A Fatal Van Accident
A magisterial inquiry was held yesterday afternoon at the courthouse, West Maitland, by the district coroner, Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M, into the circumstances attending the…
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Accidents, 1898
362 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 19
Lambton. Accident
A miner named Edward Hughes met with a painful accident yesterday while at his work at Barwood Colliery. He was holing a "back end," when a portion of the coal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Flinders Casino Collision
The inquiry into the collision between the steamers Casino and Flinders off Apollo Bay was continued before the Marine Court at Melbourne on Friday. Counsel for Mr. Moore, the first mate of the Flinders,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Outbreak in Bombay. Natives Closing Their Shops. Returns of Killed and Injured. the Outbreak Organised
LONDON, Saturday.—The Hindoos and Mahomedans have closed their shops in the markets. The labourers have struck in protest against the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident at the Dyke. Claim Against the Crane Employees' Association
William Walkley sued the Carrington Coal Shipping Company for £100 damages for alleged negligence. Mr. R. Windeyer (instructed by Mr. H. J…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flooding of a Colliery. Three Miners Drowned
LONDON, Sunday.—The Muldhouseburn Colliery at Muirkirk, in Ayrshire, Scotland, was suddenly flooded. Sixteen miners were rescued, after…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →District News. West Wallsend. Accident
THE other night W. Groves, West Wallsend, met with an accident in which one of his legs was broken in a very simple manner. It appears…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →District News. Stockton. Accident at the Colliery
Early yesterday morning two men named Gillot Ardron and John Doohan were very saverely but fortunately not dangerously scalded about the legs by the bursting of a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Ardencraig-macleay Collision
THE Sydney Marine Board gave its decision in the Ardencraig Macleay collision yesterday afternoon, and found that the collision, which took place in Darling Harbour on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Accident on the Waikare
The Collector of Customs at Port Chalmers opened an inquiry on Monday into the circumstances connected with the accident on the Union Steamship Company's steamer Waikare during her recent trip…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident at Merewether. Fall of Coal at the Old Glebe Pit
AT about noon yesterday an elderly man named Thomas Medlicott, who resides with his family at Railway street, Merewether, met with a rather serious accident by a fall…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victoria. Melbourne, Wednesday. the Painful Shooting Accident
The lad named Bertie Douglas, who was accidentally shot yesterday, is still in a serious condition. His photograph by means of the Rontgen rays was taken for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle J.c. Races. First Day (Thursday). Raven's Plume Wins the Cup. a Jockey Injured
THE Cup meeting of the Newcastle Jockey Club was ushered in by most unpropitions weather. Showers of rain descended in the early morning, and it was feared that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shocking Accident to a Miner. Unexpected Explosion of a Shot
To spend months in fruitless search for work and then meet a cruel death two days after obtaining employment is the pathetic fate which on Thursday last befel a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Collision in London. Three Passengers Killed
LONDON, Monday.—A collision occurred to-day between two passenger trains on the South-Eastern railway at New Cross (South London). Three…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collision in the Yarra
A telegram from Melbourne states that a collision occurred near the mouth of the Yarra between the A.U.S.N. Co.'s steamer Rockton, outward bound to Sydney, and the tug Advance. The Rockton struck…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Plattsburg. an Accident
Whilst the residents were returning from paying the last tribute of respect to the late Mr. William Humphreys, a number of vehicles were proceeding along Robert-street…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bulimba-excelsior Collision
At a meeting of the Adelaide Marise Board on Thursday a telegram under date March 18 was received from the secretary of the Victorian Board, stating that the steamer Balimba had been reported…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident at the Markets Sydney
A TERRIBLE accident occurred at the new Victoria Markets to-day, two men being injured in a shocking manner. For purposes of construction in connection with the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident on the Railway Line
A sensational accident occurred on the railway line between the two platforms at High-Street station on Tuesday evening at about half-past 10 o'clock, resulting in the death of…
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