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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents
684 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 35
A TERRIBLE accident happened at the Redfern Railway Station this morning, whereby a railway porter named Joseph Gordon, aged 30 years, was fatally injured. It seems that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Thursday.—The steamer Polynesian, belonging to the Allan line, came into collision with the steamer Cynthia in the Gulf of St. Lawrence to-day. The Cynthia…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Concerning the collision between the Garonne and Lucinda, Mr. J. G. Anderson, the chairman, at the last annual meeting of the shareholders of the Orient Company, held at London, said:—"I…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A TERRIBLE beating accident occurred on Lake Macquarie on Thursday night, through which a man named Nicholas Alexander is supposed to have lost his life. It…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →YESTERDAY morning about 9 o'clock the body of a man was seen by several people floating in the harbour, near Honeysuckle Point. Constable Rochfort was immediately…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A lad named Cowan accidentally shot his sister in the calf of her leg with a revolver. It is the usual story, he did not know the revolver was loaded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Thursday.—A terrible accident occurred at the Abercorn Mine, Morthyr-Tydvil, to-day. The roof of one of the drives fell in, and 58 miners have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE inquiry into the cause of the death of John Johnston, who was found drowned at Honoysuckle Point on Friday, was held by the coroner, Mr. G. C. Martin, J.P., on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE body of the man Nicholas Alexander Vitch, who was drowned through, the capsizing of a boat on Lake Macquarie on Thursday evening, has not yet been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Saturday.—As Mr. Gladstone was crossing Piccadilly yesterday evening he was knocked down by a hansom cab. He, however, had a marvellous escape, and did…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Yesterday morning, during the fierce gale, the Lord Shaftesbury, which was lying at the cargo wharf, got adrift and collided with the Augusta; but, as far as is ascertained,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The extremely boisterous weather and the heavy sea outside Nobbys caused much inconvenience, as well as considerable risk to those who were endeavouring to enter the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →RUMOURS were flying all round Newcastle yesterday of a terrible accident to the Brisbane express at Muswellbrook, but as usual rumour exaggerated the facts of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In a football match played at Bathurst on Saturday between the University and Bathurst, C. Lydiard, a local player, received a fracture of the skull through colliding with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SYDNEY, Tuesday Night.—Shortly before 1 o'clock yesterday Canterbury was the scene of a sad coaching fatality, which was primarily attributable to the heavy freshet…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MALTA, Monday.—Intelligence has been received that the vessel Surprise collided with the steamship Vesta off the coast of Sicily, near Syracuse. The force of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WINDSOR, Tuesday Night.—There have been heavy rains in this district since Friday last, accompanied by heavy squalls from the south-west. Yesterday afternoon, within an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Monday morning early a goods' train, which passed over Sandy Creek at 3.30 and reported all well, met with a peculiar accident just before reaching Muswellbrook…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The special train left Muswellbrook for the scene of the accident at 8.30, having waited until the Brisbane train was due on the northern side of the wash away. Extra…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The break in the line at Muswellbrook has been already repaired, and trains could pass over it last night…
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