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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents
465 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 24
AN inquest was held to-day into the circumstances connected with the death of Alfred Thompson, age 34, lately employed on the railway, who was found dead on the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In connection with the recent fatal accident at the Hetton mine, the Mayor has convened a meeting, by request, to be held at the council…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MR. ALEXANDER MATHIESON, manager of the Heeton Colliery, with Mr. Richard Bexter, the colliery clerk, waited on Mrs. Jackson yesterday and handed her a letter…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →LONDON, Tuesday.—Prince Christian of Schleswig Holstein, a son-in-law of the Queen, met with a serious accident in London to-day. The Prince…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A terrible fatality occurred at the Redan mine, Ballarat, to-day. Two miners named William Bolitho and Thos. Bath were tamping a fuse with an iron bar, which is against the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A SAD drowning fatality occurred about 10 a.m. yesterday, by which a seaman belonging to the steamer Namoi lost his life The Namoi left the company's wharf and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Yesterday forenoon Sub-Inspector Fowler, of the West Maitland police office, received a wire intimating that a man had been drowned from the steamer Namoi while the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →AN inquest wan held to-day on the body of a man named Michael Sullivan, found floating in the harbour at Kerosene Bay yesterday. Deceased was a labourer, single, 50 years of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A TERRIBLE railway accident occurred last night on the railway line between the Wolfe-street and Market-street crossings by which an old and respected master mariner, Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A PUBLIC meeting, convened by the Mayor, was held at the Carrington Council Chambers on Thursday evening to devise moans to extend practical sympathy to the widow and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Thursday. — intelligence has been received from Shanghai, stating that a collision has occurred between the steamers Now-Chwing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE accident on the railway line on Friday evening, resulting in the death of Captain James Thain, the master of the Government steamer Orestes, was inquired into by Mr. G…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MR. D. WILLIAMS, of Adamstown, writes:—With no desire to injure the laudable effort that is being made to succour the wife and family of the unfortunate main, James M…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Monday.—The May Day Labour Celebration passed off quietly everywhere on the Continent, except at Vienna. In that city public feeling…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A meeting of the Jackson Family Benefit Committee was hold at the Carrington Council Chambers on Tuesday evening, when the vice-chairman…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →AN accident which, but for the presence of mind and promptitude of Mr. J. Durie, overman, might have proved fatal, happened yesterday at the West Wallsend Colliery to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A sensational incident occurred at Craigie-burn today. Two carriers with carts went to cross the railway line. The gates being opened, the first one crossed safely, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Wollumbin, which was towed into Nelson's Bay by the steamer Electra on Thursday night in a disabled condition, will be towed to Sydney by the Sterling, the latter vessel having left for Port…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MANY will be sorry to hear that the genial old piper, Richard Beveridge, who for many years resided here in Douglas-street, where his family are still living, and often was heard…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A young fellow named Arthur Clark, in the employ of Mr. G. D. Nattrass, met with a nasty accident late on Sunday night. As he was…
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