Electricity and the Avoidance of Railway Accidents
From "Engineering" we take the following: —Collisions would be impossible were the human will infallible; but the world is made up very much of fools and temporary…
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Accidents, 1900
267 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 14
A Drowning Fatality
Mr. G. C. Martin, District Coroner, held an inquest at the Clarendon Hotel yesterday into the circumstances surrounding the death of a cook named…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District Serious Accident to Mr. John James
Mr. John James, the popular captain of the West Maitland Volunteer Water Brigade, received injuries of a very serious nature in a fall from a building, known as…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Accident to the Duke of Norfolk
LONDON, Thursday Morning.—The Duke of Norfolk has had his right hip dislocated by his horse falling. His Grace is progressing favourably…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident to Mrs. J. W. Allworth
Mrs. Allworth, wife of Mr. J. W. Allworth, district surveyor, had an unpleasant and painful experience with a runaway pony on Saturday afternoon. She was…
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At Port Pirie on the 2nd time a collision occurred between the steamer Boverie and the ship Hellas. Messrs. Howard Smith and Sons, owners of the Boveric, are suing the ship Hellas for £1000 damages,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collision at Sea
News has been received from Astoria to the effect that during the night of the 3rd ult Iolani, Hawaiian barque, bound from Bile to an Francisco, collided with a well-known trader the British-registered…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident at Morpeth
A painful accident has happened to a young Man named Santaville, son of the manager of the iron foundry at Morpeth owned by Messrs. Pope,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ocean Depths and Drowned Mountains
During the course of its surveys for the Trans-Pacific cable, which is to connect America with her remote colonies; the steamer Nero has established…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →District News. West Wallsend. Accident to a Boy
On Saturday last several little boys, residents of the town, somehow obtained, a flask of gunpowder, and as they were playing "Boer v. British," one of them struck a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →English Railway Accidents
The Standing Committee on Trade took into consideration the Government bill "For the Better Prevention of Accidents on Railways." Mr. Ritchie…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fatality at Stockton
Last night William Sparke, one of the best known men on the water side and in the city of Newcastle, was accidentally killed at Stockton. Deceased went over to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Accident Fund
Mr. Fegan, the N.S.W. Minister for Mines, has prepared a bill for the consideration of Parliament during the current, session to provide for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Railway Collision
LONDON, Sunday.—A terrible accident occurred at the Great Western Railway Company's Slough Station, near Windsor, yesterday. Despite the…
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A collision between a pigeon ant a railway train would met at first sight appear to present much that was peculiar, yet such an accident, Which recently occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Greta. Mine Accident
Considerable anxiety was caused on Monday afternoon about 4.30, When several miners were seen coming from the mine carrying a stretcher'. Several of that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fatality at Raymond Terrace
Last evening, between 8 and 9 o'clock, Mr. M. Cerbett, a well-known resident of Miller's Forest, met his death by drowning, at the gate near the end of the punt…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drowning Accident at East Greta
A youth named Phillips son of Mr. E. P. Phillips, of East Greta, was drowned yesterday morning in the swamp, near East Greta. It appears…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Fatality on the North Riding
Mr. G, C. Martin, the District Coroner, held a magisterial inquiry at the Clarendon Hotel yesterday morning re the death of the apprentice Samuel…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Raymond Terrace Fatality. Body Not Yet Recovered
The water-police continued dragging operations for the body of Michael Corbett yesterday, but without success. Corbett met his death by…
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