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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents
475 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 24
A DISTRESSING accident attended with fatal results occurred to-day. Two little girls were playing on the Yarra bank, near the Botanical Gardens, when one fell into the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →During Friday night as the little schooner Hilda was beating into port she was carried by the current into collision with the rock-cutter Poseidon, which is at anchor close to the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The brigantine Zeno, from this port to Auckland, had a very stormy passage. The vessel left Newcastle on 25th March, and experienced the full force of the gale which raged between New Zealand and Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →YESTERDAY morning a little child named William Dixon Keene, son of Mr. Joseph Keene, ago two years and four months, was drowned at Minmi in an underground tank…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Melbourne Marine Board has decided to refer the collision between the steamers Courier and Edina, at Geelong, to the Court of Marine Inquiry for a formal investigation as to which master, if either,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ON Thursday evening as the 6 p.m. luggage train was coming into Minmi from Hexham two horses belonging to Mr. W. Newton were run into and killed on the spot. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE remains of the late Mr. Michael Barry were interred in the Barry family portion of the old Roman Catholic burying-ground at North…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A FATAL accident occurred yesterday about noon to a minor named Thomas Lewis, aged 28, in Browns' No. 4 colliery, south heading section. It appears that Lewis was holing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AN accident occurred at M'Gulloch's new shaft on the Proprietoary mine at noon to-day, by which a minor, named William Williams, lost his life. He was engaged with another man…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ALFRED NUTTALL, engineer at Anvil Creek Colliery met with an accident on Monday about 8 o'clock, which terminated fatally about 11. He was about to blow off steam,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE R.M.S. Alameda, which arrived at Sydney yesterday from San Francisco, brings tidings from America, which to a great extent extinguishers all hopes for the White Star line…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →CONSIDERING the large amount of shipping which takes place at this port during the year the records exhibit remarkably few accidents, collisions in particular being conspicuous by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An inquest was hold on Tuesday at Mr. T. Dodd's Royal Hotel, Minmi, touching the death of Thomas Lewis, a miner who was killed on Monday in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE Government steam hopper Castor, which was sunk in the harbour on Wednesday morning by coming into collision with Messrs. William Howard Smith and Sons' steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MR. H. OXENHAM, the bookmaker, left for Europe in the Australian to-day. His friends desirous of giving him a hearty send-off engaged the steamer Pheasant to follow the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE position of the sunken steam hopper Castor, which was in collision, with the steamer Time on Wednesday, has not altered. The strong current running in the harbour…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Government steam hopper Castor, which was sunk by collision last week with the steamer Time, still lies in the same position, abreast of the lightship, in the harbour. An…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Forfarshire, from Auckland (N.Z), which arrived at London, March 17, reports: January 14, [?]at. 48 S., long. 45 W., passed a barque, name unknown, of about 1000 tons, with foretopmast gone 3ft…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Saturday.—Shrewsbury, the well-known cricketer, has injured his hand, which may interfere with his taking part in the opening match…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AN unsuccessful attempt was made yesterday to float the sunken steam hopper Castor, which was in collision with the steamer Time last week. The work of raising her is bein…
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