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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1899

318 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 16

Accident to the German Empress

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 July 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The German Empress slipped on a wet plank and badly sprained her ankle…

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Accident to Mrs. Gladstone

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 July 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—Mrs. Gladstone was thrown into a ditch at Hawarden while driving, and sustained a nervous shock…

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The Accident to the German Empress

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 July 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The injuries sustained by the German Empress are more serious than at first reported. Her Majesty is suffering from a…

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Minmi. an Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 July 1899 · page 7

A miner named Edward Scott, engaged in No. 11 section of Brown's Colliery, had a narrow escape of serious injury on Thursday afternoon. It appears that the roof in this…

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A Sydney Letter. the Accident to Mr. Barton's Arm.—a Missing Club Steward.—the Female Book Canvasser.—the Archbishop of Sydney to Reply to Cardinal Moran.—youthful Criminals.—the Case of Lottie O'day. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 July 1899 · page 7

You remember Mr. Barton's accident—how, through slipping as he was about to enter a cab at Milson's Point, he broke his arm. Well, it appears that the setting…

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Fatalities from Lightning. Three Persons Killed, Twenty Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 July 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—Forty persons were leaning upon the were railings round a cycle track in Berlin yesterday, when a storm occurred, and the…

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Parliament. Tuesday, July 25. Legislative Assembly. Athletic Games on Sunday Mining Accidents Fund. Debate on the Address-in-reply. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 July 1899 · page 5

The Speaker took the chair at 4 o'clock. NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr. AFFLECK gave notice of his intention to move on Tuesday next, "That The…

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Accidents to Railway Servants

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 July 1899 · page 8

The Royal Commission appointed to inquire into this subject met recently at West[?]inster Town Hall to take evidence. Mr. J. Hopwood, secretary of the Railway…

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Minmi. an Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 July 1899 · page 3

Recently a boy named David Brown, 12 years of age, son of Robert Drown, met with rather a serious accident in a simple manner. The boy and a number of others had been…

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Second Edition Another Victim to Accidental Poisoning

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 July 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—Another of the 20 persons who became ill after eating American preserved fruit at the Inns of Court Hotel, London, has died. This is the second…

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Newhaven II. Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 July 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—While taking part in the race for the Goodwood Cup, Mr. William Cooper's Australian racehorse Newhaven H. Injured a suspensory ligament, and it…

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A Fatal Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 July 1899 · page 8

A and accident occurred at South Maitland on Saturday morning, when Cleveland Bellamy, aged 15 years, met with fatal injuries, which caused his death within a few…

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Accident to the Dovedale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 July 1899 · page 5

The Adelaide S.S. Co.'s chartered steamer Dovedale, which arrived here yesterday from Sydney, grounded at Bradley's Head while proceeding to sea on Saturday night,…

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Wickham. Buggy Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 July 1899 · page 7

On Saturday morning last as Mrs. W. Barrett, of Linwood, while driving home near Gittins and Eastham's store, the horse shied at a man carrying a bag of chaff, and the…

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The Fatal Accident at South Maitland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 August 1899 · page 8

Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M., district coroner, held an inquiry at the courthouse yesterday into the circumstances attending the death of the young lad Cleveland Bellamy, who…

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District News. Carrington. Accident to Mr. E. F. Clarke

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 August 1899 · page 3

On Saturday night Mr. Clarke was riding a horse, the property of Mr. O'Grady, of Newcastle, along Denison-street. The horse stumbled, and Mr. Clarke threw…

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A Bull Ring Fired. Many Persons Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 August 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—There was to have been a bull fight at Marseilles yesterday, and the building was filled with spectators. The toreadors, however, demanded…

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A Ladder Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 August 1899 · page 8

Mr. William Porter, of Bourke-street, sustained serious injuries to his back by a fall from a ladder on Monday, at Messrs. E. P. Capper and Sons' warehouse. He…

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Colliers in Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 August 1899 · page 4

A collision occurred in Sydney harbour on Tuesday night between the schooners Whangaroa and May Byrnes. The two vessels, with another schooner, the Hannah Nicholson, were being towed down the…

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Yachting Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 August 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—In competing in the yacht race against the Defender, the winner of the last race for the America Cup, the Columbia's steel mast snapped,…

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