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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1894

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Fatality on the Railway. a Woman Killed

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

AN elderly woman, whose name is supposed to be Mary Crist, was run over and killed by the northern mail train at a spot two miles on the Newcastle side of Worris Crook Junction…

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Mining Fatality at Stockton. Inquest and Verdict

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

MR. G. C. MARTIN, district coroner, held an inquest at the Federal Hotel, Stockton, on Saturday afternoon, on the body of Robert Donaldson a miner, who had been killed in…

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Fatal Accidents in British Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1894 · page 3

A PARLIAMENTARY return issued in England recently, gives summaries of the fatal accidents which occurred in during the year 1893. It…

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Accidents to Shipping

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

A wire received from Harrington yesterday morning states that "The Electra moved further in towards the main channel during the night. The position is much the same, only that she works at high…

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The Accidents to Shipping

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

BYRON BAY, Wednesday.—The letch Tuggerah, which is a shore, is expected to become a total wreck. HARBINGTON, Wednesday.—The stranded steamer…

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The Anarchists. Bomb Outrage in a Parisian Church. the Author Blown to Pieces. Many Persons Injured

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

PARIS, Thursday.—The anarchists of this city show signs of renewed activity, despite the extreme vigilance which has been exercised by the…

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Another Savage Assault. a Young Sailor Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 March 1894 · page 4

AT about 10. o'clock on Saturday evening another of those savage assaults for which this city is unfortunately becoming notorious occurred in Hunter-street West, near the…

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Accident at Seaham

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 March 1894 · page 4

ON Saturday morning a ganger named Charles Kelly, employed at the Seaham Colliery, bad his leg broken between the ankle and knee by a skip. It appears that Kelly, who…

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The Recent Fatality at Stockton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1894 · page 5

IT will be remembered that on the 10th inst. an inquest was hold at Stockton on the body of Robert Donaldson, a miner, who had boon killed in the colliery that morning. The…

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Correspondence. Accidents in Mines. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1894 · page 7

SIR,—The case of the Mines Department versus the Scottish Australian Mining Company, tried at the Lambton Police Court to-day, brought out…

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Collision in the Harbour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 March 1894 · page 4

At an early hour yesterday morning Messrs. M'Ilwraith, M'Eacharn, and Company's steamer Federal came into collision with the barque Foxglove, which was loading at No. 8 crane at the dyke. The…

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Late Fatality on the Swanmore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 March 1894 · page 4

On Saturday last the tombstone erected to the memory of young Sparshott, the apprentice who died from the effects of a fall on board the ship Swanmore when on a voyage from Geraldton to…

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The Stockton Fatality. a Deputy and Two Miners Charged with Manslaughter. Committed for Trial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 March 1894 · page 6

IN the Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Christie and O'Mara, Js.P., William James Akers, Andrew Herbert Darcy, miners,…

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Collision in Sydney Harbour Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 March 1894 · page 5

ON Thursday morning the Government steamer Sol ran into the Parramatta Company's steamer Alathea, off Dawes' Point. The latter had a number of…

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Drowning Fatality at Bathurst. Three Lives Lost. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 March 1894 · page 5

A SAD accident, by which three young girls lost their lives, is reported from Bathurst. On Good Friday Maggie Yeomans, aged 14, Hilda (her step-sister), about 4, and Marie…

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Scottish Admiral Sunk in Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 March 1894 · page 4

A wire dated Port Victoria, February 10, states that H.M.S. Edinburgh came into collision with the barque Scottish Admiral that was moored in the River Medway; barque sunk in deep water…

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Shipping Accidents at Hamburg

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 March 1894 · page 4

A report from Hamburg, dated February 12, says the three-masted schooner Johann Adolph capsized and sank in the harbour. British barque Chipperkyle broke from her moorings and drove foul of…

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Accident at Merewether

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 March 1894 · page 5

AN accident of rather a serious nature happened to a little boy named Isaac Dunn, 4 years, old, the son of Mr. John Dune, of Hall-street, Merewether. It appears that on…

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Buggy Accident in Sydney. Sir W. P. Manning Injured. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 March 1894 · page 5

AN accident of a serious nature through a collision with a tram in Botany-street occurred this afternoon, resulting in Sir W. P. Manning, the Mayor of Sydney, being…

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Terrible Accident in London. Five Persons Burned to Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 March 1894 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.—A terrible accident has taken place in Olerkenwell, where a family of five persons have been burned to death through the…

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