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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents
465 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 24
NEWS is to hand by the English mail that the barque Willowbank, which was here last year, had been in collision in the English Channel and foundered. The crew,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A cable dated London, January 30, says:—"The steamer Kakaia, 8600 tons, of Plymouth bound from London to Wellington, which grounded near the Cape Verde Islands on the 6th inst., has put into…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE steamer Tomki was towed into port to-day with a broken shaft. She left the Richmond River on Friday, and yesterday afternoon, when ten miles south of Newcastle, her…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A cable to hand dated Auckland, Sunday, says that Mr. James Jones, the second officer of the barque Coromandel, was washed overboard and drowned about an hour after the tug cast off on leaving…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A MYSTERIOUS shooting affair has happened at Boolgoldi. On Sunday a man named Foran went out to shoot hawks. On Monday he was found dead, lying on his rifle. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Rakaia, s, London to Wellington, which grounded near the Cape Verde Islands on 6th ultimo, and arrived at Capetown for examination, will not require to dock, she will be able to proceed in a few…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This afternoon a serious accident happened at Ovingham railway station, A passenger train from Adelaide had just passed over the crossing, when Elsie Reynolds and Winnie…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A boy named Alfred Hermann, aged 14, was driving in a buggy with Mr. King of Lecihhardt, this afternoon, and in turning the corner of Bridge and Gresham streets the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two little boys, brothers, named Charles Francis Ridge, aged 10 years, and Charles William Ridge, aged 8 years, were noticed at a waterhole near Tabbett-street, Leichhardt,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SOME nights ago, at about 8 o'clock Mr. Hugh Kerr, of Stockton, who has at least twice before distinguished himself in a similar manner, and who was recently the recipient…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Arthur Reid, a lad of 17, working at the South Melbourne sawmill, had his fore arm torn off by the machinery. THE RAILWAYS…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ON Saturday last a man named George Jones met with a painful accident in the vicinity of the Greta Colliery. He had been assisting in shunting some waggons, and in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Yesterday afternoon [?] couple of tradesmen employed on the new brick building in course of erection next to Messrs. R. Blair and Son's establishment in High-street were slightly…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A young man named Michael Carroll very narrowly escaped death on the Ellalong Mountain yesterday morning. He was employed with some others making a track down…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The schooner Jasper, which was considerably over-due here from Lyttelton with a cargo of produce arrived yesterday after a passage of 32 days. For the first 11 days the vessel was battling against…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A MIDDLE-AGED man named Richard Keene, living at Plattsburg, met with a serious accident while holing for a shot in the Duckenfield Colliery on Monday. It appears that the face…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A third accident is reported at the Wallsend Colliery. From the particulars available, it appears that a son of Mr. John Roxby got Jammed between the skips and a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A TERRIBLE accident occurred in the South Brisbane reach of the River at 5 o'clock this afternoon. The steamer Pearl was conveying about 80 passengers from North to South…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CONSIDERABLE difficulty is still experienced in obtaining the names of persons known to have been on the Pearl on her fatal trip who have not since been seen. Only one body…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AN inquest was held at Granville yesterday concerning the death of two little girls, sisters, named Olive Dwyer, aged 11 years, and Leila Dwyor, aged 8. The children,…
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