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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1898

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Serious Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 February 1898 · page 4

A FATHER serious accident occurred early on Saturday morning to a young man named Thomas Lee, an employee of Mr. M'Fee's sawmills at Wakefield, near Teralba. Mr…

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The Shooting Fatality. Inquest and Verdict

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1898 · page 4

THE shooting fatality in the Upper Reserve on Sunday morning was inquired into at the. Clarendon Hotel yesterday morning by Mr. G. C. Martin, the district coroner…

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Naval Disaster in Germany. Twelve Men Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1898 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday.—A shocking disaster occurred yesterday in the harbour of Kiel, Germany. Whilst a steam launch was conveying a party of…

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Catherine Hill Bay. Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 February 1898 · page 3

On Thursday evening a son of Mr. Taffe's of Swansea, had his arm broken. It appears the little chap accompanied by another youth went into the bush to get a pony. Upon…

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Stella-waitemata Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 February 1898 · page 4

A cable from Auckland states that the nautical inquiry into the collision between the steamer Stella and the barquentine Waitemata was commenced on Tuesday. Captain Kennedy, of the Stella, admitted…

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Greta. Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 February 1898 · page 7

Mr. Geo. Rudd met with a nasty accident, though not of a serious nature, Mr. Rudd was driving some sheep, when the horse which he was…

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Steamers in Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 4

LONDON, Saturday.—A collision occurred yesterday on the River Humber between H.M.S. Galatea, the guard-ship, and the steamer Marbella,…

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Accident at Wallsend Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 5

AN accident ocourred yesterday at the Wallssend Colliery by a fall of coal, whereby two men named P. Parson and Joseph Dodds were injured. Parson was conveyed home,…

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The Bravo in Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 4

The Norwegian ship Bravo, bound from Fredrik-stad to Sydney with Baltic timber, has been towed into Southampton after being in collision…

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The Late Rains Devastation at Bungendore. Two Men Drowned. Mail Train Imperilled. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 5

FURTHER reports regarding damage resulting from the late rains are still being received. News from Bungendore sows that the rainfall was phenomenally heavy, and that the…

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Fatal Tram Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 8

The railway crossing at the East Maitland railway station was yesterday afternoon the scene of a tragic occurrence in which a little boy named Ernest Rose, aged 8 years met…

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Miners' Accident Fund. Deputation to the Minister for Mines. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 5

A DEPUTATION representing the miners of the Northern and Southern districts waited upon the Minister for Mines this afternoon to certain what assistance the Government…

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Maitland District. the Tram Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 February 1898 · page 8

THE district coroner, Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M., held an inquest yesterday afternoon at the Junction Hotel, East Maitland, concerning the circumstances attending the death of…

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Collision in the English Channel. the Bravo Damaged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 February 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The barque Bravo, bound for Sydney, came into collision with another vessel in the English Channel, and has been towed…

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Intercolonial News. New South Wales. Sydney, Saturday. Quarry Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 February 1898 · page 5

A BOY named William Vincent, 11 years of ago, was killed by falling into a quarry off Point Piper road, Paddington, this afternoon. He was walking along the edge with…

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South Australia. Adelaide, Sunday. Fatal Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 February 1898 · page 5

A young man named Gustav Geir, employed by a farmer of Millicent, was killed on Saturday by a loaded waggon going over him. He was driving down a hill when…

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Carrington. a Serious Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 February 1898 · page 5

A serious accident happened about 11 o'clock yesterday) morning in Young-street to Frank Vero, aged 14 years, a son of Mr. Emanuel Vero, of Little Denison-street. He…

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Fatality at the Biscuit Factory. Boy Caught in the Machinery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1898 · page 5

BETWEEN 6 and 7 o'clock last evening a boy named William Heslop, 17 years of age, employed at Arnott's Steam Biscuit Factory, met his death whilst engaged in the…

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Minmi. Another Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1898 · page 3

On Saturday afternoon a young miner named William Waite met with a serious accident in No. 2 tunnel, Brown's Colliery. It appears that Waite was knocking out the…

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Fatal Accident. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1898 · page 5

A TERIBLE accident occurred at St. Mary's Cathedral this morning, by which a man named John Leslie was killed ontright, and his fellow-workman, William Drury,…

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