Drowned in the Harbour
A MELANCHOLY occurrence took place in the harbour on Friday night shortly after the steamer Newcastle left the wharf upon a trip to Sydney. A man,…
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Accidents, 1888
256 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 13
Disastrous Collision in the English Channel. Loss of 130 Lives
ONE of the most appalling collisions which have boon recorded since the loss of the ill-fated Northfleet of Dungeness, on January 22, 1873, when…
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With regard to the accident which happened at Randwick races, on Monday, the Daily Telegraph says:—It was most unfortunate that the racing was not got through…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Boating Accident at Peat's Ferry
A FATAL boating accident occurred on the Hawkesbury River, near Peat's Ferry, on Sunday last. Charles Henry Coleman, a foreman in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Drowning in the Harbour. The Adjourned Inquest
THE inquest upon the body of Samuel William Cole, found in the harbour on Saturday morning last, which was adjourned from Saturday, was…
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AN accident, causing serious injury, occurred yesterday morning to an old man named Robert King, employed to look after the Market-street railway gates. As he was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Extraordinary Colliery Accident
A COLLIERY accident happened at Abernant, Aberdare, resulting in the entombment of 340 men. The winding gear broke, with the result that an…
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A young man named George Arnott was accidentally drowned while crossing the Clarence at Dolmorton on horseback…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Frightful Railway Accident in America. Passengers Crushed, Burned, and Frozen to Death
A frightful railway accident occurred in America yesterday, through a goods train colliding with a passenger train near Wyoming,…
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The Medical and Surgical Reporter states: "At a meeting of the last Congress of German scientists this subject was discussed, and Dr. H…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Plattsburg. Death by Drowning
An inquest was held on Saturday morning before Mr. G. C. Martin, J.P., Coroner, at Mr. Alex. Frew's Hotel, Devon-street, Plattsburg, touching the death of Thomas Murray,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fog and Collision
Owing to the dense fog which has veiled the whole of Great Britain for two days past, a serious collision occurred this morning on the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Fatal Mining Accident at Ballarat. a Man Smothered by Foul Air
THE correspondent of the Melbourne Age writes from Ballarat on Friday:—This morning, about 8 o'clock, a young man, aged 28 years, named William Harrison, lost his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Wednesday. Fatal Accident
MR. HARRY LOSTE BROWN, surveyor, residing at Summerhill, in endeavouring to step from one railway car to another near Petersham, fell between…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dreadful Railway Accident in Sydney
LAST evening, as Mr. H. O. Brown, thirty-two years of age, residing in Lackey-street, Summer Hill, surveyor, was travelling to Summer Hill by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Buggy Accidents
ABOUT a quarter to 7 o'clock last night, as the Rev. Father O'Gough was driving a buggy and two horses down Tyrrel-street, the brake of the vehicle refused to act, the…
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The Admiralty has held a court of inquiry into the circumstances attending the collision which occurred about 12 months ago off Wollongong, between the ships Angerona,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatality at the Newcastle Gasworks
A SHOCKING fatality, the particulars of which may be gleaned from the report of the inquest (appended below), occurred at the Newcastle gasworks yesterday morning. A man…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision in the Bristol Channel
A collision has occurred in the Bristol Channel between the ship Celtic Chief, bound for Albany, Western Australia, and a German…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. Melbourne, Wednesday. Fatal Accident
While some members of the Hamilton Rifle Club were practising, on Tuesday, Marker C. M. Lewis was accidentally shot. The mishap was…
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