Painful Railway Accident
A PAINFUL railway accident happened to a guard, of a train, named Charles Wills, at the Wallsend Junction yesterday, day, which necessitated his removal to…
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Accidents, 1896
465 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 24
An Accident
Yesterday morning Dr. E. J. A. Haynes, of West Maitland, sustained a painful injury to the skull when about to leave the steamer Namoi at Newcastle upon arrival from…
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A SERIOUS accident occurred on the Northern line between Werris Creek and Tamworth last evening. A ganger named Potter was riding a railway tricycle when the down train,…
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WILLIAM POTTER, the ganger who was overtaken by the Northern express while riding a railway tricycle between Worris Creek and Tamworth on Thursday night,…
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A SUMMARY of accident and casualties which have been reported to the Board of Trade as having occurred upon railways in the United Kingdom…
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FURTHER particulars are to hand concerning the terrible railway accident that happened on Thursday night at Werris Creek, by which William Potter, a railway ganger, lost his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Australia. Adelaide, Sunday. Boy Drowned
A lad named Leslie Loades accidentally tally drowned in Torrens Lake this afternoon. He fell in while playing with a dog. ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident to the Steamer Glanworth. Collision With a Rock on the Queensland Coast. Passengers and Crew Saved Brisbane
THE following telegram was received from Gladstone yesterday morning:—"The A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Glanworth, bound from Rockhampton to Glastone…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Accident at the Borehole Pit. Death of the Victim
THE accident which occurred at the Borchole Pit on the 14th instant, by which a minor named Richard Nicholls was injured, has terminated fatally, the victim dying in the…
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The Ethiope, s, 1905 tons, of London, bound from Melbourne to London, has put into Gibraltar with damage to her machinery…
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LONDON, Sunday.—A serious accident occurred at Toulon between two French torpedo boats, which collided while taking part in the mancouvres…
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THE inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Richard Nicholls, who died in the Newcastle Hospital on the 20th instant from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Monday. Accident to Mr. Quong Tart
MR. QUONG TART sustained a somewhat serious, accident at his residence, Ashfield, to-day. While coming downstairs with his child on his shoulder he slipped while…
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A report to hand, dated Port Chalmers, January 19, says: "The Anglian took the bank above the Quarantine Island this morning, and has been tendered by the Harbour Board's tug Plucky, which it…
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A VERY sad drowning fatality occurred at Cardiff yesterday, the victim being a little boy named John Rushton, 7 years of age. The lad, whose father is a miner residing at…
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Benjamin Butler, carpenter of the steamer Westmeath, fell off the gangway into the water to-day. George Hopkins, a seaman, dived after him, but crushed his foot. Butler…
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A COLLISION took place in the harbour yesterday morning between Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Co.'s steamer Tambo and Messrs. W. Howard Smith and Son's steamer Age,…
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A SEAMAN named Walter Jones, on the articles of the ship Knight St. Michael, met with a serious and painful accident yesterday. The ship is at the dyke loading, and…
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Mr. G. C. MARTIN, the district coroner, held an inquest at Cardiff yesterday, touching the death of the boy, John Rushton, aged 6 years, who was drowned on Wednesday…
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The temperary repairs to Messrs. W. H. Smith and Sons' steamer Age, which was injured by collision with Messrs. Huddart, Parker and Co.'s steamer Tambo in the harbour an Wednesdya, were yesterday…
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