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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1894

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Accident to a Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 February 1894 · page 4

The steamers Aldinga, when entering Wollongong on Saturday morning ran against the wharf, severely injuring her bows. The vessel had to put back to Sydney without cargo…

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Fatal Accident in Sydney. Two Men Fall Fifty Feet. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 February 1894 · page 5

A SHOCKING accident happened in the Royal Arcado, George-street, yesterday morning. The interior of the arcade is undergoing renovation, and man have been they painting…

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The Morpeth Tram. Serious Accident to the Motor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1894 · page 4

ON Saturday evening between 7 and 8 o'clock a serious accident occurred to the Morpeth tram, but luckily no one was injured. When the Railway Commissioners ceased running…

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The Dorunda's Cargo on Fire. One Man Drowned and Another Mad. A Mysterious Affair. Thursday Island

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 February 1894 · page 5

CAPTAIN of the steamer Duke of Argyll, from London, reports a serious fire on the British India Company's steamer Dorunda, for London. When he met her…

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South Australia. Adelaide, Tuesday. Buggy Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 February 1894 · page 4

Mr. Gillen, sour., the father of the Commissioner for Crown Lands, was severely injured by the horses bolting with his buggy. The Minister left town to-day for the scene…

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Miners' Risks. Accidents at Lambton Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 February 1894 · page 4

YESTERDAY two accidents occurred at Lambton Colliery. In the morning a banker off named Robert Burnley, while pushing skips on the pit top, was crushed by set of skips…

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Drowning Fatality at Maitland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 February 1894 · page 4

A SAD case of drowning took place near the Maitland waterworks yesterday, when a young woman named Minnie Lamotte lost her life. It appears the girl, who was some…

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Miners' Risks. Accident at Lambton Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 February 1894 · page 8

YESTERDAY morning Michael Hunt, an aged miner, was injured in the Lambton Colliery. It appears that the poor fellow was working in the face when a large stone fell from the…

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Accident to the Windsor Park

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 February 1894 · page 4

The following telegrams was received by the owners of the Windsor Park from captain at Philadelphia last month:—"While proceeding loading berth grounded: leaking forward, 14,000 cases on…

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Accident to Mr. J. B. Turnbull

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 February 1894 · page 5

MR. J. B. TURNBULL, manager of the Seaham Colliery, met with a nasty accident on Friday. Whilst engaged directing repairs to the band screen he stopped on the point of a nail which…

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Drowning Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1894 · page 5

A YOUNG lad named Frederick Deakin, some 14 years of age, was drowned in the Hunter River at Oakhampton on Sunday afternoon. It appears that the deceased, with two other…

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The Injured Man's Life Despaired Of. Sydney, Monday, Midnight

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1894 · page 5

The latest bulletin concerning the Mayor of Burwood is that the doctors fear a recovery impossible. It is expected that the wound in the stomach will lead to dangerous…

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CABLEGRAMS. Accident to a Young Princess a Severe Fall

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1894 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.—The Princess Victoria Eugenie Julia Ena, six years of age, daughter of Princess Beatrice of Battenberg, has been thrown…

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The Injured Princess. Rapidly Recovering

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 February 1894 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.—Young Princess Victoria Eugene Julia Eva, the daughter of Prince Henry and Princess Beatrice of Battenberg, who whilst…

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Another Bomb Outrage in Paris. Vaillant Avenged. Fifteen Persons Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 February 1894 · page 4

PARIS, Tuesday.—A young French anarchist named Breton, in revenge for the execution of Vaillant, who was recently executed for throwing a bomb…

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Ship Knight of the Thistle. Sailor Drowned in Mid-ocean

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 8

THE ship Knight of the Thistle arrived in the harbour yesterday from Algoa Bay, after a passage of 39 days. During the voyage a young seaman named John Bartlett, was…

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Bathing Accident at Greta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 4

ON Tuesday evening, while a youth of about 15 years, named Michael Brady, was, with others, bathing in the creek, he met with a rather bad accident. It seems the lads were…

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Horse Accident at the Junction

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 February 1894 · page 5

YESTERDAY afternoon about 4 o'clock a horse belonging to Mr. M'Kalliffe, of the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel, Junction, was knocked down by an engine while taking a train of…

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The Wreck of the Gazelle. Inquest on the Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 5

THE inquest on the four bodies washed ashore from the wreck of the Gazelle, which was held at Nelson (N.Z.) threw little further light on the casualty. It appears, however,…

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Terrible Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 12

THE adjourned inquest on three men recently killed in Southampton Docks showed that a cylinder was being sunk, and when it reached the required…

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