A Painful Accident
ON Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock a painful accident occurred to Herbert Harris, age 5 years, a son of Dr. John Harris. The child had just turned the corner of King-street…
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Accidents, 1895
458 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 23
Fatal Accident. Miner Killed at New Lambton. Inquest and Verdict
EARLY yesterday morning a fatal accident occurred at the New Lambton C Pit, situated in the Adamstown Municipality, by which a miner named John…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Accident to the Captain Cook
While the steam collier Captain Cook was on her last trip from Newcastle to Sydney something happened that caused her machinery to suddenly stop. Something held the propeller for a few seconds, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accidents at Stockton
ON Sunday evening last, a lad about 13 years of age, son of Mr. Edward Sheppard, boatbuilder, of Fullerton-street, Stockton, when romping with some playfellows, was…
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Within the last few days a considerable number of burning accidents have occurred in various parts of the country, and in several instances little children have been the…
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AT about midday yesterday, a miner named Herman Fink, 23 years of age, was injured severely by a fill of coal at the above colliery. The injured man was quickly brought to the…
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At about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon a man named Frederick Dredge lost his life by drowning in a lagoon near the water works at West Maitland, known as Brunker a Swamp…
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A YOUNG man named Philip Earle received severe injuries to his foot yesterday morning by a fall of coal in Back Creek No. 2 tunnel. He was conveyed to the surface in an empty…
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Yesterday afternoon, Mr. J. N. Brooks, District Coroner, held a magisterial inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of Frederick Dredge, the man who was drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Accidents to Coal-laden Ships. Parliamentary Return Asked. Sydney
MR. JOSEPH ABBOTT has given notice to ask the Colonial Secretary next Thursday:—Will he cause to be laid upon the table of the House a return of the vessels coal-laden or…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Pukaki's Late Accident
It is reported from Launceston on Good authority that the Mersey Marine Hoard will receive a writ for damages for £1500 to the steamer Pukaki, which recently truck a huge boulder prior to berthing at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tomki and Magnet in Collision
On Tuesday night the stramer Tombi, when leaving the Government Wharf, at Woodburn, collided with the river steamer Magnet, the latter being a good deal knocked about, principally in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colliery Accident in America 130 Miners Entombed. All Rescued Alive
LONDON, Wednesday.—A terrible colliery disaster has occurred in the State of West Virginia (U.S.). An immense quantity of gunpowder…
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THE body of Alfred or Charles Harrison, sailmaker, of the ship Toxteth, which left here yesterday, was found floating in Throsby's Creek in the morning. Constable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accidents to Coal-Laden Ships. Six Vessels on a Reef. Possible Cause for Missing Vessels
ONCE more attention is being directed to the disappearance of and accidents to ships carrying cargoes of coal from this colony, and as already reported Mr. Joseph Abbott has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident at Lambton
EARLY yesterday morning a sad accident occurred at Lambton, when Mr. Thomas Conn fell and fractured his leg at the ankle. It appears that Mr. Conn, who is almost…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Saturday's Big Blow. Accidents to Shipping. Strange Conduct of a Shipmaster
DAYLIGHT on Saturday was ushered in by a fine whole-sail breeze along the coast, but these conditions were considerably altered by 7 30 a.m., when a violent southerly swept…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident at the Hetton Colliery
AN accident happened to Mr. V. Collins, a shiftman, employed at the Hetton Colliery, yesterday afternoon. The injured man was engaged cleaning up the roads when a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District. an Accident
WITHIN the last few weeks several narrow escapes from serious accident have occurred in the Maitland district, inconsequence of the negligence of vehicular drivers. On Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Collision at Sydney
During Tuesday night at Sydney a collision took place between the steamer City of Grafton outward bound to the Clarence, and the ketch Amy Hair, inward bound from Camden Haven, timber laden. The…
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