Miners' Risks. Accident at Minmi
AN accidens of a very severe nature occurred at Minmi yesterday morning in what is known as No. 4 Tunnel, whereby Mr. John Brown got his leg broken and a very nasty out on the…
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Accidents, 1889
684 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 35
Drowning Fatality at Plattsburg. Inquest and Verdict
AN inquest was held yesterday morning (before Mr. G. C. Martin, J.P., District Coroner), touching the death of Beddyg Thomas, daughter of David Thomas,…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—Fuller intelligence relative to the railway disaster in Canada, states that the wrecked train was carrying 150 excursionists who were proceeding to…
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YESTERDAY afternoon a sad accident occurred in Hunter-street west, near the Royal Hotel. A child, aged 5 years, the son of Mr. Robert Shaw, was run over by cart. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland. Brisbane, Thursday Night. a Captain and Two Seamen Drowned
A sad accident took place at Cairns on Tuesday night. The captain of H.M.S. Lark and two seamen were drowned at eleven o'clock. The captain was going aboard in the…
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While the steamer Balmain was slewing round in the Brisbane River on Wednesday, the steamer Glanworth being just behind her, she collided with the schooner May Queen, which was lying at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Darby-street Fatality. Crushed by a Cart. Inquest and Verdict
MR. G. C. MARTIN, District Coroner, held an inquest yesterday forenoon at the Clarendon Hotel, Blane-street, on the body of Hubert Goodwin Shaw, five years of age,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Shooting Fatality. a Boy Killed. "Watch me Shoot Him !" SYDNEY, Friday Night
SHORTLY before 2 o'clock to-day the residents of Liverpool-street the surrounding Ferrier's self-raising flour factory were thrown into a state of intense excitement by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest District News. Carrington. ACCIDENT
ON Friday last Alderman Morison, of the firm of Morison and Bearby, received a very severe injury to his right hand, which will incapacitate him from making use of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Serious Railway Accident. Subsidence of an Embankment. a Scene of Wild Confusion. Six Persons Injured. SYDNEY, Monday Night
A VERY serious railway accident occurred at a quarter to 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon about seven miles from Narandera, on the Jerilderie Extension. The No. 1 down…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners' Risks. Accident at Burwood
A YOUNG man named Fredrick Connor met with a serious accident yesterday forenoon in the Burwood Colliery. His general occupation is filling small coal in the mine, but he…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →John Davies's Defence. Letter to Parkes. He Twists and Tarns. An Injured Man !!!
THE following epistle by the Hon. John Davies accompanies the report:— "The Honourable Sir Henry Parkes, G.C.M.G., Colonial Secretary.—Sir,—With your usual sense…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Railway Accident at Wickham. A Young Lad Mutilated
IMMEDIATELY after the 6.30 train from Singleton passed the up one at the railway crossing, Wickham, last evening, the gate-keeper was surprised to see an object on the…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—A collision has occurred off the coast of Portugal between the steamer John Williamson and another vessel. The John Williamson sank; but…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wickham Railway Fatality. Inquest and Verdict
AT Cornish's Hotel, Wickham, yesterday, Mr. G. C. Martin, J.P., district coroner, held an inquest on the body of a boy named John Mulhearn, who was found dead on the…
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When the 8.40 p.m. train from Frankston to Mornington Junction arrived at the junction on Wednesday night the guard and porter shunted some trucks on to a side line…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Another Railway Accident. A Shunter has his Leg Lacerated
While a shunter named Thomas Delaney was engaged in removing trucks at the A.A. Company's coal shoots-yesterday morning, he somehow fell between the waggons, severely…
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LONDON, Friday.—A telegram has been received from New York, reporting that, near Michigan, at a point where a tramway crosses the railway line, a collision occurred between…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sad Drowning Fatality. An Accident at Maitland
A BRIGHT little boy, about 18 months old, the grandson of Mr. James Mayo, the popular trainer of Locksley, Cardigan, Stockwell, and other well-known racers, came…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victoria. Accidents to Railway Servants
The return of causalties to railway employés between 1879 and 1889 showed that 8 were killed and 101 injured from causes beyond their own control; 126 were killed…
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