Fatal Accident in the Huntingfield
LIEUTENANT KYRLE CHAPMAN, of Shillings-stone, Dorset, was thrown from his horse whilst hunting with Lord Portman's hounds, on February 6, at Duncliffe, near…
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Accidents, 1891
596 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 30
Terrible Accident at Queenscliff Fort. Two Gunners Killed. MELBOURNE
A TERRIBLE accident occurred yesterday afternoon at Queenscliff Fort in connection with the Easter display of gun firing. Special gun practice was taking place. While this…
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LATE on Friday night an accident occurred in Elder-street, Lambton, which caused the death of a horse, the property of Mr. John Atkinson, of Merewether. The owner was…
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ON Thursday morning, at about half-past 11, a somewhat serious accident occurred on the Stockton Ferry landing wharf. A man named William Evans, sitting just below the…
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AN inquest on the body of Sarah Appleton, whose body was found in the bay on Saturday, was held today. The evidence showed that she was the wife of a respectable trades…
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MRS. RICHARD GREEN, of Freeling, aged 71, was killed by the 9.46 train this morning at a crossing north of the railway station. The train ran trough, and the old lady could…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision in the Harbour. The Barque Ellen Run Into
ABOUT nine o'clock last night, a loud report and the crashing of timbers was heard in the direction of the harbour, and it became patent to all who heard the unusual noise that…
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The extent of the damage caused to the locally-owned barque Ellen, by being run into by the barque Conference on Thursday night, has not yet been ascertained. Mr. Thomas Brooks, Lloyd's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Catastrophe at Middle Head. Disastrous Torpedo Explosion. Four Men Killed. Seven others Injured. SYDNEY
A TERRIBLE accident occurred in the harbour, off Middle Head, this afternoon. For the past week the artillery, together with the torpedo corps and sub-marine miners, have…
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AN inquest was held in the Clarendon Hotel on Saturday, touching the death of an unknown man whose body was found on Friday lying on the…
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A DISASTROUS collision occurred in the Fourth-avenue Tunnel, New York, recently, when a New Haven local passenger train, bound north, approached the station at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Middle Head Disaster. Condition of the Injured Men. Sydney
THERE out of the ten survivors of Friday's disaster at Middle Head continue to remain under medical treatment, and are now located in the Garrison Hospital at the…
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YESTERDAY morning, while a coal trimmer named Peterson was at work on board the steamer Taramung at the dyke, a lump of coal dropped from one of the coal waggons…
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A VERY painful accident, which might have been attended with fatal results, occurred on Sunday night to Alderman Lloyd, Islington. At about 7.30 p.m. he was riding past…
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A YOUNG can named James Nicholson lost his life under very sad circumstances near the Carrington dyke yesterday morning. He was an apprentice on the British-registered…
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The damage done to the locally-owned barque Ellen, caused by being run into by the barque Conference, is estimated at about £500, including detention, and to the Conference about £50. The…
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ABOUT a quarter to 7 o'clock last evening, a number of pedestrians and residents in the locality of the lower portion of Wolfe street were startled by hearing a succession of loud…
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ABOUT 10 o'clock yesterday morning a miner named Alexander Road received serious injuries by the fall of a large piece of coal in the Hetton pit. He was assisted to the…
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AN accident of a severe, but, luckily, not serious nature, befell a miner, named Edward Baker, in the Stockton pit on Monday morning, when he wee knocked down by a fall of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Wednesday. a Railway Fatality
AT Rylstone, this morning, after the departure of the mail train for Mudgee, some trucks which had been detached from the train were being shifted, when a night officer…
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