Wreck of a Schooner. Twenty Men Drowned
SYDNEY, Monday Night.—The schooner Northern Belle has been wrecked off the Mutlab Banks Group. Four white men and sixteen Kanakas were drowned…
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Accidents, 1889
684 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 35
Alarming Accident
AN accident, which might have resulted far more seriously than it did, occurred at the building of the new Town-hall in High-street, West Maitland, yesterday (Tuesday)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drowning Fatality. a Dangerous Place. to the Editor
SIR,—Referring to the above, which appeared in your edition of Monday, and also your report of the inquest; I find it stated that the men were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Teacher Drowned. A Rowing Fatality. BRISBANE, Wednesday Night
H. C. W. BUSCH, the French master at the Ipswich Grammar School, is supposed to have been drowned in the river last evening. Ho hired a boat in the afternoon, and rowed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drowning Fatality. to the Editor
SIR,—Allow me space enough to contradict the letter which appeared in your issue of yesterday re the above. Your correspondent states that…
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An accident happened at the Wallsend colliery yesterday morning to a minor named John Stevenson, son of Mr. Anthony Stevenson, It appears that the father and son…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Victoria. Accidentally Shot
Alexander Cole, aged 12, a son of the lessee of the Waverley Hotel, Collins-place, and a member of one of the cadet corps, while practising with a rifle at the back yard…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victoria. Melbourne, Friday Night. Fatal Accident
A son of Mr. M'Allen, a publican at Tintalora, was to-day thrown from a horse, which rolled over him. He was terribly crushed, and only lived twenty minutes after…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Torpedo Vessel Lost. Fourteen Persons Drowned
PARIS, Saturday.—News has been received that a French torpedo vessel has been lost in the English Channel. Fourteen of the officers and the crew were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Maitland Building Accident. to the Editor
SIR,âKindly permit me to correct an error which appeared in your report in reference to the recent accident at the Town Hall, now in course of erection in West Maitland. In…
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LONDON, Saturday.—The Dover bench of magistrates have declined to commit Captain Bell, of the steamer Nereid, for trial for manslaughter in connection with the…
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SIR,âIn your issue of yesterday I noticed a letter, signed "A Workman," impugning the accuracy of my report of the late accident at the Town Hall building in course of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Terrible Collision at Sea
LONDON, Tuesday.—News has been received at Lloyd's that the steamer Nisargus in mid-ocean came into collision with the Manile, and that thirty passengers and sailors…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident to Alderman J. S. Rodgers
WHILE out riding yesterday, in the neighbourhood of Tighe's Hill, near the Waratah Company's crossing, Alderman J. S. Rodgers had a nasty fall from his horse. Owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australian News. New South Wales. Coach Accident
AN accident occurred at Bombala on Tuesday afternoon. Two commercial travellers, Mr. E. Booth and Mr. Sterling, of Sydney, were being driven by William Wales down…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Drowning Fatality. Drink Again. Inquest and Verdict
ON Tuesday last information was brought to constable Thompson at Charlestown that a man named George Lupton, 28 years of age, was missing from Burwood Extended, one of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrific Hurricane at Samoa. Appalling Devastation. Ships Wrecked, and Crews Drowned. Heartrending Scenes
ACKLAND, Saturday.—A hurricane of unexanmpled severity occurred on the Samoan coast on the evening of the 16th instant. Every vessel in the harbour of Apia was driven ashore except H.M.S…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District News. Plattsburg. ACCIDENT
AN accident occurred yesterday (Sunday) morning, about 11 a.m., to a little girl about 5 years of age, daughter of our esteemed townsman, Mr. J. T. Atkinson. It appears…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland. Brisbane, Monday Night. Drowning Fatality
Mr. G. T. Thompson, a member of the firm of Smith and Walker, auctioneers, at Townsville, was drowned in the Ross River yesterday whilst duck shooting. He went in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian News. New South Wales. Drowning Fatality
A SAD drowning fatality occurred at Leichhardt on Saturday afternoon. A boy named Ernest Arthur Hill Kelsey left his home for the purpose of fishing in a water-hole at…
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