Fatal Railway Collision. Melbourne
A railway accident occurred to an excursion train travelling this morning from Bendigo to Axedale. The excursion train ran into a van standing at the M'Iver…
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Accidents, 1900
267 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 14
Plattsburg. Accident to Dr. J. B. Nash
It is with deep regret we announce a rather serious accident to Dr. J. B. Nash. it would seem he was proceeding on his professional visits on Sunday evening about…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →International News. French Collision with Chinese. Chinese Killed, 200; French Casualties, 15
LONDON, Wednesday.—A party of French marines landed in the Montoo district and defeated 1500 chinese, killing 200. The French casualties…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drowned at Lake Macquarie the Body Identified
Constable Hughes yesterday succeeded in recovering the body of the man drowned at Lake Macquarie on Wednesday. The body was identified as that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland District. Fatal Accident at the Benevolent Home
A fatal accident occurred at the Maitland Benevolent Home on Thursday afternoon, when one of the inmates, Ann Scarlett, fell from a balcony and sustained injuries which…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Cessnock Drowning Fatality
Further particulars are to hand concerning the drowning fatality near Cessnock. It appears that at about 5.30 p.m. on Friday a stonemason named Robert Sharp, who…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →District News. Wallsend. Colliery Daymen's Accident Fund
The quarterly meeting of the members connected with this fund was held in Mr. T. Watson's hotel on Saturday evening, the president of the society…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →International News. The Ormuz in a Collision. a Steamer Sunk
LONDON, Sunday.—The Orient line R.M.S. Ormuz collided with the steamer Glasgow in the English Channel. The Glasgow foundered. The crew were…
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LONDON, Friday.—When General Methuen was slightly wounded at the battle of Modder River he was thrown from his horse, and sustained an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Greta. Accident
Mr. J Dwyer, fireman on the locomotive engine at the mine, met with an accident just at knock-off time on Friday. It appears that when the engine was being run in the shed,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision in the Harbour
A collision occurred in the harbour yesterday afternoon between a Government punt and the tug Hero, by which the latter received considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District News. Tighe's Hill. Serious Accident
A rather serious accident occurred on Saturday about noon to Mr. J. Dunning, in which he had a narrow escape of losing his life. Mr. Dunning had left his residence for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Charlestown. Accident
As Dr. Keighley, of Charlestown, was leaving Kahibah, having paid a visit to a patient, the horse he was riding caught its hoof in a water-worn gutter, of which the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District News. Dudley. Accident
Mr. Lot Crook, a much esteemed resident, got his leg broken in two places on the 12th of this month. Mr. Crook lost his wife by death on the 31st December, 12 days before…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drowning Fatality Near Minmi. Young Lady Loses Her Life
Information reached the City Police Station yesterday afternoon that at about 3.30 o'clock a girl named Jane Whitelaw Robertson, 19 years of age, was gathering…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Greta. Accident
On Friday night, about 11.15, Herbert Spink, a boy of 15 years of age, whilst lifting a billyean full of boiling water from the fire, met with a rather severe sealding…
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What might have been a serious accident occurred here an Sunday evening, about half-past 8 o'clock. Three young men, who had hired Mr. G. D. Nattrass' horse and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Accident at the Dyke
About 10 o'clock last night a labourer named Richard Henderson, who was engaged with others shipping cattle at the dyke, met with a serious accident…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collision at Sea
Cable advices from London state that the barque Heathfield has arrived at San Francisco with her bow plates stove in, having been in collision with the ship Ancyra at sea…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Boating Accident. Two Lives Lost. Sydney
A sailing fatality occurred in the harbour this afternoon. A boat containing five persons, named Messrs. Lee, Riley, and Bell, and Mrs. Lee and Miss…
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