A Fatal Accident
A child named Clara Hitchcock, 8 years old, daughter of Mr. Joseph Hitchcock, of Mulbring, Mount Vincent, met her death in a very peculiar manner yesterday. Mrs…
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Accidents, 1897
509 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 26
Maitland District. ACCIDENT
A YOUNG man named Herbert M'Donald was admitted to the Maitland Hospital last evening suffering with a crushed foot. The injury was contracted while M'Donald was…
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The body of William Tegg, the youth who was drowned in the Hunter River on Tuesday morning, was recovered at about 11 o'clock the same…
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Mr. G. F. Scott, district coroner, held a magisterial inquiry at Mulbring yesterday morning into the circumstances connected with the death of…
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A collision occurred on Wednesday off Dungeness between her Majesty's first-class twin-screw cruiser Blenheim, attached to the Channel Squadron, and the French five-masted barque France, bound from…
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Collisions between her Majesty's vessels and merchant vessels are becoming monotonous. The recent sinking of a homeward bound vessel from Australia is still fresh in…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—A collision has occurred off Dungeness between H.M.S. Blenheim and the five-masted steel ship France. The vessels,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Recent Collision. Inquiry to Be Held
LONDON, Thursday.—A Court of Inquiry will be held concerning the collision in the English Channel between H.M.S. Blenheim and the steel…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Waratah. Street Accident
Yesterday morning early a boy named Webb was thrown from a horse in Station-street and injured about the face and head. The boy, with others, was riding pretty hard…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Accident at Redfern. a Car Derailed. Several Persons Injured. Sydney
A RAILWAY accident occurred just outside Redfern station this morning, the effects of which, so far as personal injury is concerned, were comparatively slight. The scene of the…
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A young man named Joseph Scully, of the Prince of Wales' Hotel, met with a nasty accident yesterday. He was opening some bottles in the bar, when one of them…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Collision at Sea. Duke of Buckingham Injured
LONDON, Friday.—A collision took, place yesterday, off Holehaven, on the south coast of England, between the R.M.S. Duke of Buckingham, bound…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland. Thursday Island, Sunday. Accident to a Workman
A coloured man, while working the Menmuir's cargo, had a leg terribly smashed by a sling of timber crushing him against the hatch. The Menmuir leaves for Hongkong…
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LONDON, Sunday.—The steamer City of Agra, owned by Messrs. D. Smith and Sons, has been lost off the Spanish port of Corcubion, near Cape…
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Yesterday Mr. James Ferris, of Bolwarra. sustained a loss by an accident which befel his horse at the farmers' union sales. The animal became restive, and pulled away…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sad Fatality in Cornwall. Twelve Lives Lost
LONDON, Wednesday. — While a number of men were employed to-day in the work of widening the Coldrenick Viaduct, in Cornwall, a platform gave…
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MR. MITCHERSON, of Young-street, Carrington, met with a painful accident yesterday whilst following his employment as a miner at Hetton Colliery. His injuries were caused…
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ON Sunday afternoon a little child, 2 years of age, belonging to Mrs. Read, of Roxburgh-street, eluded its mother for a minute when out on the beach with her, and trotting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland. Maryborough, Monday. Terrible Accident
A man named John Head fell into the machinery of the I-is sugar mill, and his face was smashed to a pulp, both legs were broken, and he sustained also internal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Tuesday. Fatal Buggy Accident
MARY ANN AMNER, a woman who was injured a fortnight ago by being thrown from a buggy in Dowling-street, died in the Prince Alfred Hospital last night. A Mr…
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