Miners' Risks. Accident at the Glebe Pit
A MINER named John Hughes, residing on the Broadmeadow, was seriously injured by a fall of coal in the A. A. Company's Glebe pit on Monday morning. The unfortunate…
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Accidents, 1889
684 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 35
The Eurimbla-kurrara Collision
The Sydney Marine Board met on Tuesday to inquire into the collision between the S.S. Kurrara, owned by the Osborne Wallsend Coal Company, Wollongong, and the A.U.S.N. Company's S.S…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Narrow Escape from Drowning. Fall into a Tank. Rescued from Death
YESTERDAY morning, about 7 o'clock, a sad accident occurred on the Waratah Commonage, near the Government quarry, when Mrs. W. Davis, a young married woman, while…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Terrible Accident. a Fall of 73 Feet. a Ghastly Discovery. Inquest to be Held
YESTERDAY afternoon, when two miners, named George Williams and Wm. Harrison, were coming along the rocks by the ladies' baths, they were horrified by the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Miners' Risks. Blasting Accident at Teralba
Yesterday, about mid-day, a miner named John Smith, at Teralba, met with an ac[?]t while blasting in the mine. He was putting in a charge, when it suddenly exploded, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →South Australia. Adelaide, Thursday Night. Accident to the Governor
While stepping on board a steam launch at the Semaphore on Thursday, to pay a visit to H.M.S. Orlando, Lord Kintore, the Governor, who was in the uniform of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident to the Brisbane Train. Run Off the Line. The Driver Seriously Hurt. ARMIDALE
THE mail train from Brisbane ran off the line to-day at the Black Mountain station. The cause of the accident has not come to hand. The engine and two carriages ran off…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Queensland. Brisbane, Friday Night. Drowning Fatalities
Alfred Power, a telegraph-line repairer, Mrs. Wilkinson, wife of the lighthouse-keeper at Bustard Head, and Miss Gibson, were drowned at Pancake Creek, through the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Railway Accident. Excitement in Melbourne. Twelve Persons Injured. MELBOURNE, Friday Night
ANOTHER railway accident occurred this afternoon between Williamstown and Melbourne. When the train was slowing down near North Melbourne the axle of one of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fall from the Cliffs. The Inquest. Accidental Death
THE inquiry into the cause of death of James Auckland Builiff, whose body was found lying at the foot of the cliffs above the ladies' baths on Thursday afternoon, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Australia. Adelaide, Friday Night. Fatal Railway Accident
An accident occurred on the Northern line this morning, between Roseworthy and Wasley's Three permanent way men who were going to work on a trolly were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Terrible Fatality. a Fall Down Stairs. Inquest to be Held
A TERRIBLE fatality occurred at the residence of Mr. Hugh Walker, at the corner of Denison and Lawson streets, Hamilton, on Saturday evening, when an aged lady named…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New Zealand. a Seaman Drowned
During the voyage of the Circe, from Newcastle to the Bluff, a seaman named Christian Kissler fell from aloft, and was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fall of Scaffolding. a Shocking Fatality. One Man Killed. Two Others Injured. A Fall of 50 Feet. SYDNEY, Monday Night
SHORTLY before 2 o'clock to-day a terrible accident happened at the building in course of erection in Clarence-street, for Messrs. Robert Harper and Co., the celebrated flour…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Victoria. Melbourne, Monday Night. a Terrible Accident
A dreadful accident occurred to-day. Andrew Nelson was engaged feeding a chaff-cutter, when his left hand was caught between the rollers. The hand was torn…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident to a Cabinet Minister. a Miracuious Escape. BRISBANE, Monday Night
AN alarming accident happened yesterday morning to the Hon. A. J. Thynne, Minister of Justice, when leaving St. Stephen's Cathedral. The horse attached to his carriage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shocking Steamboat Collision. Twenty Persons Drowned
LONDON, Tuesday.—A collision occurred in the English Channel last night, between the steamer German Emperor, from Bilbao, and the steamer Beresford, from Bombay. The…
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LONDON, Wednesday—This morning the steamer Beresford arrived at Gravesend, with most of the passengers and crew of the German Emperor. The loss of life on board the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Wednesday Night. Omnibus Collision
Shortly before noon to-day two 'buses collided at the intersection of George and Liverpool streets. One passenger named Herbert Jones jumped, breaking his ankle, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland. Brisbane, Thursday Night. Sad Cart Fatality
A drayman named Brett was jerked from the shaft of a dray bringing a heavy load to Charters Towers on Monday, and the wheel passed over his body, killing him instantly…
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