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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents
362 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 19
A S[?]OUS accident occurred to the Stockton ferry steamer Adeline on Saturday afternoon, which fortunately was unattended by fatality, but was nevertheless a narrow…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Marine Board inquiry regarding the collision of the ferry steamers Cammeray and Princess on Boxing Day was resumed today. Alfred B[?]dwell said he had been 21…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE adjourned inquest respecting the death of the men Bernard Gallagher and Peter Nelson, employees at Mort's Dock, drowned through the breaking away of the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A MARINE Board inquiry will be held at the Custom House on Wednesday next, to inquire into the circumstances attending the collision between the steamers Namoi and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Yesterday evening, while some boys were bathing in a waterhole in a brickyard near the Benevolent Asylum, a lad aged 15, named Wm…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Tuesday.—The East Coast Scotch express was derailed to-day after having been in collision with a coal waggon near Dunbar. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Tuesday.—The municipal elections are proceeding at London, Ontario, Canada. While a candidate for municipal honours was addressing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A sad drowning accident occurred at South-port last night. About 8 o'clock several boys were sitting on the gangway rail at the end of the jetty. Alfred Shillito, aged 14 years,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A serious accident was averted in High-street yesterday afternoon through the timely intervention of a number of gentlemen. It appears that Mrs. Manners was driving three…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A TRAIN collision occurred at the Parramatta station last evening by which three carriages were considerably damaged, and several passengers sustained slight injuries. A full…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A sad drowning accident occurred in the Hunter River at about half-past 6 o'clock last evening, when a young lad named Walter Walz lost his life while bathing at a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →AN inquest was held to-day on the body of the young man Joseph Vintznetz who sustained fatal injuries by falling from the footboard of a Balmain tram on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Sydney Marine Board delivered their reserved decision yesterday in the Princess. Cammeray collision, which occurred in Sydney Cove on December 27. The board found…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BETWEEN 3 and 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon a young lad, about 13 years of age, son of Mr. H. J. Kettloy, restaurant keeper, in Hunter-street West, whilst fishing below the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A magisterial inquiry was held yesterday morning at Bolwarra concerning the death of the young lad Walter Walz, who was drowned in the river on Monday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →AN inquest touching the death by drowning of the boy Harry Kettley, a 13-years-old son of Mr. H. J. Kettley, a restaurant-keeper in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The steamer Katoomba, which left Sydney on Saturday for Brisbane and Northern ports, experienced heavy weather. Cape Moreton was reached early on Monday evening, but the entrance was not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →During the run from Aden to Colombo the new German mail steamer Konigin Luise dropped two of the blades of her starboard propeller, which necessitated her detention in Colombo from the 14th till…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE passengers from the stranded steamer Ranelagh arrived at Bundaberg late on Tuesday night from Sea Beach, where the vessel is ashore. From the statement of one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AT the close of the Marine Board meeting yesterday the President, Captain Gross, intimated that the board were not satisfied with the evidence…
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