Accident to Mr. Spurgeon
LONDON, Tuesday.—The Rev. C. H. Spurgeon has fallen downstairs, and has received a great shock to the system…
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Accidents, 1889
684 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 35
Accidents in Mines. Death and Disease Underground. Evils and their Cure
A VERY valuable and elaborate work on accidents in mines in the North Staffordshire coalfield, arising from fall of roof and sides, their causes, and the moans of diminishing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE S.S. FIJIAN. Her Accident and Repair
IN a letter published in our issue of yesterday, Captain French, of the S S. Fijian, took exception to certain statements appearing in our report, on the state of that vessel when…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Maitland. Serious Accident
A serious and fatal accident occurred on Friday afternoon. About 4 o'clock Mr. John Bowden was riding on the Louth Park-road, and Mr. T. Avison was riding some…
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It appears the boy Besant, who was badly hurt last Thursday by a fall off a tree, went up a tree after a bird's nest. When about 40 feet high he lost his balance and fell to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. Collision at Geelong
A collision between two goods trains occurred on Saturday morning at Geelong. A driver was shunting a train of 26 trucks, sheep laden, when a goods train from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →South Australia. Shocking Rocket Accident
A dreadful accident took place at Larges Pier on Saturday afternoon. The Torpedo Corps and Naval Reserve were practising with the rocket apparatus on the end of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alarming Accident
ON Sunday afternoon Mr. Alfred Thompson, of this city, and a young lady, with whom he was driving towards Hamilton, met with a rather serious accident. The horse became…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burwood. ACCIDENT
On Friday last a minor named Robert Brooks, whilst passing through the first tunnel of the Burwood Colliery, saw an engine approaching, and as there was no way of…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—A terrible collision is reported from New York. A passenger train and a goods train collided on the New York and Ohio railroad. Eight passengers were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Accident in South Australia. "Jump for your Lives."
THE Adelaide train was delayed at Farina till 7.30 on Sunday evening. A strong wind was blowing from the south. The Adelaide train started, and when it had travelled two…
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A BUTCHER, named W. B. Talbot, while coming from a slaughter-yard near Adamstown, on Monday evening, was thrown from the cart, the wheel of which passed over his…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Accident to the S.s. Burwah
In connection with the break-down of the Burwah's machinery, "An Old Marine Engineer" writes to the S. M. Herald, expressing surprise at the inability of the engineers on board to work the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hamilton. ACCIDENT
A miner named John Davidson, residing on the Hamilton Commonage, was injured in the A.A. Company's mine, on Tuesday, by a fall of coal. His ankle, was badly crushed, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →District News. Wallsend. ACCIDENT
AN accident that might have been attended with serious results occurred to-day at the Wallsend Colliery to an old and highly- respected Colliery to an old and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An Australian Drowned
LONDON, Friday.—An Adelaide gentleman, named Sydney Holder, is reported to have been drowned through the wrecking of a vessel called…
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THE Francis Ormond mine, at Chowton, in which two miners named Dennis and O'Connor were drowned during the floods on New Year's Day, has not yet been pumped out,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Victoria. Terrible Mining Accident
A shocking accident occurred on Friday morning to one of the oldest resident of the M'Ivor goldfield. It appears that James Moriarty, with two sons, was quartz-reefing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →District News. Burwood. ACCIDENT
An accident that might have been attended with very serious results occurred on Saturday afternoon, at about 2 o'clock, at the Old Racecourse. It appears that the Burwood…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident to the S.s. Rodondo
The Rodondo, s, belonging no Messrs. W. Howard Smith and Sons, Limited, mat with an accident on her passage from here to Sydney last Monday, having broken her propeller shaft. In answer to…
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