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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1890

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The Manly Drowning Fatality. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 January 1890 · page 5

IN the inquest held yesterday on the body of the man who was discovered floating in the water near the Manly Pier on Saturday, the jury, it will be…

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Tasmania. Supposed Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 January 1890 · page 6

Two young men, one of whom was a son of Mr. Audley Coote, M.L.C., left Spring Bay on Friday in a boat for Earlham. Nothing has been heard of them since. There is no…

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[Our Special Messages.] Omnibus Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 January 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—A serious accident occurred at King's Cross to-day. An omnibus crowded with passengers was overturned, and twenty persons sustained serious injuries…

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Accident at Port Stephens

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 January 1890 · page 4

A MAN named Stewart Smith, landlord of the Ha[?]s Nest Hotel, Port Stephens, at 4 p.m. on Monday slipped opposite the hotel, and [?], breaking one of the small bones of…

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In Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 January 1890 · page 6

A PASSENGER giving a description of the scene of the collision between the Rotorua and the Orowaiti says:—"I certainly think great credit was due to Captain Neville, of…

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Latest Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Wednesday. Drowned in a Dam

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 January 1890 · page 5

THE death of Captain George Drevar happened to-day under very painful circumstances. The captain, who is the inventor of some valuable life saving appliances, had been…

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Alarming Accident at the Eiffel Tower

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 January 1890 · page 8

ON Sunday, November 3, the elevator at the Eiffel Tower fell almost 100 feet, and thirty of the occupants were injured. It is said that since the opening of the Exhibition…

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Terrible Boating Fatality in Sydney Harbour. Three Youths Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 January 1890 · page 7

ANOTHER boating accident occurred in Port Jackson on New Year's Day, when there was a mishap similar to that which happened on Eight-hour Day, on the same spot, to the…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Thursday. Two Brothers Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 January 1890 · page 5

Two brothers named Warren, aged 10 and 12 years, respectively, were drowned yesterday on the beach at Sandringham, while gathering mussels. The mother is a widow…

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New Zealand. a Drowning Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 2

Alexander Tytler, chief officer of the barque Peru, was drowned at Gisborne on New Year's Day. ANOTHER JOCKEY KILLED…

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Latest Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Friday. Terrible Drowning Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 5

A SAD fatality occurred at Mount Macquarie, near Carcoar, last night, when three little girls were drowned in a dam. Two of them were named Arthur, and were 9 and 6 years…

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Floods at Normanton. Two Persons Drowned. Great Destruction of Property. BRISBANE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 5

RAIN still continues in the North. The Normanton river has submerged the whole lower portion of the town. Trains have ceased running owing to the railway being…

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Shocking Accident in a Foundry. Five Lives Lost

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 9

A dreadful accident occurred recently at the works of the Clayton Foundry Company (Limited), Clayton, just outside Manchester city boundary. Forty or fifty men were…

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Fatality at Manly. Drawn Into the Breakers and Drowned. Sydney, Sunday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 5

A SAD drowning fatality occurred at Manly this afternoon. A young man named Frank Greaves, with seven or eight companions, went down to Manly from Sydney in a boat,…

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Horrible Fire Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 8

A FIRE, disastrous in its consequences, broke out recently in a house at St. Ives, England, occupied by a seaman named Samuel Barber and his wife and five children, whose ages…

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Latest Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Sunday. a Drower Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 5

A MAN employed by Mr. Milthorpe as a drover was drowned at half-past 12 o'clock to-day in the Murrumbidgee, just below the punt station, at Narrandera. He entered…

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Accident to the Young Dick. an Anxious Time

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 4

The little steamer Young Dick, which left here for the Clarence River on Saturday about 5 p m., met with en accident yesterday morning by her machinery breaking down. The steamer was off…

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Fatal Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 5

A PECULIAR, but unfortunately, a fatal accident happened to a man named John Flygar, near Dent's Hotel, on the Wallsend road, early on Saturday afternoon. The poor…

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Another Railway Collision in Victoria. A Chinaman Killed. MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 3

A FATAL railway collision occurred near Oakleigh station, on the Gippsland line, at 1.30 on Sunday morning. Two milk trains left Dandenong for the metropolis within a short…

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The Centennial-kanahooka Collision. Application to Sell the Centennial. SYDNEY, Monday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 5

THE case in the Vice Admiralty Court, arising from the Centennial Kanahooka collision in Taylor Bay, came before the Chief Justice in chambers this…

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