Konoowarra-ranelagh Collision
On Friday last Captain Heath delivered the decision of the Marine Board with reference to the collision which took place between the screw steamships Konoowarra and Ranclagh in the Mary…
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Accidents, 1890
668 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 34
Saved from Drowning. SWANSEA
ABOUT 1 o'clock to-day a little girl famed Williamson, daughter of a well-known resident of Adamstown, fell off the Swansea wharf. Mr. James Johnson, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland. Fatal Gun Accident
At Mackay, on Tuesday, five boys went out to shoot flying foxes. One, named Bedford, was carrying a loaded gun over his shoulder, and another, named Vivian Slattery, aged 12,…
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ABOUT 1 o'clock yesterday morning a youth named William Sanson, aged 15½ years, son of Mr. George Sanson, of Cabbage Tree, was admitted to the local hospital, suffering from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian News. New South Wales. Miners' Accidents
A TERRIBLE accident is just reported from Stewart's Brook, near Scone. Three miners were blown up and terribly mutilated. One had his arms torn clean off. The men were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Accident at Newtown. Sydney, Thursday Night
ABOUT 4 o'clock this morning an accident occurred on the railway line between Newtown and Petersham, between which places the single line only is being used…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident at New Lambton. a Bad Spill
YESTERDAY evening about 5 o'clock, while about ten miners were returning home from work in Brogden Bros.' cart, the horse bolted about 100 yards below the New Lambton…
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THE residents of Hexham and the locality were terribly shocked last evening by hearing that two little boys named Herbert Schuck and Daniel Lentott had been…
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DETAILS have come to hand of a disastrous collision which occurred off St. Catherine's Point, between the Cardiff steamer Cleddy, from Odessa for Antwerp, and the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Drowned on his Wedding Day. A Tragic Tale
AN inquest was held at Sydenham, near Thame, England, on the body of Herbert Hill, aged 28, whose body was found in the mill stream close to the house of his widowed…
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THE body of the boy Schuch, who was drowned while bathing near Hexham on Friday last, was found at 5 o'clock on Monday morning in the river close to whore the…
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SIR,—Kindly allow me for the last time—as I shall reply to no other correspondence on the subject—the space in your valuable columns to pass a few remarks to "Eye…
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SIR,—In reply to my former letter, A. W. Bollard in your issue of to-day, says some very nasty things about me, which, however, I shall not waste your space in replying to,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New Zealand. Dick Drowned
Mr. Dick, solicitor, the son of the Hon. Mr. Dick, of Dunedin, was drowned at Napier on Wednesday while bathing in the surf…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victoria. Melbourne, Friday. Injured by Explosion
A gunpowner explosion occurred at Moreland, near Coburg, to-day while pipe laying was in progress. John Woolcock, aged 57, was seriously injured. A fatal termination is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Risks. a Man Injured by a Fall of Coal
A MINER named Thomas Close, while working in his bord at the Newcastle Company's B Pit at the Glebe yesterday morning, was severely injured through a fall of coal which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mysterious Drowning Fatality. a Man's Clothing Found on the Beach. The Body Not Recovered
SHORTLY after 10 o'clock on Saturday morning while a son of Mr. David Miller, the grocer, and some other young fellows were bathing in the Bogey hole they espied what…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Accident to a Jockey
During the first race at Canterbury Race Meeting, on Saturday afternoon, a jockey named Henry Moran was seriously injured. Moran was riding Pugilist in the Flying…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Tram Accident. a Girl Cut to Pieces. SYDNEY
THIS morning a horrible tram fatality occurred, and a little girl 5 years of age, named Mabel Lloyd, living with her stepfather, at 17 Holdsworth-terrace, Comber-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident to Mr. F. Townsehend
THE proprietor of the Walcha Witness, Mr. F. Townshend, was on Friday last riding a horse, when, near the New England Hotel, Walcha, two dogs rushed out, one animal, it…
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