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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1888

256 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 13

Serious Accident at the Bogey-hole

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 December 1888 · page 2

ON Thursday afternoon, about 4 o'clock, Constable Deady met with a serious accident whilst bathing at the Bogey-hole. He had just undressed,…

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Two Colliery Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 December 1888 · page 8

ON Saturday morning a miner named William Haase was taken to the Newcastle Hospital, suffering from injuries received through a fall of…

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Drowning of a Constable

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 December 1888 · page 3

THE body of the late Constable, Edward Devin, Who was lost in the recent boating accident at Double Bay, was found floating near the…

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Awful Collision in the Channel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 December 1888 · page 7

THE Survivors of the crews of the steamer Saxmundham, of Newcastle, and of the Norwegian barque Nor, were landed at Weymouth and…

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A Boy Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 December 1888 · page 7

AN inquest has boon held at Bungarrabee touching the death of a little boy named Edward James Ford, aged four years and five months, who was…

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A Child Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 December 1888 · page 7

THE body of the child of Mr. William Taylor, who was missed from his father's house, the Lookout Hotel, Stockton, on Friday evening last, was…

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Terrible Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 December 1888 · page 6

MISS ROBERTS, of Caddai, near Windsor, recently sustained a dreadful accident. For a considerable time she had been invalided, and was…

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Drowning Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 December 1888 · page 7

A MAN who had boon about Wodonga for some days, fell into the Wodonga Creek and was drowned. He had boon drinking heavily, and, while…

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Accident at the Borehole Pit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 December 1888 · page 3

JOSEPH HART, a miner, met with rather a serious accident yesterday. Dr. Craven was in immediate attendance, and did all he could to relieve his…

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Serious Accident to a Child

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 December 1888 · page 5

THE youngest daughter of Mr. Cameron, Star Inn, Blane-street, met with a serious accident on Saturday last. She was lifting a bottle of disinfecting…

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Alarming Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 December 1888 · page 5

AN alarming accident befel some well-known residents of Vegetable Greek last Tuesday night within a mile of that town. Mr. H. Ezzy, brother of…

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Accident to a Cricketer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 December 1888 · page 5

DURING the cricket match, Greta v. Singleton Rovers, played at Greta on Saturday, a painful accident happened (says the Singleton Argus) to Mr. H…

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Extraordinary Carriage Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 December 1888 · page 5

A FATAL carriage accident recently happened at Bath. Two ladies, Mrs. Horner and Mrs. Baxter, had been making a call at the residence of…

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A Sporting Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 December 1888 · page 7

AT Brisbane two brothers named Harrison were preparing to kill a fowl for dinner when the bird got under the house. One of the brothers…

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Queensland. Brisbane, Friday. Boating Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 December 1888 · page 5

Three men have been drowned by the upsetting of a small punt in this harbour…

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Supposed Drowning of Mr. Pyne, M.p

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 December 1888 · page 11

A DUBLIN correspondent telegraphs:—"Captain Helvennes, of the London and North Western Co.'s steamer The Shamrock, running between…

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Fatal Gun Accident at Stockton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 December 1888 · page 6

A FATAL accident occurred at Stockton on Saturday night to a young man named William Day, who had been employed as a water-baler at the…

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