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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents
684 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 35
A LITTLE BOY named Bryant had a wonderful escape from drowning at West Maitland, on Saturday morning, about 10 o'clock. The little fellow who is about seven…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ABOUT 3 o'clock on Monday morning a man named William Reichert, employed by the South Wallsend Coal-mining Company as a sinker at their shaft at Leamington, was the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MR. G. C. MARTIN, coroner, held an inquest yesterday forenoon, at the Primitive Methodist Church, Hexham, on the body of James Campbell, who was found dead on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →AT the Naval Brigade Hotel, Watt street, yesterday afternoon, Mr. G. C. Martin, J.P., hold an inquest on the body of the youth Henry Townsend, who died in the Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A WALLSEND correspondent writes :— "I have no doubt your numerous readers will remember that on last New Year's Day, whilst amateur races were being held at Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The inquiry regarding the death of the boy Sidney Stone, who was drowned while bathing in a dam at Geddes's woolwashing establishment, Waterloo, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The holiday near Hobart on Monday passed off auspiciously except for an accident on the road to the Sorell races. Mr. Pregnall, a well-known…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Tuesday.—The steamer Benefactor during last night collided with and sank the ship Plover off Dungeness…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MR. G. C. MARTIN, J.P., district coroner, held an inquest at Lymington on Tuesday on the body of William Reichert, who was killed on Monday morning in the shaft of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The serious accidents which have occurred to steamers lately in the Canal were referred to the other day as having caused some alarm at home. The Suez Canal Company have been investigating…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →J. O'Leary, bookseller at Cairns, whilst prospecting in the district last, Monday in crossing, creek sustained a compound fracture of the leg. On being brought to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Yesterday afternoon a very painful accident happened to one of our respected citizens, Alderman James Hughes. It appears that when discharging ballast from a vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Melbourne correspondent telegraphs:— "The steamer Taramung, after clearing the river Yarra on Tuesday night, outward bound for Newcastle, ran into the schooner Ocean Rover, lying at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A shocking accident has occurred on the Perth section of the Eastern railway. A man named Wood, whilzt driving a dray over the Lord-street crossing, was run into by a passing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AN accident happened yesterday morning to a miner named Thomas Steel, residing in Pit-town From what could be ascertained, it appeared that the accident occurred through…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE many friends of the family of our esteemed citizen, Mr. R. B. Wallace, will regret to learn that a serious accident has happened to Miss Mary Wallace, in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A SAD case of drowning took place on Saturday afternoon at the Bar. Seven men, who were employed at the sand-drift, after knocking-off work, decided to go for a bathe. This…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SHORTLY before noon on Saturday the firing of a gun from the Fortification Hill created considerable excitement in the city, and many were the conjectures as to what had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE corner, Mr. G. C. Martin, [?] an inquest yesterday, at the Clarendon Hotel, Blane-street, on the body of a man named William Ayres, who was drowned at the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. James Holmes, late of Auckland, and now a resident of Melbourne, is the inventor of a "collision apron," which he claims is a simple but effective device for saving ships after a collision has…
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