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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1902

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A Street Collision. Several Persons Injured. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 February 1902 · page 5

A collision took place this afternoon in Crown-street between a tram and an omnibus, the omnibus driver and five passengers being injured; and the…

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Accident at Cockle Creek

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 February 1902 · page 5

At about midnight on Saturday a single man named James Hayes met with a serious accident at the Cockle Creak Sulphide Works. He was working on an…

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Teralba. Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1902 · page 6

A chapter of accidents has happened in Teralba within the past few days. The first and most serious one occurred to a workman named Mr. James Hayes,…

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Wallsend. Accident Relief Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1902 · page 5

The fortnightly meeting of the local board was held at Hetherington's Hotel on Friday evening. The Income for the past pay amounted to £25 6s 3d and the…

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Sad Burning Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 2

At Toorbut a few days ago two little girls, neither of whom was quite ten years of age, met death in its most horrible form. The little ones, it appears, were…

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Merewether. Miners' Accident Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 6

During the first three pays of the current quarter the secretary (M. A. Turnbull) of the Sea Pit branch (reports that the deductions from…

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French Premier Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 March 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—A tram car overturned in Paris and fell against the carriage of. M. Waldeck Rousseau, the French Premier and Minister of…

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New Lambton. Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 March 1902 · page 3

A little girl, daughter of Mrs. Craik, had a narrow escape of serious injury recently from an attack by a cow. The child, who was sent on a message, was…

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Collision at Sea

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 March 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The American liner Waesland, an iron screw steamer of 4752 tons, belonging to a Belgian-American company, came into colision…

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Drowned in a Cab

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 March 1902 · page 10

On New Year's Eve Captain Rossander, on the Swedish steamer Stockholm, lying in Antwerp Dock, dined with his friend, Captain Toll of the steamer Motala. After…

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Another Batring Fatality. a Seaman Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 March 1902 · page 5

Another bathing fatality, occabioning the death of a seaman named D. V. Karjalainer, took place on Saturday evening and once more demonstrates the…

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Collision at Sea

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 March 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The collision between the Waesland and the Harmonides occurred in a fog. The coolness and discipline of the crew of the…

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Tram Accident. Two Men Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 March 1902 · page 4

A serious accident occurred at the junction of Scott and Perkin streets on Saturday morning, which resulted in the conductor, Ernest Sullivan, and a passenger,…

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The Harbour Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 March 1902 · page 6

Sir,—In your account of the boating accident on Friday it is stated that the master and men on the tug Commodore did not see the boat, and continued on…

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Accident at the Dyke

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1902 · page 5

At about half-past 10 yesterday morning an accident occurred on the barque Orion, lying at No. 7 crane, dyke. Some potatoes were being taken on board by…

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West Wallsend. Miners' Accident Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 March 1902 · page 3

The newly-appointed committee of the Government Accident Relief Fund for the Seaham Colliery have hold their first meeting. Mr. John Patterson, chairman,…

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Peculiar Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 March 1902 · page 5

Yesterday a peculiar accident occurred at Burwood Colliery. A shot was fired in a certain bord, but owing to the pillar not being strong enough to sustain the…

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Greta. Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 3

A boy, about 13 years of age son of Mr. A. Pryors, met with a serious accident on Tuesday evening. The boy, with others, was jumping over a fence in High-street,…

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Maitland District Serious Accident to a Constable

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 6

Mounted-constable Dwyer, of Ellalong, was thrown from his horse near Ellalobg at six o'clock on Wednesday evening, and remained in an unconscious state till last…

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Struck Dead. Accident on a Punt

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 March 1902 · page 5

At about half-past four o'clock yesterday afternoon an elderly man named Michael Egan met with an accident which terminated fatally, on a hopper attached…

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