A Nasty Accident
A LITTLE lad of about 5 years of age, son of Mr. Robert Blakely, of West Wallsend, was kicked by a horse, and very seriously injured, on the evening of the 27th ult. The child,…
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Accidents, 1890
668 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 34
Serious Gun Accident
ON Saturday evening, while Mr. Henry Davis was out shooting at Becolbin, near Singleton, he was getting through a fence, when the hammer of the gun caught the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Narrow Escape From Drowning. Dungog
YESTERDAY Mr. H. Doherly, traveller for Mr. Pierce, of Newcastle, had a miraculous escape from death by drowning whilst crossing the Williams River, near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fatality on the Cliffs. the Inquest. Verdict of Accidental Death
AN inquest, touching on the death of Ion August Erickson, the sailor, who jumped over the cliffs at Shepherd's Hill on Monday evening, was held in the Clarendon Hotel,…
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YESTERDAY morning, shortly after 9 o'clock, a child, aged 2 years, daughter of Mr. Seidenkamp, was drowned in a tank near the parents' residence on Adamstown Commonage…
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PARTICULARS are to hand of the suicide of a passenger on board the P. and O. steamer Victoria in the Arabian Sea, which was notified by cable as having occurred on…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—Owing to the failure of a brake, the Euston express, today, collided with a shunting-engine at Carlisle. Two carriages were telescoped, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Australia. Adelaide, Wednesday. Drowned While Bathing
Andrew Rennie, a check clerk, employed in the goods department of the railway, was drowned this afternoon while swimming in Torren's Lake…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Risks. Wheeler Injured at Wallsend
A SERIOUS accident occurred yesterday morning to a boy, son of Mr. Peter Blair. It appears that the boy was employed as a wheeler, and by some means he got jammed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victoria. Melbourne, Thursday. a Collision Case
At the Vice-admiralty Court, this afternoon, the Chief Justice delivered judgment in the suit in which the Tesmanian Steam Navigation Company claimed £1860…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Adelaide-colonist Collision. The Inquest. SYDNEY, Thursday Night
AN inquest was commenced this morning into the circumstances surrounding the death of a man named Frederick Taylor, who was drowned on Saturday last through the…
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ON Wednesday morning John Press, an elderly man, who has been working as shiftman at Burwood colliery, met with an accident. It appears that he got jammed…
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The man who was killed yesterday afternoon in the Greta coal-mine was named Albert John Aitchison, and has been employed at Greta about four years. An inquest was…
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AN English contemporary writes: An inquest was held at Walsall on the bodies of George Stokes and Sarah Horton, two lovers, who were run over at a level crossing at Pelsall…
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The inquiry before the Marine Court into the collision in the Yarra between the steamers Excelsior and Flora on January 1 was concluded at Melbourne on Friday. The Court found the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland. Brisbane, Sunday. Nearly a Fatality
Wm. Turnbull, an insurance agent, took an overdose of laudanum at his residence at South Brisbane on Saturday night. He had a narrow escape of his life, but is now out of…
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A serious accident is reported from Milparinka at the Mount Browne Amalgamated Gold Company's shaft, by which two men were badly injured. A rope used in the…
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THE inquest on the body of the unfortunate man William Corner Shaw, who was killed at the Oakey Park Colliery, near Lithgow, on Tuesday, was resumed on Thursday. Henry…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Newcastle in Collision. Cut Cutter in Two
A wire from Hobart states that the well-known passenger steamer. Newcastle ran down the curter Margaret, stone-laden, in the Tamar River, on Saturday. The cutter was…
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TAREE, Wednesday.—There is a greater flood here now than has been known for many years. Much damage has been done to the crops. Business is nearly suspended…
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