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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1886

406 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 21

Shocking Fatality. a Miner Crushed to Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 March 1886 · page 4

AT mid-day yesterday, a young man named Edward Patterson was working in No. 2 Pit of the A. A. Co.'s mine at Borehole, when a large block of "morgan" and "four…

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Accident at Stockton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 March 1886 · page 4

A MINER named Kaverley, employed working in the Stockton pit, met with a pa[?]nfu accident yesterday morning, about 6 o'clock. It appears that he was just about to…

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Fatality Near the Bogey Hole Sad Case of Drowning

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 March 1886 · page 5

YESTERDAY at about a quarter to 1 o'clock, a sad and fatal accident befel a youth named Robert Downie, the only son of our esteemed citizen, Mr. Matthew Downie, of Wickham…

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PARIS, Thursday. Railway Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 March 1886 · page 5

It is reported that a serious railway collision has occurred near Mentone, whereby 20 persons were killed, many of the number being English…

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Hamilton Colliery Fatality. The Inquest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 March 1886 · page 6

WE reported in our issue of yesterday that a miner named Edward Patterson had died the previous day from the effects of meeting with an…

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Mining Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 March 1886 · page 2

A SAD accident occurred at Mount M'Donald on Tuesday morning by which a young man named John Mullin was killed, and another named…

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Railway Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 March 1886 · page 5

The report that a railway collision had occurred near Mentone is confirmed, but the accounts to hand show the effects of the disaster were overstated, only two persons…

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Accident at the Glebe

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 March 1886 · page 4

YESTERDAY morning a very serious accident occurred to our respected fellow citizen, Mr. Joseph Bowtell. While one of his men was backing a lead of coal on the premises…

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Distressing Fatality. Poisoned by Impure Water

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 March 1886 · page 6

A VERY melancholy occurrence has within the last few days taken place at Tent Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Crane and family all becoming most…

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PARIS, March 11. The Railway Collision in the South of France

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 March 1886 · page 5

The report that a railway collision had occurred near Mentone has been confirmed, but accounts to hand show that the effects of the disaster had been…

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TAMWORTH, Saturday. The Tamworth Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 March 1886 · page 5

The case of the unfortunate girl who was crippled by being knocked over by some runaway trucks on the Tamworth line is being considered by the Minister…

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Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 March 1886 · page 5

A respectably dressed man this afternoon was riding a spirited horse near the Tea Gardens Hotel, Waverley, when the animal became unmanageable, and threw…

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Painful Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 March 1886 · page 5

The steamer Carrington, which conveyed the Governor and the Ministerial party to Manly this morning, was the scene of an unusually painful accident…

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"Fatality."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 March 1886 · page 2

THERE are very few men of my age who cannot recall some strange event or events of their lives, or of the lives of people with whom they have come…

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Fatal Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 March 1886 · page 5

Mr. Hecksher was thrown from his horse at Waverley on Saturday, and died in the hospital to-day…

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Collision at Sea

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 March 1886 · page 5

The iron steamship Oregon, 7375 tons, belonging to the Cunard line, collided with another vessel in the Atlantic, and was sunk. No particulars to hand…

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Supposed Fatal Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 March 1886 · page 5

A man, name unknown, while on a tram returning from Botany this evening fell off the steps and fractured his skull. The doctor says he cannot possibly…

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Accident at Stockton. a Diver Nearly Suflocated

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 March 1886 · page 5

YESTERDAY morning about 11 o'clock, the diver employed at the Stockton sinking pit met with an accident which had it not been discovered in another half minute…

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The Minister for Works in the North. Opening of the Manilla Bridge. Accident to the Party. The Government Policy Foreshadowed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 March 1886 · page 4

LAST night, at 23 minutes to 10 o'clock, the Hen, W.J. Lyne and party returned to Newcastle by special train from their northern trip. It was not generally known…

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Railway Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 March 1886 · page 5

A lineman named Guthrie fell off the platform of the railway at Bowenfels when seeing a passenger off the brake van. His thigh was crushed severely, and he'is…

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