The Late Drowning Accident
THE Water Police were engaged all yesterday dragging for the body of Thomas Cheatham the unfortunate young engineer of the Berlinda, who was drowned in the…
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Accidents, 1893
475 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 24
Collision in the Harbour
A SLIGHT collision took place in the harbour yesterday by which the ketch flock Lily had her jibboom carried away. The little vessel, it appears, had just hauled off from Stockton…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Extraordinary Burning Accident. a Young Lady on Fire in the Street. Broken Hill
AN EXTRAORDINARY burning accident, occasioned through the careless use of wax matches, occurred in Argent-street this afternoon. Mrs. Frank Stubbs, a sister-in-law of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Recent Drowning Accident. Recovery of the Body
THE body of Thomas Chectham, the young engineer of the river steamer Berlinda, who was drowned on Tuesday in the Hunter River, was found yesterday morning by a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Risks. Three Accidents at Burwood
No loss than three accidents occurred at the Burwood Colliery yesterday. A miner named John Reynolds sustained a nasty wound in his head by coming in contact with his mate's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Gosford-british Princess Collision
The ship Gosford and barque British Princess, which were in collision at San Francisco in December, sustained slight damage; cost of repairs will not exceed 100dol. Later.—The Gosford and British…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →West Maitland. Accident
An accident of a very serious nature happened in West Maitland on Friday to a lad named Rampling. It seems the little fellow was walking along the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Buggy Accident
SHORTLY after 5 o'clock on Friday evening a one-horse sulky, in which were two Wallsend publicans, collided with a delivery van close to the Castlemaine Brewery, in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shipping Fatality. Townsville, Monday night
THE Schooner Enterprise, in command of Mr. Simmons, the mate, arrived here to-day, and reported the loss of the master, Captain Crosby, off Point Danger, half a mile from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chinese Amusements. a Constable Injured
AT about half-past 8 o'clock last evening Constable Broder entered a Chinese dwelling at the rear of a store in Union-street, and found a large number of Celestials deeply…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →West Maitland. Accidents
A young man named Harvey working at the steam company's wharf at Morpeth had two fingers severely crushed by having them caught in a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Risks. Accident at Minmi
YESTERDAY afternoon a miner named Robert Critchett was taken to the hospital from Minmi, and the medical superintendent found upon examination that he was suffering from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gulf of Martaban in Collision
The captain of Gulf of Martaban, steamer, reported on arrival at London from the colonies on January 23, as follows :—"On the 19th, at 2 a.m., in longitude 9deg 45min west, latitude 35deg 7min…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Strange Drowning Case. The Police Making Inquiries. MELBOURNE
THE police are making inquiries into the circumstances of the death of Clara Woodhead, who was drowned in the Albert Park Lake while boating with her husband. It appears…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CABLEGRAMS. Loss of a French Gunboat. 23 Sailors Drowned
PARIS, Monday.—Intelligence has been received of the loss of the French gunboat Labourdonnais, which has been wrecked near Madagascar. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Accidental Poisoning Cases
IT is satisfactory to find that none of the people accidentally poisoned at Toronto the other day succumbed to the effects of their dangerous and highly unpleasant experience…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident on Board the Buninyong. Sydney
A SHOCKING accident occurred on board the steamer Buninyong, at Sydney, this morning. A wharf labourer named S. Adams while at work at an early hour assisting in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident on the Railway. a Man Seriously Injured
AN elderly man was run over by a coal train near the Waratah railway station at half-past 5 o'clock last evening. The driver of a coal train, which was coming from Greta,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →West Maitland. Accident
A man named Richard Pinfold, of West Maitland, incurred some rather severe injuries at Largs on Monday through falling from a scaffold, which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Series of Accidents
The Melbourne Argus of Tuesday says:—"When in tow of the steam-tug Rescue yesterday morning the ship Drumlanrig, bound for the English with a cargo of wheat, ran aground in the new…
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