Queensland. Steam Boat Collision
A collision occurred on Saturday afternoon between the steamer Barcoo, bound north, and Webster and Company's steam-tug Beaver. The former, with about 100…
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Accidents, 1889
684 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 35
Queensland. Brisbane, Monday Night. the Barcoo-beaver Collision
With reference to the collision between the A U.S.N. Co.'s steamer Barcoo and the pleasure steamer Beaver, it is said that, excepting the temporary scare aboard the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. Serious Railway Accident
A Railway accident occurred at Collingwood station on Sunday afternoon. A passenger train arrived there about 3 o'clock. The engine was shunted off for the purpose of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →South Australia. Adelaide, Wednesday. Drowned in a Flood
Ralph Moss, a well-known mining prospector, was drowned in a flood near Evelecn, Northern Territory. SEED WHEAT AND PARLIAMENT…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident Aboard Ship
YESTERDAY morning a seaman named Harry Larsen fell from the crosstrees of the barque Raven (now lying at the dyke) into the foretop, a distance of about 20 feet, where he lay…
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Three persons injured in the railway accident at Collingwood on Sunday have given notice of claims for compensation for injuries. The board of inquiry appointed has reported,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Northern Territory. Drowning Fatality
Ralph Moss, a much respected resident, was drowned on Friday, while attempting to cross a crook eight miles from Eveleen. The creek was in a very swollen condition through…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fatality at Ferndale Colliery. Fall of Coal
SHORTLY before 7 o'clock yesterday morning an old man named Davies a resident of Wickham, was killed at the Ferndale Colliery. He was as work, when a large quantity of…
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LONDON, Thursday.—A verdict of manslaughter has been returned by the coroner's jury against the captain of the Nereid, in connection with the recent collision in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ferndale Mining Fatality. Inquest and Verdict. Death through Carelessness
THE Coroner, Mr. G. C. Martin, held an inquest yesterday at Cornish's Hotel, Wickham on the body of William Davies, who was killed in the Ferndale Colliery the…
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LONDON, Friday.—The Board of Trade yesterday concluded its inquiry into the collision in the English Channel, on February 3, between the steamer Nereid and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District News. Wallsend. Serious Accident
AN accident happened at the Wallsend colliery on Friday morning to a man named Patrick O'Donnell. It appears that O'Donnell had just gone in to commence work in that part…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Collision
LONDON, Sunday.—An inquiry has been held into the collision which occurred in the English Channel on February 5 between the ship Largo Bay, bound for Auckland, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Australia. Adelaide, Tuesday Night. a Curious Accident
A horse and cart were being backed up against the steamship Warooka this morning at the Commercial Wharf, Port Adelaide when both went overboard and sunk…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Risks. Fatality at Theborehole
A SAD and fatal accident occurred in the A.A. Co's old pit yesterday morning, between 7 and 8 o'clock, when John Rushford, a young married man, lost his life by a fall of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Maitland. ACCIDENT
On Tuesday morning an accident of a very serious nature occurred to a young man named John Clemons, employed at Brewer's sawmills, High-street. He was driving a timber…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners' Risks. Fatality at the Borehole. The Inquest and Verdiet
MR. G. C, MARTIN, coroner, held an inquest yesterday at Tudor's Agricultural Hotel, Hamilton, on the body of John Rushford, who was killed in the Borehole mine the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Playing with a Firearm. a Revolver Accident
EARLY yesterday morning a somewhat peculiar accident occurred at a boarding-house in Wolfe-street. One of the boarders, a youth aged 17 years, named Henry Townsend, was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →South Australia. Boating Fatality
William Jacobs, junior, J. Pillifent, and Peter Ingram, left Franklin Harbour on Wednesday morning. When returning in the afternoon they had a strong head wind to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shooting Fatality. The Recent Revolver Accident. Death of Townsend
THE youth Henry Townsend, who was on Friday last accidentally shot in the abdomen by a Customs officer, and who Was conveyed to the Newcastle Hospital, expired in that…
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