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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents
256 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 13
As the 7 o'clock train from Newcastle was proceeding towards Maitland, just after passing over what is called the Four mile bridge, two miles from East Maitland, the driver of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →AN inquest, conducted by the district coroner, Mr. G. C. Martin, J.P., was held at the Naval Brigade Hotel, Watt-street, last night, into the particulars in connection with the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ON Wednesday afternoon (says the S. M. Herald) the dead body of a young man named David Borthwick was discovered in a semi-upright condition, the head being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A contractor's engine, with several trucks, went over the line on the new railway from Mucklah to Cobram, Victoria. Mr. Monie, one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MR. G. C. MARTIN, J.P., District Coroner, held an inquest on Saturday forenoon at the Coffee Palace, touching the death of Henry Young, who…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ANOTHER fatal accident has occurred at the Strathfield railway station. A fettler named Henry O'Grady, 42 years, had just finished inspecting his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Tuesday.—The American barque Rebacca Crowell, 557 tons, from Auckland February 11, has arrived at New York in a crippled condition, having been in collision with another vessel and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A SERIOUS accident occurred at the Newcastle Gas and Coke Company's Works, Honeysuckle Point, yesterday morning. Since December last a Melbourne firm of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE very many friends of Mr. Richard Hall, senior partner in the firm of Messrs. R. Hall and Sons, of Scott-street, will regret to hear that he met with a somewhat severe accident…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE other week a young gentleman named Palmer, who was on a visit to the Manning for change of air, went for a swim, but was scarcely in the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A. Bannerman, of the Australian team, has injured his knee, and is unable to play…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A SHOCKING colliery accident occurred on April 6, at the Douglas Bank Colliery, Wigan, belonging to the Rosa Bridge Colliery Company. Hitherto…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The roofing of the Royal Theatre, Berlin, collapsed during repair, burying forty workmen, six of whom were taken out dead…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A dreadful blasting accident occurred at Hidden Treasure Mine, Charters Towers, by which one miner named Leonard Wilson had his leg…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ON Saturday afternoon, during the match between the Fitzroy footballers and the Northern team, and when excitement was highest among the spectators, an unfortunate…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A fatal mining accident has happened at Johnston's gold mines, Vic. James Trembath, while ascending a shaft, after firing a charge, fell off a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News has been received of a fearful railway accident at Tampico, one of the chief seaport towns in Mexico. A train ran off the rails and was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →JULES ALEXANDRE LANSON a Frenchman, who was admitted into the Sydney Hospital, suffering from injuries to the spine, is dead…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A SAD occurrence, says the Sydney Morning Herald's correspondent, happened at Geelong on Saturday afternoon. Charles Olsen and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A COLLISION occurred between the sailing vessel Smyrna and the steamer Moto, off the Dorset coast, on the morning of April 28, and twelve of…
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