District News. Stockton. Accident
On Wednesday a painful accident befell a youth named Thomas Hoare, about 15 years of age, who is employed at Messrs. Peter Callen and Son's works. Young Hoare was…
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Accidents, 1897
509 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 26
Boy Drowned at Waratah
INFORMATION reached the local police office last evening that a boy named Richard Jas. Drinkwater, residing with his parents at Waratah, had met his death by drowning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Further Fighting. Greeks and Turks in Collision. Turkish Reverse. Capture of a Fort
LONDON, Saturday.—Intelligence received from Crete to-day reports that further fighting has taken place between the Greek force under the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Bicycling Accident. a Professor Killed
LONDON, Friday.—Mr. W. Wallace, M.A., Whyte Professor of Moral Philosophy at Oxford University, has been killed while bicycling…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Waratah Drowning Fatality
AN inquest was held at 10.30 a.m. yesterday, at the Glanmorgan Hotel, Georgetown, on the body of the boy Richard James Drinkwater, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Accident at Wallsend. Line Repairer Injured
JAS. ATKIN, a telegraph line repairer, met with a serious accident at Wallsend on Monday afternoon while renewing a telegraph pole. He had climbed up the pole with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Lambton. Pit Accident
Alderman W. Chalmers mot with a painful accident while at his work at Barwood Colliery yesterday. Himself and son work together, and were engaged getting…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Accident to the Thomas S. Stowe
The barque Thomas S Stowe was to have left Sydney for Newcastle on Monday night, but an accident occurred whilst she was getting under weigh, which necessitated her detention in port until repairs have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victoria. Melbourne, Sunday. Drowning Case
A man named Robert Heepe, engaged on the Yarra Improvement works, fell into the river to-day, and was drowned. CHARGE OF KEEPING A GAMBLING HOUSE,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Supposed Case of Drowning. Cook of a Tugboat Missing
CAPTAIN BOYCE, of the tug Newburgh, reported to Senior-constable Olson yesterday that he had every reason to believe that his cook, named Joseph Shepherd, 37 years of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland District. ACCIDENT
AT half-past 7 o'clock on Saturday evening Mr and Mrs. Frederick Baker were driving along High-street, West Maitland, in a sulky, when a man named George Little,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Accident to a Coasting Steamer
A telegram from Albany states that the steamer La Serena, on the voyage from Fremantle to Albany, struck on a reef. The vessel, which is leaking, has now discharged her cargo of coal and will be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Accident at Plattsburg
CONSIDERABLE regret was expressed on all sides when it became known yesterday morning that Mr. David Hitchcock, nightsoil contractor for the Boroughs of Wallsend and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wallsend Fatality. Accidental Death
AN inquiry was held at Wallsend, before the district coroner, yesterday, touching the death of Mr. David Hitchcock, nightsoil contractor of Wallsend and Plattsburg. The evidence…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Derwent in Collision
The ship Derwent, of Devitt and Moore's line, which left London on 25th February for Sydney with a general cargo, came into collision with the steamer Milo, 1743 tons, off Start Point, Devonshire The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colliery Operations at Dover Flooding of a Mine. Eight Men Drowned
LONDON, Monday.—A disastrous colliery accident is reported from Dover. A mine suddenly became flooded, and eight unfortunate men…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Shipping Collision in the English Channel. the Derwent and Milo Foul
LONDON, Sunday.—The ship Derwent, of Devitt and Moore's line, which left London on 25th February for Sydney, with a general cargo, came…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Waratah. Accident
A bad accident occurred on Sunday on the Commonage to a brickmaker named Arthur Richards. It appears Richards was leading a young horse…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Cycling Accident. Meadham and M'Combe Injured. Sydney
GEORGE MEADHAM and William M'Combe, the two well-known cyclists, were somewhat seriously injured at the cricket ground to-day. They were training in preparation for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Explosion of Rockets. Two Seamen Injured
ADVICKS from Albany state that a serious accident occurred on board the steamer M'Gregor on her last trip along the coast. It appears that on Wednesday afternoon last,…
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