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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents
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THE district coroner (Mr. G. C. Martin) held an inquest yesterday forenoon at the Lookout Hotel, Stockton, into the circumstances surrounding the death…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →TELEGRAMS received from Port Darwin announce the occurrence of a railway accident of a most alarming character near that place on Wednesday last. According to a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE body of Richard Grace, one of the victims of the Shaw's Reef mining accident at Maryborough, was recovered on Monday morning at the 325ft level. The body had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE cause of the mishap to the seronant Bartholomew, has been satisfactorily discovered. It is, of course, evident that the parachute, previous to its opening and thus…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A SAD and fatal accident occurred to day (New Year's Day), near the residence of Mr. J. W. Brooks, whereby Mr. Hart Couch, a resident of Minmi, met his death. It appears…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Port Adelaide on Tuesday was the scene of the annual regatta, the success of which was marred by the drowning of a young man named Henry Scott, who was sailing the yacht…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE cause of the mishap to the aëronant Bartholomew has been satisfactorily discovered. It is, of course, evident that the parachute, previous to its opening and thus…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miss GOLDING, the oldest daughter of Mrs. Golding, hostess of the Albert Victor Hotel, met with an accident on Tuesday morning at Belmont Lake Macquarie. It appears that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ADELAIDE.—A dreadful accident happened on the Belair-road, near Adelaide, late on Monday night, to a portion of a party of picnickers, employees of Marshall and Co.,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MELBOURNE.—A collision occurred shortly after midnight on Wednesday morning, between the inward bound steamer Hauroto, from [?]ji, and the ship King Arthur, from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE cause of the mishap to the aeronant Bartholomew has been satisfactorily discovered. It is, of course, evident that the parachute, previous to its opening and thus…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, Wednesday.—It has now been discovered that the railway accident which occurred near Borki, on the Azoff Railway, in which the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On New Year's morning, Mrs. Butts, wife of Alderman G. Butts, met with, a severe accident, She had poured same kerosene on the coals in the stove, but, as it did not light,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The body of a man named William M'Cann was found on the railway line near Gatton, Ipswich, on Saturday last. He had been imbibing pretty freely on the journey…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ABOUT half-past 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon an able seaman named John M'Intosh, belonging to the ship Bannockburn, which is lying in the horseshoe, proceeded on board…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ON Sunday last, shortly before 1 o'clock, a boy, about fourteen years of age, but whose name has not transpired, had a narrow escape from drowning at the Fortification…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A son of Mr. Park, manager of the A.J.S. Bank at Bowen, aged 17, who was spending the holidays at Nundah, was drowned in a dam there yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Monday.—The Rev. C. H. Spurgeon the eminent divine, has been seriously injured by a fall. Later.—The accident to the Rev. C. H…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Monday Night.—The Princess Helene of Russia had a miraculous escape from death yesterday. She was being driven in a sledge along the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →HENRY WOODERSON, 20 years of age, son of Mr. J. R. Wooderson, of Stockton, met with a serious accident yesterday morning, shortly after breakfast, on board the ship Hengist,…
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