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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1900

267 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 14

West Wallsend. Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 November 1900 · page 7

On Saturday last a serious accident occurred to George Stobbs, aged about 13 years, son of Mr. E. Stobbs, storekeeper, of this town. It appears that…

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Accident to Lord Roberts. Shaken, But No Ill Effects

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 November 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—A horse fell with Lord Roberts on Sunday. He was slightly shaken, but he has cabled that there are no ill effects…

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Roberts' Accident. Hopes to Be About Soon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 November 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—Lord Roberts, who was somewhat bruised by his fall, cables:—"I am doing work, and hope to be about again soon."…

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The Boveric-hellas Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 November 1900 · page 4

The hearing of the case in which Messrs. Howard South and Sons claim £4000 from the owners of the ship Hellas, for damages alleged to have been caused to the steamer Boveric by a collision between…

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A Victorian Mining Fatality. Verdict of Manslaughter. Bendigo

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 November 1900 · page 8

The adjourned Inquest touching the death of John Findlay, who died as a result of the injuries received by a fall of earth at the Great Northern mine, Eaglchwk, on the…

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Terrible Railway Accidents. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 November 1900 · page 4

A fettler named James Morrissey, aged 45 years, was working on the line near the Newtown goods station this morning, when the "down fast" train dashed by…

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The Boveric-hellas Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 November 1900 · page 7

In the South Australian Vice-Admiralty Court on Monday the Boveric-Hellas collision case, the hearing of which occupied several weeks, was decided. The action arose out of…

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Lambton. Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 December 1900 · page 6

A boy named F. Pease met with rather a severe accident at Lambton Colliery on Thursday. He was taken at once to Dr. A. W. Nash's surgery, where his injuries,…

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An Apprentice Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 December 1900 · page 4

The worst fears entertained as to the fate of John Walshe, the missing apprentice of the ship Corolla, were realised yesterday; when the body of the unfortunate young…

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Harbour Collision. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 December 1900 · page 4

The tugboat Commodore this afternoon collided with the Sydney Ferries' steamer Waratah. The Commodore had just concluded the berthing of the steamer Eastern at the E…

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Fatality to a Mining Engineer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 December 1900 · page 6

An inquest was held at Close House, near Bishop Auckland, regarding the death of Henry Middleton, engineer at Black Boy Colliery, whose dead body was found in the…

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Shocking Railway Accident. a Night Officer Seriously Crushed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 December 1900 · page 4

Quite a shock was occasioned to the people on the High-street platform at Maitland last night, on account of a very serious accident which befel the…

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Miners Accident Relief Act[?] Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 December 1900 · page 4

This Act, which will apply only to coal or any other mines employing 15 or more men, will come into operation on the first proximo; so that any person disabled, or the…

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The High-street Railway Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 December 1900 · page 8

Charles Edwards, night officer at High-street railway station, who was so seriously injured by the 7.38 train on Sunday evening, is progressing…

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The Ormuz-ismaila Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 December 1900 · page 5

At the Melbourne Marine Board on Friday a report was read including statements from the pilots In charge of the Ormuz and Ismaila when the vessels collided at Port Phillip…

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A Collision Averted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 December 1900 · page 4

Captain Burch, of the British ship Cawdor, which arrived at San Francisco recently from Newcastle tells of a narrow escape his vessel had from colliding near the Australian coast with the…

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The Waratah-commodore Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 December 1900 · page 5

The collision which took place off Circular Quay on the afternoon of December 6, between the Sydney Ferries' steamer Waratah and Messrs. J. and…

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The Ismaila-ormuz Collision. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 December 1900 · page 4

The inquiry into the collision between the R.M.S. Ormuz and the steamer Ismaila was continued to-day. The evidence of Captain Coad, of…

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Railway Accident. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 December 1900 · page 5

About half-past 7 o'clock this morning a shocking fatality occurred at the Gray-street railway crossing, Erskineville. Thomas Watson, aged…

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Five Welsh Miners Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 December 1900 · page 15

Five men recently lost their lives by the flooding of a colliery near Cymmer, Glanmorgan. The accident occurred at the Glecavon Colliery, owned by Mr. Robert Gibb…

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