Another Channel Collision
LONDON, Sunday.—A collision took place in the Straits of Dover on Friday night between the mailboat running between Ostend and Dover and a Belgian steamer. The mail…
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Accidents, 1889
684 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 35
The Channel Collision
LONDON, Monday.—The collision which occurred in the English Channel, in which the Dover and Ostend mail boat foundered, has resulted in serious loss of life. Prince…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland. Brisbane, Tuesday Night. a Mining Fatality
A shocking accident took place at the North Queen shaft, Charters Towers, yesterday Two contractors, Arthur Brisbane and Thomas Ace, wanted to go below. When…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CABLEGRAMS. Smith v. Mitchell. Accident to Smith
LONDON, Tuesday.—Jem Smith, the pugilist, has met with an accident, and his fight at Sawyer's Amphitheatre with Charley Mitchell is unlikely to come off…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Tuesday Night. a Dreadful Accident
A dreadful accident happened in the stamp-room of the Government Printing Office shortly after noon to-day. An engineer named Wm. Jansen was affixing a leather…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Glencoe-Large Bay Collision
LONDON, Tuesday.—The Hon. Sir Charles Parker Butt, Judge of the Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice, has ruled that the steamer Glencoe was to blame for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Legislative Assembly. Locking the Darling River. American Mail Contract. Fassifern Tramway. The Ajax Accident. Newcastle Commonage. Newcastle Harbour Improvements. Declaration of Government Policy
The Speaker took the chair at half-past four o'clock. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. MRS. CUNNINGHAME…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian News. New South Wales. Accident to a Train
UPON the arrival of the train at the Bellambi station on Tuesday morning some carriages were thrown off the line owing to some mismanagement of the points whilst the train…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Queensland. Accident to a Train
A train from Bundaberg to Maryborough left the line at the points near the race-course. Three sheep trucks and the other rolling stock, except the engine, were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fatal Lift Accident. Two Men Killed
SYDNEY, Friday.—A terrible "lift" fatality, involving the lives of two men and an injury to a third, occurred at Messrs. Cameron and Sons' tobacco factory, Surry Hills, yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →CABLEGRAMS. Another Channel Collision. Prince Jerome Again in Jeopardy
LONDON, Sunday.—The mail boat running from Dover to Ostend collided with a barque last evening when a short distance outside the latter port. The vessel was only slightly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatality at Adamstown. Killed by a Tree
A TERRLBLE accident happened about 11 o'clock yesterday morning at Adamstown. Two miners, named Michael M'Namara and David Williams, were felling a tree on the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Miners' Risks. An Old Man Injured
AN old miner named John Oswald sustained severe injuries to his back and chest by a fall of coal in the A. A. Company's. No. 2 pit yesterday morning. Dr. Baker and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tree-felling Fatality. Shocking Death. "One was Taken and the Other Left." Inquest and Verdict
YESTERDAY the District Coroner, Mr. G. C. Martin, J.P., held an inquest at Taafe's Hotel, Adamstown, on the body of the man Martin M'Namara, a miner, who was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident to the Minister for Lands. SYDNEY, Wednesday Night
MR. BRUNKER has met with rather an unfortunate accident. While standing on a wheeled chair glancing at a map on the wall in his office, the chair suddenly shifted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland. Painful Accident
On Tuesday evening last an accident of a very painful nature happened to a youth named Ernest. Hoban, Eon of Mr. John Hoban, of Large. The little fellow, who is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →South Australia. Found Drowned
A man was found drowned in the New Dock at Port Adelaide on Monday morning, but so far his name is unknown. He was from 35 to 45 years of age, and about 5ft 8in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Queensland. Brisbane, Friday Night. Fatal Cart Accident
David Dannaker, a resident of Warwick, was thrown from a spring cart which came into collision with a stump, and found dead on the road yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Risks. Three Accidents
THREE accidents, caused by falls of coal, have occurred in the Lambton mine during the present week, resulting in Mr. F. Blum having his foot severely crushed on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sad Accident at Wallsend. Railway Porter Fatally Injured
CONSIDERABLE excitement was caused on Saturday about 9 a.m., when it became known that poor Tom Burke, the esteemed and respected porter at Wallsend, had met…
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