Valuable Stock Drowned
The flood waters on the low-lying lands at Waratah rose so rapidly early yesterday morning that before anything could be done a fine lot of fat sheep were drowned in Mr…
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Accidents, 1893
475 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 24
Flood in the Hunter. West Maitland Inundated. Four Persons Drowned. Rain Falling Again
As a consequence of the heavy rains which have for the past 48 hours fallen along the entire watershed of the Hunter River and its tributaries a most disastrous flood is at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rumoured Drowning Cases
Last night it was rumoured that a railway fettler named Thomas Bennett and his two sons had been drowned at Hexham. Another son, a railway employee, was informed of this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. Melbourne, Friday. the Albert Park Drowning Case
The inquest on the body of Mrs. Clara Manton, who was drowned in the Albert Park Lake under suspicious circumstances, was opened to-day and adjourned. The mother,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Raymond Terrace. The Town Inundated. One Person Drowned. The Inhabitants Starving. Enormous Loss of Property
Although direct telegraphic communication between this city and Raymond Terrace was suspended on Thursday by the cable across the river at Hexham parting, some news was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Sunday. DROWNED
A FATAL accident occurred on Friday in Maroun Creek, at the Blair Hill crossing, near Glen Innes. A teamster and five horses were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Disastrous Fire at Boston. Many Killed and Injured. Damage Estimated at £750,000
NEW YORK, Sunday.—An extensive fire occurred at Boston yesterday, a large block of buildings being consumed. The fire spread so rapidly…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Condition of Greta. Three Men Drowned at Branxton. West Maitland, Saturday, 11.40 p.m. (Delayed in Transmission.)
All the wires round Greta have been blown down. This wire is sent by a messenger to Maitland from Greta. At Branxton the flood waters rose on Thursday and Friday higher…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wall's Body Discovered. a Little Child Drowned. West Maitland, Tuesday Night
The body of John Wall, drowned at Louth Park on Friday, was found to-day. Mr. J. N. Brooks, P.M., the district coroner, held four inquests to-day, and…
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SHORTLY before 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon four ladies who were bathing on the beach had a very narrow escape from being drowned. They got out of their depths…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident at East Maitland. a Man's Arm Cut Off
A BASKET-MAKER named William Blishen, aged 38, had his arm out off by an engine at East Maitland on Thursday night. Owing to the slackness of his trade he was working…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Miners' Risks. Accident at the Borehole Pit
A MINER named Thomas M'Naughton was severely injured in the A.A. Co's Borehole Colliery, at half-past 8 o'clock yesterday morning, by a fall of morgan. He was at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident at Wallsend
On Sunday last an accident occurred to Dr. H. K. Bean that, fortunately, was not attended with any serious result, as yesterday he was about again attending to his duties…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident to the Southern Cross
News has been received that the mammoth steamer Southern Cross reached Colombo on the evening of February 21, on route to London, from Noumea, Sydney, and Albany, in a crippled condition, having…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collision with Icebergs
The barque Salamanca which arrived at Melbourne on Thursday reports:—"Spoke the ship Bannockburn in lat. 20deg south and lon. 32 west. The reported having been in collision with icebergs after…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victoria. Melbourne, Saturday. Accidental Death
At the inquest on Police-constable Slattery, who was killed by a train near Newmarket, a verdict of accidental death was returned. The driver and fireman swore it was a case of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident on the Stockton Wharf
YESTERDAY a miner named Herbert J. Owen, living in Church-street, was knocked down on the Stockton wharf by one of the mooring ropes of the steamer Cloncurry at about 5…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Accident. Sydney
THE 11.30 a.m. goods trains from Bathurst to Penrith met with an accident when near Linden, 51½ miles from Sydney, at 9 o'clock last night. The load consisted of 27 trucks…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Suspicious Death by Drowning. Sydney
AN inquest was commenced this afternoon on the body of a young girl named Jessie Cox, who was found drowned in a waterhole at Burwood on Monday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident at the Stockton Colliery
YESTERDAY a carpenter named G. T. Lee, employed at the colliery at Stockton, met with at severe accident, by which one of his legs was badly broken. The injured man…
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