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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1892

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The Accident at Maitland. a Fatal Termination

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 March 1892 · page 4

A DREADFUL accident, resulting in the death of a young woman named Annie Stanton, occurred at the Elgin-street railway station on Monday evening. It seems the unfortunate…

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Lambton. Street Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 March 1892 · page 5

A stray horse owned by Mr. J. Edwards, butcher, while wandering along the street yesterday was approached too closely by a child, the son of Mr. William Ward, when…

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West Wallsend. Unfortunate Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 March 1892 · page 5

What came very near being a serious accident to Mr. Thomas Thorn, residing about three miles from West Wallsend, happened today. He was coming in to…

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Accident to Captain Planck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1892 · page 4

The many friends hero of Captain Planck, of the British ship West Lothian, will regret to hear that he met with a serious accident at an Francisco through falling down the main hatchway and…

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Accident to a Child

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1892 · page 5

YESTERDAY afternoon a very painful accident occurred to a little child named Parsons, living in Holland-street, Wickham. It appears that the child was running outside with a…

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Drowning Fatality at Adamstown

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1892 · page 5

IT was reported yesterday morning that an elderly resident named Edward Atkinson was missing, and supposed to be drowned in Yates' paddock, between Adamstown and…

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Accident Aboard Ship

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1892 · page 4

JAS, STEPHENS, aged 56, a labourer, while working on one of the ships in the harbour yesterday, was struck in the face by one of the windlass bars and severely injured. He…

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Australian News. New South Wales. Collision in George-street

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1892 · page 6

A COLLISION occured between a 'bus and a cab opposite the Town Hall, George-street, on Saturday evening. The cab, driven by a man named Bernard Congathy, was upturned,…

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Queensland. Brisbane, Wednesday. Man Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 March 1892 · page 5

A man was drowned on the 16th at Abi Creek, Blackall Barges, whilst prospecting for gold, being washed away by a sudden rise of the water. The body has not yet been…

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A Slight Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 March 1892 · page 4

Whilst a lighter was swinging round from the Market Wharf yesterday afternoon, on of the Government tugs accidentally struck her on the stern, doing seine slight damage. A boat attached…

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Collision in the Harbour. Damage to the Strathearn

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 March 1892 · page 4

YESTERDAY morning the ship Strathearn, lying at No. 1 buoy in the harbour, loaded and ready for sea, had some damage done forward through being bumped against by…

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Serious Accident at Minmi

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 March 1892 · page 5

A miner named Thomas Cummick got terribly crushed by a fall of coal on Wednesday, in the Back Creek tunnel, No. 10 section. It appears he was engaged at the…

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New Zealand. Shocking Accident to a Bride

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 March 1892 · page 6

A fatal accident occurred on Tuesday night to Mary Gerard, a young woman, who was married in Auckland in the morning, and left with her…

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Boating Accident. Two Lives Lost

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 March 1892 · page 5

ONE of the saddest boating accidents that has ever happened on the Hunter River occurred yesterday afternoon, when two lives were sacrificed within eight of hundreds of…

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The Drowning Fatalities

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 March 1892 · page 5

THE water-police were engaged all day yesterday searching for the bodies of the unfortunate men Spiers and Thomas, who were drowned in the harbour on Thursday…

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The Collision in the Harbour. No. 1 Buoy Again

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 March 1892 · page 5

SOME ten days ago a paragraph appeared in the columns of this journal drawing attention to the dangerous position of No. 1 mooring buoy, which is anchored just inside the…

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Serious Street Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 March 1892 · page 5

A LITTLE boy named Joseph Sturgeon, son of Mr. Sturgeon, licensee of the Globe Hotel, met with an accident last evening, which resulted in the fracture of his leg a little…

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Miners' Risks. The Accident at Minmi

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 March 1892 · page 5

LAST evening Inspector Brennan received information that the unfortunate miner, Thomas Cummack, who got hurt in the pit at Minmi on Wednesday last, died from the…

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The Drowning Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 March 1892 · page 5

THE search for the bodies of Speirs and Thomas, the victims in the drowning fatality of Thursday last, was continued all yesterday without success. The work has been carried…

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Federal-strathearn Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 March 1892 · page 4

The repairing of the damage caused to the barque Strathearn by the steamer Federal bumping against her last week was commenced yesterday…

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