Lambton. Accidents
The son of Mr. A. Elliott, of Hexham, fell off his horse on the Sandgate-road on Sunday last. The lad was conveyed to Lambton, and Dr. Stapleton attended to his injuries…
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Accidents, 1897
509 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 26
Adamstown. the Fatal Accident
The funeral of the unfortunate man William Gascoigne, who was killed by the collapse of a crane on the Newcastle Council's wharf on Wednesday morning, took place…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →CABLEGRAMS. The Greeo-Turkish War Reinforcements for Larissa. Forty-eight Hours' Fighting. Vigorous Attack of Greek Artillery. Two Turkish Batteries Destroyed. Naval Operations on the Salonica Coast. Edhem Pasha Asks for Reinforcements. Great Excitement at Constantinople. Collision Between Greeks and Turks Feared. Mr. Gladstone Condemns the Powers
LONDON, Thursday.—The police guard from Port Volo garrison has been ordered to reinforce Larissa. The Greeks are strongly entrenched…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wickham and Bullock Island Fatality. Verdict of Accidental Death
THE fatal accident to a miner named Thomas Coxon at the Wickham and Bullock Island Colliery on Thursday, formed the subject of an inquiry before Mr. G. C. Martin, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sad Fatal Accident. Two Men Washed Down a Sewer. Sydney
SHORTLY after a heavy fall of rain this afternoon an alarm was given that two maintenance men, named Patrick Sullivan and William Macpherson, in the employ of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Prevention of Collision at Sea
New and revised regulations for preventing collisions at sea will come into force on the 1st July next. These regulations were made by her Majesty-in-Council on the joint…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Burning Accident. Woman's Clothing on Fire
INFORMATION reached the Newcastle Hospital yesterday that a serious ease of burning had taken place at Hamilton Commonage, and the ambulance in charge of one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Greta. Accident
A serious accident occurred last evening, about 7 o'clock, to a boy 10 years of age, son of Mr. J. Wiseman, of Leconfield. It seems that the boy…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Queensland. Brisbane, Tuesday. Fatal Accident
E. S. Calcott, compositor, Government Printing Office, was killed by a falling tree at Jimboombah, near Beaudesert, yesterday. ALLEGED BREACHES OF CUSTOMS ACT…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Sad Sewer Fatality. Sydney
THE inquest on the bodies of William Angus Macpherson and Patrick Sullivan, who were drowned in the Wattle-street sewer, was held this morning by the city coroner and a jury…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Suspected Bomb Outrage. on a London Railway. Many Persons Injured
LONDON, Tuesday.—A serious explosion occurred on the Underground Railway to-day. A carriage was completely smashed, many passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Failure to Stand by After Collision
The Board of Trade have issued a caution to masters and officers of ships drawing attention to the case decided recently at the Police Court, Bristol, where the master of a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fatal Burning Accident. Extraordinary Action of a Wife. Self Inflicted Injuries
THE fatality to Mrs. Katherine Ann Moloney, the young married woman who died at the Newcastle Hospital en Thursday from the effects of burns received in her house at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Maitland District. ACCIDENT
ON Saturday afternoon a little girl named Doris Williams was admitted to the Maitland Hospital suffering from a fractured thigh. The child was knocked down by a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Sad Bathing Fatality. a Chemist Committed for Trial
George Strachan, the chemist who attended the young girl, Eliza Young Hedley, who died from the effects of a wound received whilst bathing at the foot of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Disastrous Fire in Paris Terrible Scenes. Two Hundred Persons Killed. Hundreds Injured
LONDON, Tuesday.—A fire occurred at a bazaar which was being held in Paris to-day in aid of a charity, and at which 1800 of the elite of the city…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Accident
LAST night shortly after 6 o'clock Mr. John Thornton, who is engaged as a clerk at Messrs. B. Hall and Son's warehouse, met with a serious accident in Hunter-street…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victoria. Melbourne, Wednesday. Railway Accident
The Oakleigh train, with a number of passengers ran into the pilot engine at Jolimont. Fortunately no one was injured, and the train was only slightly damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Waratah. Accident
Yesterday Mr. Thomas Hopkins a brick-maker, was seriously injured in his brickyard. It appears that he was working in the clay pit when a quantity of clay fell away and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Accidents and Overdues
When the Oceana's mails closed (2nd April) the accidents and reinsurance rates were quoted as follows:—The Toxteth, which was ashore near Panama, after being reinsured as overdue, got off and arrived…
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