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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1898

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Accident to a Coasting Steamer. The Macleay Strikes a Rock. Passengers and Mails Taken Off. Nelson's Bay

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 July 1898 · page 5

The North Coast S.S. Company's steamer Macleay, while on a passage from the Richmond River to Sydney yesterday, struck on Telegraph Rock, off Camden Haven…

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Railway Fatality. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 July 1898 · page 5

An inquest was held to-day on the body of a locomotive fireman named Joseph Hall, who was crushed, to death at the Eveleigh Government…

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The Accident to Plattbetts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 July 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The injuries received by Platt-Betts, the champion cyclist, in the accident at the Crystal Palace track through the overturning…

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Collision in the Harbour. Both Vessels Damaged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 July 1898 · page 4

Shortly before 7 p.m. last night a collision occurred in the harbour between the Adelaide S.S. Co.'s steamer Karaweera and the German barque Katinka, by which…

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The Karaweera-katinka Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 July 1898 · page 5

Yesterday morning Mr. Thomas Brooks, Lloyd's Surveyor, made a survey of the steamer Karaweera and the German barque Katinka, which were injured in collision on…

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Greta. Serious Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 July 1898 · page 3

Celia Woods, the 10-years-old daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Woods, met with a very painful and serious accident yesterday morning. The girl with her young brother was out…

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The Spanish Disaster. Men All Captured or Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 July 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—Admiral Cervera has telegraphed a report of the recent disaster to Madrid. He declares that all his men that were…

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A Chapter of Casualties. Fatality at Cockatoo Island. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 July 1898 · page 5

This evening W. Dooly, a "super" at the Theatre Royal was stabbed in the back in al dressing room by a man named John Storey, who gave himself up to the police…

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Accident on the Tramline. a Seaman Run Over. No Hopes of His Recovery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 July 1898 · page 5

Shortly before 10 o'clock last night a seaman, named Simon Anderson, was run over by the 9.50 Merewether tram between Perkin-street and Brown-street,…

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Merewether. Serious Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 July 1898 · page 6

A serious accident occurred yesterday, whereby a boy of tender years, the son of Mrs. Bartley, a widow, sustained painful injuries from being knocked down by a tram…

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Greta. Narrow Escape From Drowning

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 July 1898 · page 5

A little boy, the son of Mr. W. Hamilton, a deputy in the Greta mine, had a narrow escape from drowning this morning. The child was playing against the creek which…

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Waratah. Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 July 1898 · page 7

About noon on Saturday a little chap, aged 7, son of Mr. D. Fox, while playing up a peach tree in the home yard, accidentally fell to the…

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Collision in Sydney Harbour. a Fatal Mishap. SYDNEY, Tuesday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 July 1898 · page 5

At 6.30 this evening the steamer Cintra, outward bound for Brisbane, while passing Dawes Point, came into collision with the Karuah, knocking Captain Forbes, of the…

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Accident at Seaham Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 July 1898 · page 4

A nasty accident happened to a youth named William Pease on Monday morning, employed at Seaham Colliery, West Wallsend as a wheeler. It appears young Pease…

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Accident to the Prince of Wales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 July 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The Prince of Wales met with a nasty accident yesterday at Waddesdon Manor, in Buckinghamshire, where he was on a…

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Accident at West Wallsend

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 July 1898 · page 5

A painful accident happened to Mr. Richardson, traffic manager for the Seaham and West Wallsend Company's railways, on Tuesday. Mr. Richardson, who was…

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Narrow Escape From Drowning. Saved by a Dog

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 July 1898 · page 5

Last night, while evidently under the influence of liquor, a stranger, who is supposed to have come from Lambton, fell into the Wickham drain in the vicinity of…

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A Sydney Letter. the Prospects of Mr. Barton. "Two Ales" Among the Publicans. Another Harbour Accident. Regarding the Promised North Shore Bridge. Opening of the Queen Victoria Markets. a Famous Tichborne Witness. the Football Umpire Now Safe. a Noted Cricketer's Apology. the "Worm" That Will Not Die. Sydney, 21st July

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 July 1898 · page 6

The prospects of Mr. Barton in king Division—a division indeed—are improving daily, As of course, you know the Premier, so far, has not had a single realty…

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The Accident to the Prince of Wales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 July 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The latest bulletin regarding the health of the Prince of Wales states that he is considerably better, and it is expected…

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The Prince of Wales' Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 July 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The medical bulletin issued this afternoon states that the Prince passed a good night, and is making good progress…

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