Accident at Church-street Station
A rather serious accident occurred at Church-street Railway Station yesterday afternoon shortly after the arrival of the 4 20 pta. train from Newcastle. It appears…
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Accidents, 1898
362 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 19
Macleay-ardencraig Collision
Sir Frederick Darley, Chief Justice, and Judge Commissary of the Vice-Admiralty Court, sat on Tuesday for the purpose of hearing a suit brought by the North Coast Steam Navigation Company,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drowned at Stockton
A MINER named Robert Bartley met his death by drowning at Stockton yesterday afternoon, by falling off the wharf into the harbour. Bartley, who was subject to fits,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Four Winds-Empire Collision in the Harbour. Marine Board Inquiry
CAPTAIN CROSS, president of the Marine Board, with Captain Bain, Messrs. J. Reid, M'Lean, and F. Gardner, members of the board, held an inquiry yesterday afternoon…
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The barque British Princess, of Liverpool, which visited this port about 18 months ago, was towed into Lowestoft on March 16 with her bows stove in, and her fore-peak full of water. She had been in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wallsend. Accident to a Miner
George Griffin, a wheeler employed at the Great Northern Colliery, Teralba, was admitted to the local hospital yesterday, suffering from a compound fracture of the left…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Accident in Geeta Mine
A FATAL accident in the mine at half-past 3 o'clock yesterday. James March whilst working in his bord was struck on the head by a soldier which had been set to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision Off Lowestoft. Loss of a Steamer with All Hands
EARLY on Wednesday morning, March 16th. a collision took place, about thirty miles off Lowestoft, between an unknown steamer and the Liverpool barque British Princess. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Intercolonial News. New South Wales. Sydney, Friday. a Child Injured
A Child, aged 3, named May Willamson, residing with her parents at 35 Phillip-street, Waterloo, was admitted to Sydney Hospital to-day suffering from burns about the arms…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stockton. Accident
YESTERDAY morning, at about 11.30, a very sever accident befel the engineer, John Johnson, so well knows here for some 15 years' past as a frequent driver of one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident to the Allinga
The Adelaide S.S. Co.'s twin screw steamer Allinga lost one of her propellers while going into Bunbury harbour on Wednesday. She continued her journey with only one. Nothing was struck, and no…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Greta. Fatal Accident to a Miner
The terrible accident at the Greta Colliery on Thursday afternoon, by which a miner named James Marsh was killed, has o[?]casioned widespread regret. Decessed, it…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tram Accident in Sydney. Sydney
A YOUNG man named Peter Tolin, a tram conductor, sustained terrible injuries at Moore Park this afternoon while endeavouring to carry out his ticket collecting duty in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident on the Tramline. a Horse Mutilated
CONSIDERABLE inconvenience was caused to passengers on the Wallsend and Plattaburg tramline last night by reason of a motor getting off the line near the Lambton…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Marine Board Inquiry. Four Winds-empire Collision
A FURTHER inquiry into the cause of the collision between the ship Four Winds and the barque Empire on the evening of the 8th Instant, was held by the local Marine…
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Messrs. W. Howard Smith and Son's steamer Buninyong, from Sydney bound to Melbourne, broke down 15 miles off Cape Wallomai on the Victorian coast, her propeller shaft having been snapped…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Four Winds-empire Collision. Marine Board Decision
The Marine Board, at which Captain H. Cross presided with Messrs. D. J. M'Lean, J. Reid, and Captain Vietch (secretary), sat yesterday afternoon,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alarming Collision. One Steamer Sunk. Another Beached. Melbourne
A serious collision took place late in the evening in the bay off Willlamstown between Messrs. Howard Smith's steamer Edina, bound from Geelong to Melbourne, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Intercolonial News. New South Wales. Sydney, Thursday. a "Soorching" Accident
A young girl named Edith O'Hara, residing Balmain, was crossing Pitt-street at the intersection of Hunter-street, when she was knocked down by a cycling " scorcher."…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Accident at Hamilton Station
Yesterday morning a fatal accident occurred at Hamilton station to a boy named William Robert Bennett, who was run over by a passing engine. The boy, who…
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