CABLEGRAMS. Mining Accident in Wales. Seven Men Killed
LONDON, Tuesday.—A terrible mining accident is reported from Aberdare, in the south of Wales. A number of miners were engaged in sinking a…
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Accidents, 1893
475 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 24
Accident at Darling Harbour. Sydney
An accident occurred on the railway at Darling Harbour last night, when a goods train inward from Clyde overcame the brakes on the incline under George-street, and the…
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AMONGST the numerous picnic parties who travelled to Belmont to enjoy the holiday, there was fortunately only one accident, end it is to be regretted that this was rather of a…
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A YOUTH named Norman Cooper, residing in Maitland, met with a serious gun accident while out shooting on Thursday. It appears that he was carrying the gun with the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Accidents at the Forth Bridge
SIR BENJAMIN BAKER, one of the engineers of the Forth Bridge, notes as a curious fact that during the progress of the work several of the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Railway Accident in Poland. Fifteen Persons Killed
LONDON, Thursday.—A train on the railway line near Vilna, in Russian Poland, has been blocked with snow. A passenger train coming in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident to the Rodondo
A telegram received from South Australia says that the Howard-Smith line steamer Rodondo, which left Sydney last Wednesday for Melbourne, Adelaide, and Port Pirie, was sighted by the steamer Bullara in a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Australia. Adelaide, Monday. Shipping Accident
The steamer Rodondo broke her shaft off the Cape Banks on Sunday, and was towed into Beachport by the Bullara. JOCKEY KILLED…
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Advices from San Francisco under date December 28 report that the ships Gosford and British Princess have been in collision. Both vessels are slightly damaged. These vessels proceeded hence to San…
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ON Monday morning, about half-past 11 o'clock, a serious buggy accident occurred at Charlestown. At the hour mentioned Mr. Morris, of Kahibah, was driving with his…
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YESTERDAY morning, when the American four-masted schooner Alice Cooke was being shifted from the dyke to the stream, a slight accident took place.. As she was being…
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A SULKY accident by which two young ladies narrowly escaped being seriously hurt occurred in the city yesterday. While Miss Garnham was driving up Watt-street with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Australia. Adelaide, Thursday. Coach Accident
Humphrey Davey, who was run over by a coach on Saturday, died in the hospital to-day FATAL FALL…
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An alarming colliery accident occurred at the South Liberty coal pit at Bedminster, Bristol, on December 16, when the wire winding gear broke…
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A GIRL named Sarah Wilson found the dead body of a man floating in the water of Darling Harbour among some logs near the Darling Harbour railway station on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in Queensland. the Country Under Water. Numerous Drowning Fatalities. A Colliery Swamped. SYDNEY
THE postal authorities state that intelligence has been received that a portion of the Queensland railway line between Ipswich and Toowoomba is under water, and that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boating Accidents. a Dingey Capsized
ABOUT 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon considerable excitement was caused in the city by the firing of two guns at the Signal Hill denoting that the services of the lifeboat were…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →News From Broken Hill. Serious Blasting Accident. Disastrous Gale. Broken Hill
A SAD accident occurred at Tarrawingee on Friday evening, whereby a miner named John Farr, working at the quarries there, was seriously injured. He was loading a drill hole…
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A boy, 4 years old, the son of C. Johnson, was drowned in the Murray at Echuca to-day. DIVORCE…
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AT about noon yesterday a lad named Ralph Featherstone mot with a nasty accident through being thrown from a cart. He was driving past Mr. W. T. Gibb's establishment…
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