A Railway Accident
WHAT appears to have been a serious railway accident, is reported to have taken place near West Wallsend, a fortnight ago. It seems that a train consisting of…
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Accidents, 1892
596 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 30
Australian News. New South Wales. Serious Accident
A men named William Grant, of the firm of Grant Brothere, engineers and boiler-makers, met with an accident. Owing to the sudden loosening or his bold while on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Latest District News. Greta. ACCIDENT
ON Thursday morning a miner named Christian Johnson met with rather severe injuries to his right breast, hand, and arm, through being burned with powder. It…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Collision Apron
What is described as a successful trial of an apron for use in case of damage by collision has, it would seem, taken place at Melbourne; and most assuredly any inventor who diminishes the risk of…
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A DISASTROUS collision occurred recently off the Wielingon lightsship, 13 miles from Flushing, when the barque Childwell, of Liverpool, 1286 tons register, was sunk and 15 hands…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →South Australia. Horrible Accident
A little girl, the daughter of Henry Burials, a painter at Mount Gambier, fell into a boiler of boiling tar. She now lies in a critical condition…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Australian News. New South Wales. Drowned Near Wollongong
THE wife of a farmer named William Moran, residing at Cordaux River, was found in the river between 7 and 8 o'clock in the morning. The water is quite shallow were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Accident to the Gloucester Coach
AN accident of a rather serious nature occurred to the Gloucester coach on Wednesday night. When within about six miles of Limeburner's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victoria. Melbourne, Thursday. Fatal Accident
Richard Podda, carter, fell over a load of gravel. The cart passed over him, killing him almost instantly. He leaves a wife and six children…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. Railway Accident
Shortly after the train from Birregurra to Forest left Birregurra two passenger carriages and one track became derailed, causing consternation amongst the passengers. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Tuesday. Fatal Accident
AN accident, which has resulted fatally, occurred yesterday at Wodonga, when a man named M'Gaffin was thrown from his horse and sustained very serious injuries…
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ON Sunday afternoon while Mr. Tierney, a butcher at Greta, was in the act of spearing a bullock at the slaughteryard, the stage upon which he was standing, constructed for…
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GEORGE PEACH, aged 32, a miner, residing at Catherine Hill Bay, was brought to Newcastle, for medical treatment, by the train at 10 minutes past 9 o'clock last night. It…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victoria. Melbourne, Wednesday. Verdict of Accidental Death
At the inquest on the body of Mervin Benbow, a fireman on the Victorian railways, who was knocked down while crossing the track in Flinders-street, and had both legs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. Melbourne, Thursday. ACCIDENT
Archie Leitch, a magistrate, was thrown out of his buggy at Echuca, and dangerously injured. LOSSES AT THE THEATRE ROYAL…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Australia. Accident to a Guard
Walter Dyke, a guard on the express train from the Semaphore to Adelaide, was thrown off the footboard of one of the carriages and sustained a large scalp wound and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alarming Accident in a Scotch Colliary
NEWS from home states that a serious colliery disaster occurred near Glasgow. Fire, it is said, had broken out in the Iron and Steel Company's…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Victoria. Melbourne, Sunday. FATALITY
John W. Shoesmith, who was run over by a train two months ago, died in the hospital yesterday. A DARING ROBBERY…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Unknown Drowned. Found on the Rocks. SYDNEY
ALFRED HANSEN, living on Goat Island, discovered the body of a man at 6 o'clock yesterday morning on the rocks on the southern side of that island. The matter…
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A MINER named Henry Buddy, aged 57 years, was admitted to the hospital yesterday morning, suffering from concussion of the spinal cord. It appears that on Saturday…
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