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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1888

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New York, October 10. Fearful Accident in Illinois

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 October 1888 · page 4

Further particulars regarding the accident which took place at Quincy, in the State of Illinois, a day or two ago, when the grand-stand collapsed…

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New York, October 10. Railway Accident in Pennsylvania

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 October 1888 · page 4

A terrible railway accident is reported to have occurred yesterday in the State of Pennsylvania. A heavy excursion train was travelling in two…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Saturday night. Fatal Accident to a Miner

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 October 1888 · page 8

Charles Skillbeck, employed at the Victoria Consols mine, Sandhurst, while descending a ladder, missed his footing and fell to the bottom of the…

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Singular Accident on the Caledonian Railway

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 October 1888 · page 6

AN accident of a serious character occurred lately on the Caledonian railway, about four miles south of Stonehaven, to the goods train which…

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Terrible Railway Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 October 1888 · page 8

TWELVE persons were killed, and forty injured by a shocking railway accident which took place between Blaisy and Lyons. Miss Mariott, of…

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The Late Railway Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 October 1888 · page 5

THE late railway disaster near Cockle Creek, on the West Wallsend railway line, is very nearly remedied. Yesterday morning at 6 o'clock a train left…

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Fatal Collision Near Aberdeen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 October 1888 · page 5

A SERIOUS accident occurred at Kintore, on the Great North of Scotland Railway, thirteen miles from Aberdeen, A heavy goods train from…

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Alarming Accident at Wickham

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 October 1888 · page 5

ABOUT 9 o'clock on Sunday evening a serious accident took place at the residence of Mr. Spoward, Throsby-street, Wickham. Mr. Spoward had…

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One Hundred and Thirty-seven Sailors Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 October 1888 · page 5

A VESSEL arrived at Gloucester, Mass., September 6, from Iceland, reports great destruction among the French fishing fleet on the south coast during…

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Serious Accident at Stockton. Break-down of a Crane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 October 1888 · page 7

ABOUT 10 o'clock yesterday morning, a serious accident happened at Stockton, and it seems almost miraculous, as the saying is, that loss of life did…

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Terrible Accident at Stockton. Fatal Result

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 October 1888 · page 5

SHORTLY before half-past 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon one of the most terrible accidents that has had to be chronicled in this district for a…

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Four Persons Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 October 1888 · page 4

A SAD accident, resulting in the drowning of four people, has occurred at Southland, New Zealand. A contractor, named Andrew…

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Drowned in a Well

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 October 1888 · page 4

A MAGISTERIAL inquiry has been held at the South Sydney Morgue on the death of a woman named Rose Ann Porter, who was found drowned in a…

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Alarming Railway Accident Near Goulburn

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 October 1888 · page 6

A SERIOUS railway accident occurred on Saturday morning, when the second division of a goods train ran into the first division on the Fish…

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The Recent Accident at Stockton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 October 1888 · page 5

AT the Look-out Hotel, Stockton, on Saturday afternoon, Mr. G. C. Martin, district coroner, presided at an inquest held on the body of the child Caroline…

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The Accident to the Czar's Train

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 November 1888 · page 5

Twenty-one persons were killed by the accident to the Czar's train at the Azof railway. The Minister for War, General Vamorski, has been injured…

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Fatal Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 November 1888 · page 11

A MAN named James Paterson met with a shocking death at Auckland Park Colliery, Bishop Auckland, Durham, England. He was employed…

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St. Petersburg, Thursday. Accident to the Czar's Train

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 November 1888 · page 5

An official report has been published regarding the accident to the train by which the Czar, Czarina, and family were travelling to the Caucasus…

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St. Petersburg, Wednesday. the Azof Railway Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 November 1888 · page 5

By the recent railway accident, M. Corki, the Russian Minister for War, was slightly injured…

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The Accident on the Azof Line

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 November 1888 · page 5

A further official report has been published regarding the accident to the train by which the Czar and Czarina were travelling in the Caucasus…

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