Victoria. Found Drowned
An inquest was held on Thursday on the body of a man named James Butters, aged forty-one, who was found drowned in the Yarra River. The jury returned an open…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents
Accidents, 1889
684 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 35
Tasmania. a Boating Fatality
A fatal boating accident happened on the River Derwent on Thursday afternoon. The Rev. Canon Dicker and a young man named Solly, a civil servant, were boating, when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Collision at Sea
LONDON, Thursday.—It has transpired that the steamer which collided with ship Largs Bay, is the Glencoc, a China steamer, with a crew of 54 men, all of whom were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Collision in the Channel
LONDON, Thursday.—It is believed that the vessel which collided with the Largs Bay in the English Channel and sank was the steamer Glencoe, in ballast. There were 52…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Collision in the English Channel
Another serious shipping disaster has occurred in the English Channel. The barque Large Bay, from London, bound to Auckland with a general cargo, came into collision off Beachy Head with a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland. Dreadful Burning Accident
A dreadful burning accident occurred on Thursday morning, resulting in the death of two children and serious injury to another. A woman named Doharty, living at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Mining Accident. Fall Down a Shaft
BROKEN HILL, Monday.—A fatal accident occurred at Block 14 Mine on Sunday morning. A young man named Thomas Bagwell, aged 22, employed as a trucker, was starting…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Another Collision in Port. The Tagliaferro and William Turner
YESTERDAY afternoon, at about 4 o'clock, as the s.s. Tagliaferro was proceeding to a berth at the dyke, she collided with the barque William Turner, loading at No. 7 crane…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Terrible Railway Accident. An Official's Foot Severed. Miraculous Escape from Death
A TERRIBLE accident occurred yesterday on the railway at Honeysuckle Point, when Mr. D. Fitzpatrick, overman at the railway yard, had his foot severed. The nature of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Risks of the Miner. A Batch of Accidents. One Fatality
A SAD and fatal accident took place at Minmi yesterday, whereby a young man, named William Durrant, aged 19 years, was killed. It appears he had a horse attached to a skip,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lambton. ACCIDENT
Yesterday evening, while Mr. Joseph Phippen, storekeeper, and a very old resident of Lambton, was driving his horse, drawing a cartload of melons, &c, up Grainger-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Umbria-iberia Collision
The collision between the famous Cunard "ocean greyhound" Umbria and the French freight steamship Iberia will take its place as one of the most remarkable among the many curion;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Serious Accident
A SERIOUS accident happened to a little boy, on the Newcastle Coal Company's railway line in Lower Church-street, on Saturday afternoon. The little fellow, whose name is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tasmania. Railway Collision
An accident happened on the main line of railway at Brighton station at 10 o'clock on Saturday morning. A special train conveying a number of railway employees to Hobart…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Captain Drowned
QUITE a gloom was cast over shipping circles in Auckland yesterday forenoon (says the New Zealand Herald of the 9th instant), when it became known that Captain Alexander…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australian News. New South Wales. Railway Fatality
A FATAL accident happened on Wednesday to a labourer named Isaac Castle. He was working at Darling Harbour, and was run over by a truck which was being shunted on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →South Australia. Adelaide, Thursday Night. a Strange Fatality
A strange boating accident occurred at Torrens' Lake last night. A man named Usher has designed a craft on the twin principle, consisting of two narrow canoos with a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Australia. Adelaide, Friday Night. the Torrens Lake Fatality
The inquest on the victims of the boating accident on Torrens Lake resulted in a verdict "accidentally drowned," with a rider blaming the corporation authorities for lax…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatality at Burwood. Inquest and Verdict
THE coroner, Mr. G. C. Martin, held an inquest on Saturday night at Taafe's Hotel, Adamstown, on the body of a man named David Reid, 51 years of age, who was run…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Latest Telegrams. South Australia. Adelaide, Sunday Night. Strange Fatality
At the inquest held at Milang yesterday on the body of the young girl, Matilda Holmes, who suddenly left her parents' house last Tuesday, and was found…
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