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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1901

344 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 18

Katoomba Railway Accident. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 June 1901 · page 5

At a late hour last night a railway accident occurred within a short distance of Katoomba, by which a considerable amount of damage was caused. The up goods train,…

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A Fatal Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 July 1901 · page 4

The steamer, Innamincke bound from Brisbane to Sydney, was sheltering in Broken Bay yesterday and the Arawatta, another of the A.U.S.N. line, from…

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Accident to Mr. Fegan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 July 1901 · page 5

Mr. John L. Fegan, the ex-Minister for Mines, met with what might easily have been a serious accident yesterday afternoon. In company with…

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A Fatal Accident. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 July 1901 · page 5

Percy Dunn, 18, employed at Hodges and Macowskie's, engineers, In Sussex-street, was found to-day lying unconscious near a machine, and died on the…

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A Drowning Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 July 1901 · page 4

A seaman named York, belonging to the ship Cambrian Monarch, fell from the deck of that vessel early yesterday morning, and was drowned. An…

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District News. Wallsend. Accident Relief Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 July 1901 · page 6

The fortnightly meeting of the local board was recently held under the presidency of Mr. Thos. Bousfield. A statement submitted by the secretary, Mr. J…

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Accident on the S.s. Era

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 July 1901 · page 8

A seaman, named Arthur O'Sullivan, 19 years of age, met with a serious accident on the steamer Era yesterday. He was working on the deck, when he…

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New Lambton. Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 July 1901 · page 8

On Thursday afternoon a youth named Kinane, son of the local constable, met with a painful accident With other lads he was playing…

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Fatality at Glebe Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 July 1901 · page 5

A miner named Donald Campbell, 57 years of age, met with an accident in the Newcastle Company's B pit yesterday afternoon, and died a few hours afterwards…

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The Glebe Colliery Fatality. Coroner's Inquest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 July 1901 · page 6

The circumstances connected with the death of Farquhar Donald Campbell, who died at the Newcastle Hospital on Wednesday from the effects of…

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Disastrous Railway Collision Fourteen Persons Killed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 July 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—A train collided at Moreton, Missouri (U.S.). Fourteen persons were killed, and 25 injured, principally through burning…

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Accident to Mr. W. Bower. Miners' District Chairman

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 July 1901 · page 4

Mr. William Bower, district chairman of the Colliery Employees' Federation," met with an accident on Wednesday night while engaged at pillar work in what is known as…

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Eighteen Fishermen Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 July 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—A fishing boat sank on the Newfoundland coast yesterday, eighteen fishermen being drowned…

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A Seaman Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 July 1901 · page 5

A seaman named Alexander M'Leod, employed on board the steamer Victoria, was admitted to the hospital yesterday suffering from a painful injury to his shoulder,…

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Wallsend. Accident Relief Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 July 1901 · page 7

The fortnightly meeting of the local board was held at the Colliery Inn Hotel on Friday evening, under the presidency of Mr. Thos. Bousfield A. statement submitted by…

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A Dreadful Accident. He Fell Into Boiling Water. Terrible Injuries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 July 1901 · page 5

Alderman Harry Brown, of Wickham, while engaged doing plumbing work at the Castlemaine Brewery yesterday, over-balanced and fell into a…

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Collision in the Harbour. the Trilby Sunk

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 July 1901 · page 5

At about 5.15 yesterday afternoon, Messrs J. T. Fenwick and Son's tug Newburgh and Mr. H. Limeburner's kerosene launch Trilby came into collision, with the result that…

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Tighe's Hill. Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 July 1901 · page 6

Mr. R. Johnson, of Lambton-street, Waratah, met with a painful accident on Wednesday afternoon. He had transacted a matter of business and was returning to his…

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Miners' Accident Relief Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 July 1901 · page 8

Mr. Ed. Jones, secretary to the Miners' Accident Relief Fund conference, has received the following letter from the secretary to the Miners' Accident Fund Board:…

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A Collision at Sea

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 July 1901 · page 4

News by the mail gives particulars of a collision at sea between the steamer Gadsby, bound from New York to New Zealand, and the heavy four-masted coal-carrying schooner Frank A. Palmer,…

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