Wreck of the Tug Ranger. Captain and Engineer Drowned
THE following telegram was posted up at the local telegraph office yesterday:—Arakoon; Feb. 15—Tug Ranger total wreck about four miles north of the S.W. rocks,…
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Accidents, 1887
229 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 12
Collision in Cardigan Bay
PARTICULARS were received in Liverpool on Jan, 3 of the collision off Bardsley Island, Cardigan Bay, between the Liverpool steamer…
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ALMOST immediately after having to report the loss of the tug Rager, another marine casualty takes place. In the instance the steamer Coonanbara, of the Newcastle…
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A MAGISTERIAL enquiry wan held at Biloela by Mr. W. J. Pinhey, J.P., touching the death of Louisa E. Fuller, who met her death by drowning in the Lane Cove River…
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YESTERDAY morning it was reported to Constable Meara, of Carrington, that the dead body of a woman had been discovered near the crossing to the Wickham and…
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The members of the local Marine Board met at their offices on Saturday at noon to give their decision with reference to the recent collision in the harbour between the schooner Scotia and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →District News. Wickham. a Boy Nearly Drowned
About 1 o'clock to-day the people in the vicinity of the G.N. Stores, occupied by Mr. W. Lindus, situated in Hannell-street, Wickham, heard…
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WE regret to learn that a very serious accident occurred on Monday night to Mrs. Phillips, the wife of Captain Phillips, shipping master for the A.A. Company. It…
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YESTERDAY morning Mr. Vindin, coroner, held an inquest at Mrs. Kane's Coffee Palace Hotel, Blane-street, into the circumstances…
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THE Sydney Marine Board gave its decision yesterday morning in the case of the collision between the Emu and Waratah in Sydney Cove, whereby the Waratah was sunk. The…
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A MELANCHOLY death by drowning occurred at Halton on the Allyn River on Friday, morning. Sarah Muddle, aged 14 years, daughter of…
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On Thursday night a fire occurred in a farmer's house near Armidale. Amos Smith and wife were in Armidale at the show, leaving their five children at the farm,…
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A SENSATIONAL robbery from a vessel at the Queen's Wharf, followed by the arrest, escape, and probable drowning of one of the thieves, was reported to the police on…
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ONE of the most frightful railway disasters that has taken place in America occurred at the bridge over the White River, Vermont, at 2…
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YESTERDAY morning Captain James Porter, of the barque Firth of Stronsa, lying alongside No. 13 jetty, Bullock Island, reported to the police that a seaman named John M'Kay,…
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AN inquest was held yesterday evening at the Coffee Place, Hotel, Blane-street, by Mr. G. C. Martin, J. P., the newly appointed coroner for the Newcastle district, into the death of…
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WHILE a man named Augustus Hendrickson was fishing from the Queen's wharf, near the berthing place of the Sydney's steamer yesterday evening about 5 o'clock, he…
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ONE more death by drowning in the harbour took place on Saturday afternoon. It appears that a boy named Percy Harris was sent up from Gosford to this city, where his brother,…
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THE district coroner, Mr. G. O. Martin, J.P., held an inquiry at the Coffee Palace Hotel, Blane-street, yesterday morning, on the body of Percy Harris,…
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THE police authorities have been notified of the death by drowning of a little child, about three years old, son of Mr. Kirkley, of Hamilton Commonage. It appears that the…
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