The Carrington Accident. a Fatal Termination
THE serious accident which brief the youth Frank Vero, a son of Mr. Emanuel Vero, of Little Dennison-street, Carrington, by being thrown from a vehicle opposite the local…
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Accidents, 1898
362 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 19
The Adencraig in Collision
As the steamer Macleay was leaving Sydney, at 8 o'clock on Monday night, for Richmond River, and just after getting clear of the North Coast Company's wharf, she collided with the ship Adencraig,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Narrow Escape From Drowning. a Plucky Rescue. Dangers of Surf Bathing
AN exciting incident occurred on the beach behind the hospital last evening, which but for the pluck and determination of some of those concerned would undoubtedly have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fatality at the Biscuit Factory. Inquest and Verdict
THE fatality which occurred at Arnott's biscuit factory on Monday evening, when a young man named William Henry Heslop, of Gosford-road, Hamilton, was caught in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Victoria. Melbourne, Tuesday. Curious Accident
A peculiar accident has occurred at North Melbourne. While a man named George Cower was being rubbed with a turpentine liniment for rheumatism, and while he was…
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LONDON, Thursday.—A coast guard boat that was fetching stores from the gunboat Alarm that was anchored off Wells, on the Norfolk coast, capsized,…
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CONSIDERABLE consternation was created among the residents of lower King-street yesterday morning when a loud report, as from a heavy piece of ordnance, was heard…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Intercolonial News. New South Wales. Sydney, Friday. Vehicular Collision
MESSRS. James Boching, superintendent of the post-office stable, and Wyndham, superintendent of the mail branch, G P. [?]., were seriously injured by being thrown from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision at the Bluff
News has been received from New Zealand that a collision occurred recently in the Bluff Harbour Channel between the steamer Buteshire, from Sydney to London, and the ketch Gratitude. The…
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AT an early hour this morning the body of a young woman was found lying at high water mark on the sands at Coogee by a fisherman named Henry Rogers. Information was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bathing Accident at Stockton
A SEVERE accident befel a lad named Gibsen, 17 years of age, son of Mrs. Gibson, of Mitchell-street, when bathing yesterday morning on the Stockton beach. It seems…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Mining Accident. Three Miners Killed.—others Injured. Miraculous Escape. Broken Hill, Monday Morning
AT the British mine, in the main working at the 300ft level, rook drills were being used. A number of holes had been bored in the roof of compact sulphides. The shift boss…
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YESTERDAY morning, at a little before noon, a young man named Scotman, engaged at the colliery as a wheeler, was rather severely kicked by a horse while engaged at his work…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stella-waitemata Collision
In view of the recent disclosures in connection with the collision between the steamer Stella and the barquentine Waitemata in Auckland harbour, the Shipmaster's Association of Wellington urged the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collision at Sea. Coasting Steamers Collide. Melbourne
THE coasting steamers Flinders and Casino cotlided early this morning off Cape Otway. The bridge of the Flinders was carried away, and other minor damage done. The Casino…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Intercolonial News. New South Wales. Sydney, Tuesday. a Painful Accident
MR. J. D. BAYLISS was sent to attend to a window, with which something had become unworkable, at No. 70 King street this morning, and while on a ladder slipped and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Trap Accident
MR. JAMES LEONARD and Mr. James Johnston, of Wallsend, took a trip to the lake yesterday on a little fishing excursion. While driving home in the evening the horse…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District News. Wallsend. Dray Accident
Early yesterday morning an accident occurred to a boy 13 years of age, son of Mr. R. Eade, of Brookstown. It would seem that the lad was walking alongside a loaded…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident at a Party
WHILST charades were being acted at a a young people's party at Mr. Edward Ingleby's, Kirk Ella, near Hull, a serious accident occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Flinders Casino Collision
The Melbourne Marine Board at its meeting on Friday dealt with the collision between the steamers Casino and Flinders on the 1st instant, between Apollo Bay and Cape Otway. After reading the…
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