Revolver Accident
YESTERDAY afternoon a peculiar accident happened to a son of Mr Kirkaldy, of the Hunter Kiver Hotel. The lad, who is about fourteen years of age, was in company…
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Accidents, 1886
406 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 21
The Accident to the Waihora
The T.S.N. Company's steamer Southern Cross with the passengers from the Waihora, stranded at Swan Island, reached the south wharf about 9 o'clock. As it was late at night when the Southern…
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On the arrival of the barque Blanche from Melbourne yesterday morning Captain Halliday reported that he had been in collision with a barque the previous light at about 7.30 o'clock, some miles…
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The body of a man unknown, about 20 years of age, has been found at the railway near Eveleigh, close by the station, frightfully mutilated, the head being nearly…
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ON Wednesday night about 7.30 o'clock what might have resulted in a side case of drowning bad it not been that assistance was at band occurred at St[?]ev[?]on. A…
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A middle-aged man whose name was not ascertained was admitted at a late hour last night into the Sydney Hospital, suffering from the effects of a fall from a buggy, the…
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Three sailors belonging to the steamer Austral took boat for Manly on Sunday, and have not again been seen since leaving Manly. It is supposed they were drowned…
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The schooner Glossarial foundered of Manning Heads. The crow were saved,…
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A man, name unknown, fell into the harbour to-day, and was drowned…
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The body of John Norby, missing from Mount Kembla, has been found in the harbour. Another man, name unknown, fell into…
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An inquiry was commenced yesterday afternoon at the offices of the local Marine Board into the circumstances attending the collision which took place on the night of February 24th between the…
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A miner named George Breach, of Braidwood, has been killed by a fall of earth…
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The South Australian Register of February 25 says:—Mr. Walter Giffen, the well-known cricketer, met with an unfortunate accident at the Brompton Gasworks. Giffen, who is an employee at the works,…
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An unfortunate accident, resulting in the death of a jockey named M'Dowell, occurred at yesterday's meeting of the Sydney Driving Park Club. M'Dowell, who…
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The bodies of three men drowned from the Austral have not yet been recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Delphine Melanie Collision Marine Board Decision
THE Marino Board met at the local offices yesterday morning, and after some deliberation gave its decision in connection with the recent collision at sea between the barques Blanche and Delphine…
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The boiler of the steamer Mararo[?] exploded at Honolulu, killing two firemen and scalding several others…
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A seaman named John Crane fell from the ship Amoy into the harbour and was drowned…
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A room in the employ of Dr. Crometin at Casino, named Phillip Harrison Stevens, was drowned while watering his horse yesterday. The body was recovered…
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A boy named Greenwood, aged 12, was playing with a gun at Rookwood and shot a little girl named Matthews, aged two years. Death was instantaneous…
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