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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1901

344 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 18

Minmi. Serious Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 January 1901 · page 5

A very serious accident happened to Mr. B. Turner while he was driving a herd of cattle through Miami to West Wallsend. While endeavouring to bring a bullock that had left…

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Adamstown. Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 January 1901 · page 5

Mr. James Hedley met with painful injuries to his foot while following his occupation in the Glebe [?] yesterday. Mr. Hedley got his foot jammed, resulting in one of his loss…

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Drowning Fatality. Inquest and Verdict

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 January 1901 · page 6

A Russian seaman, named F. Strasding, was drowned yesterday morning in the harbour, and in the afternoon, at the Clareadon Hotel, Mr. G. C. Martin, District…

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The Ormuz-ismaila Collision. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 January 1901 · page 5

The Marine Court inquiry into the collision between the Ormuz and the Ismaila was continued to-day. Mr. Crober, who appeared for Pilot Emerson, who was in charge of the…

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The Bungaree-hero Collision. an Important Decision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 January 1901 · page 2

His Honor, Mr. Justice Owen, delivered his reserved Judgment at Sydney yesterday in the case of Fenwick v. Young Bungaree, heard towards the close of last term…

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Adamstown. Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 January 1901 · page 2

Yesterday a wheeler employed at New Lambton Colliery, named Walter Rodway, met with a serious accident. He was bringing out a train of full skips, when his…

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Fatality on the Routenburn. Inquest and Verdict

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 6

At the Clarendon Hotel yesterday morning, Mr. G. C. Martin, District Coroner, conducted an inquest concerning the circumstances of the death of a seaman named…

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A Peculiar Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 11

American papers report an accident which occurred recently in a western town, and which should serve as a warning not to expose the eye too…

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Teralba. Miners' Accident Relief Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 7

At a meeting of the Pacific miners held this week in regard to the administration of the Miners' Accident Relief Fund, the following gentlemen…

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Miners' Accident Relief Act

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 January 1901 · page 6

Sir,—The poor attempt of Mr. Fegan to defend the payment of the N.S.W. board of this fund and not the local committees must be very disappointing to his friends…

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Drowning Case at Wickham

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1901 · page 5

About 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon a boy named George Parsons discovered the body of a man named Thomas Harley floating in Cottage Creek, Wickham…

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A Seaman Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1901 · page 5

About 1.30 p.m. yesterday a seaman named Ernest Olene was found in an unconscious state in the lower held of the four-masted ship Falls of Afton. During…

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Fatality at Hetton. a Wheeler Killed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1901 · page 5

Shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon a man named Thomas Clark, aged 24 years, was accidentally killed in the Hetton Colliery, by a portion of the roof…

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Collision in the Harbour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 February 1901 · page 5

Shortly before six o'clock yesterday morning a collision occurred between the steamer Federal and the American ship Marion Chiloott. The latter vessel was…

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The Hetton Fatality. Inquest and Verdict

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 February 1901 · page 6

An inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of a wheeler named Thomas Clark, who was killed in the Hetton Colliery on Wednesday,…

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Maitland District a Sad Drowning Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 8

A sad drowning accident occurred in the Hunter River yesterday afternoon, resulting in the death of Bertie Skinner, aged 14 years, eldest son of Mr…

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Lady K. Manners Found Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 9

Lady Katharine Manners, the eldest daughter of the Duke of Rutland, by his second wife, Janetta, was found drowned in Knifton Lake, on the Belvoir Castle…

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Dudley. Railway Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 8

An accident occurred at Dudley Colliery yesterday morning that might have been attended with serious results. The miners' train left Adamstown for Burwood and…

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The Recent Drowning Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 February 1901 · page 8

Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M., District Coroner, conducted a magisterial inquiry, at the West Maitland courthouse, on Saturday morning, into the circumstances connected…

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District News. Wallsend. Accident Relief Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 February 1901 · page 8

The total receipts to the local branch of the fund, as handed over by the colliery manager for the drawn on January 25th, amounted to £29 1s 7½d, and the disbursements in…

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