A Remarkable Accident
Railway accidents resulting in the death of one or more people are, unfortunately, not uncommon. But one which happened on the railway bridge across the Yarra…
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Accidents, 1901
344 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 18
A Railway Fatality. Sydney
A shocking railway fatality, resulting In the death of Mr. John C. Crackenthorpe, manager of the Ryde branch of the Bank of New South Wales, occurred at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Accident Near Greta Death in a Sawmill
A fatal accident took place at Copp's sawmills, about four miles from Cessnock, on Tuesday afternoon, about 5 o'clock, writes our Greta…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Fire at Auckland. a Hotel Destroyed. Four People Burnt. Three Injured. Sydney
Advices have been received of a terrible fire which took place at Auckland on Thursday night, when the Gresham Hotel was completely destroyed, the conflagration…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend. Accident Relief Fund
The fortnightly meeting of the local board connected with this fund was held on Friday evening. The income from all sources was shown to be £25 14s 1½d,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Death of Alexander Dunn. Result of an Accident
The shooting accident which befel young Alexander Dunn, of Belmont, on April 13 last, has terminated fatally, news to that effect having been received by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Railway Collision. Nine Soldiers Killed
LONDON, Sunday.—Through a collision on the Petersburg railway [?] soldiers were killed and several injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fearful Railway Collision. Dynamite Explosion. Two Trains Fired. Nine Persons Killed
LONDON, Monday.—A freight train collided with the rear of another train at Vestal, near New York, containing dynamite. An explosion resulted,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Accident. Sydney
On Sunday night an accident happened on the Zig-zag to a goods train running from penrith to Bathurst. IT appears from a report turnished by the Railway Department…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Explosion. British Warship Destroyed. a Stoker Killed and Four Injured
LONDON, Wednesday.—An explosion yesterday destroyed H.M.S. Daring (4260 tons) in Portsmouth Harbour, Four stokers were fearfully injured,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Unique Accident—funnel Overboard
On Friday evening, in a distressed condition, the new steamer Isis returned to Albany, whence she had sailed on the previous day for Fremantle. At 4 o'clock on Friday morning she encountered a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disastrous Ferry Collision. Eleven Persons Missing
LONDON, Sunday.—The ferry boat Maunchchunk yesterday came into collision in New York Harbour with the ferry boat Northfield, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatality on the John Ena. a Magisterial Inquiry
The circumstances surrounding the death of the seaman, Charles Sollnas, of the four-master barque John Ena, who died at the Newcastle Hospital en Sunday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Sydney Letter. Lord Roberts and Australian Soldiers.—tasmania Alarmed for Tattersall.—to Deal with Seditious Papers.—those Newspaper Appointments.—the Sydenham Accident Commission.—smallpox and Sydney's Duty.—the N.S.W. Governorship. Sydney
Lord Roberts congratulates the Australian Governments on the way they equipped and despatched 15,000 troops to South Africa. Previously the Field Marshal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rosedale-carrabella Collision. Sydney
At the Marine Court to-day, before Judge Backhouse and Captains John Vine Hall and John M'Kenzie (assessors), an inquiry was opened into the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →District News. Merewether. Accidents
An accident of a painful nature occurred to Mr. John Mitchell, while following his employment in the Sea Pit on Wednesday. In jumping from a cask on to the gob be…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fatality to a U.s.a. Consul
LONDON, Monday.—Mr. Ad[?]bert Hay, late American Consul at Preteria, fell from the window of an hotel in Newport, Conne[?]ticut. It is suspected…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Fearful Disaster. Burs[?]ing of a Dam. Several Towns Wrecked. 500 Persons Drowned
LONDON, Monday.—A vast dam burst at Pochahanks, Virginia (U.S.), in the middle of the night devastating everything in its track for twenty-five…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Shipmaster Drowned
The ship Joseph B. Thomas, which left Newcastle on March 29 for Acupico, via Port Stephens. where the completed per coal cargo, and sailed on April 2, has put into Honolulu. The vessel in under…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miner's Accident
A rather serious occident betel a miner named William Hughes at the Wallsend Colliery yesterday, while engaged at pillar work, in what is known as the Madder…
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