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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1901

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Accident on Mulbring-road

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 February 1901 · page 8

A man named Samuel Boulden, a resident of the Horsehoe Bend, was found on the Mulbring-road yesterday afternoon in an unconscious state. Information was given…

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An Aboriginal Accidentally Shot

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 February 1901 · page 8

A telegram was received at the West Maitland police station yesterday to the effect that on Saturday evening, at a place about twenty miles from Port Macquarie,…

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Maitland District a Drowning Fatality

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

A young man named Richard Stone, aged 18, was drowned yesterday afternoon while bathing in the "basin" at Wallis Creek. He was in company…

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Collision in the Harbour

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

Shortly before 6 o'clock last night a collision occurred between the steamers Andania and Moonta, by which the latter vessel received extensive damage. The Andania had…

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District News. Merewether. Painful Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 February 1901 · page 5

On Wednesday afternoon a painful accident befel Mrs. Woollett, wife of Mr. Chas. Woollett. While she was proceeding across the yard a horse belonging to the family…

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Railway Accident in America Six Persons Killed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 February 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—A westbound train on the New York, Chicago, and Lake Eric railway, one of the fastest in the world, was derailed owing to a…

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District News. Greta. Serious Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 February 1901 · page 5

A serious accident happened on Saturday afternoon to a son of Mr. Harrison Chappell, of Newtown. Mr. Chappell, with his boy and another member of the family, were driving…

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District News. Wallsend. Accident Relief Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 February 1901 · page 7

A conference of representatives from the various local boards connected with this fund in the Newcastle district was held at the Trades Hall on Saturday afternoon…

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Disastrous Railway Accident. Train From Sydney Smashed. Seven Passengers Killed; Eighteen Seriously Injured. Sydney, Friday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 February 1901 · page 5

The through train to Hurstville leaving Sydney at 5 to 6 o'clock last evening met with a serious accident between Sydenham and Tempe stations. The engine and two second-class carriages left the rails, and two carriages were telescoped and smashed to splinters…

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Accident at South Greta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 February 1901 · page 8

A young man named, Claude Senior met with a serious accident at South Greta yesterday. It appears that Senior was riding in a skip, and in the act of jumping out his…

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THE Railway Accident. the Deaths. the Injured. Latest Particulars. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 February 1901 · page 5

The appalling railway accident created a feeling of consternation throughout the city last night, and accompanying the general sentiment of sorrow and sympathy for the…

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A Sydney Letter. the Sydenham Accident.—mr. Carruthers' Statement.—the Hawkesbury Bridge.—the British Recruiting Sergeant in Australia.—nice Goings on in Devonshire-street. Cemetery.—the "Red Water."—the Angle of Observation. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 February 1901 · page 3

News of the Sydenham accident caused a terrible shock in Sydney on Saturday. Yesterday as many as could indulged their morbid appetite by paying the scene of…

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A Shooting Accident. Captain O'neill Wounded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 February 1901 · page 5

About 10 o'clock last evening Captain T. M. O'Neill, of the Irish Rifles, was accidentally shot in the right leg, while standing at the door of the Orderly Room, in…

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Sad Drowning Fatality. a Boat Capsized. Two Men Missing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 February 1901 · page 5

A sad drowning accident, many details of which are still a mystery, occurred near the entrance to the harbour yesterday morning by which,…

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The Railway Accident. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 February 1901 · page 4

Besides expressing their sympathy with the relatives of those who were killed by the disaster the Railway, Commissioners showed practical sympathy, by sending an…

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The Sydenham Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 February 1901 · page 5

Australia is pretty free from railway accidents, due to the scantiness of its population, and a consequent freedom from a bewilderingly busy system. All the same…

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The Dudley Fatality. Inquest and Verdict

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 February 1901 · page 7

Mr. G. C. Martin, the District, Coroner, held an inquest at Heath's Royal Crown Hotel, Dudley, yesterday, concerning the death of the young man…

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Teralba. Colliery Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 February 1901 · page 8

Mr. Abe Rowley, an experienced miner, working at the Pacific Colliery, met with rather a severe accident in that colliery, through a heavy fall of coal, by which his…

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The Railway Accident. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 February 1901 · page 5

The injured persons lying in Prince Alfred and Marrickville Cottage Hospitals are reported to be progressing favourably. The engine-driver, Doyle, who was so seriously…

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Fatal Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 February 1901 · page 5

A seaman named Herbert, Nieson, 18 years of age, belonging to the German barque Vasco da Gama, met with a serious accident last night. The vessel is moored…

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