Collision at Sea
The City of Grafton steamer collided last night in the harbour with a brig, name unknown, coalladen. The steamer, after an hour's detention, proceeded on…
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Accidents, 1886
406 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 21
Terrible Accident at Armidale
OUR Admidale correspondent writes: terrible accident happened to two permanent-way men yesterday. It appears that Ganger Barkwell and one of his men named…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident at the Stockton Coal Mine
A SERIOUS accident, took place yesterday afternoon at the Stockton Co.'s mine, the victim being a young man, 21 years of age, named Alfred Buchli, a resident of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Stockton Accident. William Pinson's Case. Lord and Lady Carrington's Sympathy
THE following correspondence has passed between his Excellency the Governor and the Mayor of Newcastle, with respect to the accident at Stockton, by which William…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coach Accident
The mail coach from Mogil Mogil to Walgett, while crossing the river Barwon at Collarenatin, was swept by the current into a deep hole. The driver, James Bell,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Collision at Sea Between the Namoi and Newcastle
THE Hunter River Company's steamship Namoi (Captain Knowles) arrived here yesterday morning at 8 o'clock, from Sydney, after having been in collision with the Newcastle Company's steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Greta Mining Accident
IN connection with the death, reported in our last issue, of John Sneddon, aged 51 years, who succumbed to injuries received through the explosion of a cartridge while engaged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Stockton Accident
ON inquiring at the Newcastle Hospital at a late hour last night we ascertained that Mr. Pinson, the man who was so suddenly deprived of bout hands the other day, and in whom Lord Carrington and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident to a Jockey
MELBOURNE, Friday.—M'Auliffe, the jockey, employed by Mr. M. Fennelly, met with a serious accident while working Morcean this morning. He was unconscious for some time, but is now…
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IT having been reported that a body was found opposite Mosquito Island, near the Waratah shoots. Water-police Constables Harrison and Barr were immediately…
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Two brothers, named Legge, have been drowned in a waterhole at North Shore, the elder being lost in trying to save the life of his brother…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Capsizing of a Lugger. Twelve Persons Drowned
A larger containing 15 persons, which left Cook-town for Bloomfield, has been capsized during a squall, and only three of those on board were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Accident at Sea. a Man Washed Overboard
CAPTAIN FOSTER, of the barque Sophia R. Luhrs, which arrived here yesterday morning from Wellington, reports having lost a seaman named James Cheyne overboard. On Friday last a strong…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Namoi-Newcastle Collision
At the inquiry into the collision between the Namoi and Newcastle steamers, the Marine Board decided "that the collision was caused through the extreme density of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident to the Waihora
The ,Union Steamship Company's steamer Waihora, Hobart for Melbourne, struck on Swan Is and, Banks Strait, with two hundred passengers on board. No…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Late Collision. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—The recent collision, between the Namoi and Newcastle suggests a few ideas to a landlubber, which may or may not be worth your while to publish…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accidentally Killed. Inquest
On Thursday afternoon a seamen named Joseph Brasi, a carpenter, working on board the Chillian barque Maxinia, was killed instantaneously through falling down the hold…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Accident to the Waihora
There is plenty of water at the place where the Union Company's steamship Waihora is beached on the north-east coast of Tasmania, and the officers of the steamer Southern Cross, which brought the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Riding Accident
James Watson, farmer, while riding a horse in King-street, Newtown, was thrown to the ground by the horse shying, and fell on his head. He was taken to the Prince…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident at Bullock Island
ON Sunday evening between 5 and 6 o'clock a shocking accident happened at Bullock Island to a boy about 9 years of age named Purcell, son of an engine-driver at the…
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