A Seaman Drowned
Captain O. E. Chapman, of the American ship Alameda, reports that on June 5th, 1888, C. Brown a seaman, fell overboard while furling the outer jib. There was a moderate gale, with squally…
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Accidents, 1888
256 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 13
Collision in the Harbour
AT about half-past 9 o'clock last night, as the steamer Nemesis, from Melbourne, was proceeding up the north channel, she collided with the ship Galatea, which had only a few…
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IN the report of the above collision appearing in yesterday's issue it was stated that the extent of the damage done to the vessel's hull below the covering plates could not be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. Melbourne, Saturday night. Mining Accident
A man named John Dewar was instantaneously killed, and another named Harris has been seriously injured, in a blasting accident at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Monday. Railway Collision
A BALLAST train ran into a passenger train at Lake Bathurst platform, Cooma branch line. The passengers, on seeing the ballast train coming,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Floods in Mexico.—one Thousand Persons Drowned
Disastrous floods suddenly attacked Leon and Siloo, towns in Mexico, during the night. The houses fell and buried the sleepers. A thousand…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Accident at Stanthorpe
THE Toowoomba Chronicle records a sad accident as follows:—In reference to the late melancholy and fatal accident through a gunshot, on the Severn…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Accident at Lambton Colliery
JOHN JUKES, a young miner, was seriously injured at the above colliery yesterday. Whilst holeing in a lying position a mass of coal fell over from what is termed a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Ship Star of Greece. Four of the Crew Drowned
THE telegraphic shipping board yesterday at the local office contained the announcement that the ship Star of Greece had sailed from Adelaide the previous day for London, but a…
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ADELAIDE, Saturday.âFull particulars were received this morning from Port Willunga that the wreck of the Star of Greece is one of the most terrible…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victoria. Melbourne, Saturday night. Fatal Accident
Constable Fitzgibbons, of Geelong West police force, fell off a temporary bridge over the new subway works on the railway, and was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Supposed Case of Drowning at Lake Macquarie
SWANSEA, Monday.—A supposed case of drowning has occurred here. A young man named Thomas Tyrell, one of the crew of the Government…
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ON a recent Sunday afternoon, five lads, aged all round about fourteen years, left Belfast (Ireland) in a small boat and rowed down Belfast Lough…
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A SAD case of death of drowning occurred near Dunmore Bridge, on the Paterson River, yesterday (Friday). The drogher Anna Maria was taking in hay, when one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Accident to Mr. Denis Driscoll
IT will be learned with general regret that a somewhat serious accident occurred to Mr. Denis Driscoll, the popular traveller for Messrs. J. T. and J. Toohey, at his residence…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Thursday. Fatal Accident
MR. WM. BRIANT, son of Mr. Richard Briant, was thrown from a butcher's cart owing to the vehicle skidding along the tram line. He was taken…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident at Lambton Colliery
AN accident occurred in straight-down flat at the above colliery, yesterday morning, to Thomas Long, miner. He was holing, when a large mass of coal from a grey-back came…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Accident to the Steamer Maranoa
AT the time of the recent accident to the A.U.S.N. Co.'s steamship Maranoa, Mr. Frederic Maccabe was a passenger, and has supplied a representative of this journal with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shocking Railway Collision in Scotland
SHORTLY before noon recently an accident occurred to the express train from Glasgow to Edinburgh. When near Bonnybridge Station a goods train was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident While Firing a Salute
As Bombadier M'Kenzie was engaged in reloading a gun in the salute on the occasion of the Governor leaving the Exhibition, the charge from some…
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