiry, consisting of Messrs. George Bewick (District England), Thomas Boag (Locomotive Superintendent), and John Higgs, (Traffic Manager), held its first…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Tuesday. Shipping Accident
A carpenter of the steamer Energia, while going on board intoxicated, fell from the ship's side into the water and was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Wednesday. Found Drowned
AN old named Michael Merriman, lately out of gaol, has been found dead in the harbour…
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WE regret to learn from Kempsey of a casualty which occurred to a well-known and much-respected colonist, which has resulted in his death. Mr. Finlay Kerr, of…
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A fatal accident took place at a new building in Sussex-street by the giving way of some scaffolding. Four plasterers, James Dickey, John M'Gregor, James…
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A railway accident has occurred near Hazelbrook Station, Blue Mountains, through the breakage of the axle of one of the coal waggons. The train, except the…
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