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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1902

356 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 18

Shipping Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 April 1902 · page 4

When the Namoi was going up the harbour yesterday morning on her usual trip to Morpeth collided slightly with the four-masted barque City of Adelaide. The…

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Railway Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 April 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—A railway accident occurred at the Hackney Downs Station of the Great Eastern Railway to-day. The axle of the engine of a…

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Harbour Collision. Marine Court Inquiry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 May 1902 · page 5

The circumstances surrounding the collision which took place in the north harbour on April 4 between the ship Dittom and the barques Port Crawford and…

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Accident on a Man of War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 May 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—While the crew of H.M.S. Formidable were at practice off the island of Maddalen hoisting and lowering the boats, an…

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Death in the Hospital. Result of an Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 May 1902 · page 6

The District Coroner (Mr. G. C. Martin) held an inquest at Ralph's Hotel yesterday into the circumstances surrounding the death of a labourer named William…

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Harbour Collision. Marine Court Inquiry. Its Finding Delivered

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 May 1902 · page 5

The hearing of inquiry into the collision which occurred in the North Harbour on April 4, between the ships Ditton, Port Crawford, and the barque Peeblesshire,…

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Accident on the Formidable

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 May 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The accident which occurred on board H.M.S. Formidable, while at boat practice off the island of Maddalena, when three lives…

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Factory Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 May 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—A false alarm of fire caused a panic among 600 women employed in a sugar factory at Philladelphia…

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The Marbour Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 May 1902 · page 4

The recent decision of the Marine Court concerning the collision which occurred between the ships Ditton and Port Crawford and the barque…

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Wallsend. Accident Relief Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 May 1902 · page 5

The fortnightly meeting of the local board was held at Hetherington's hotel on Friday evening. The income for the paramounted to £25 0s 3d, and the…

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Weight Lifting. a Man Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 May 1902 · page 4

A man named Thomas Brien, of Bryant-street Junction, was admitted to the Newcastle, Hospital on Saturday night, suffering from an injury to the spine. He was…

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Disastrous Collision. Loss of a Collier. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 May 1902 · page 5

At 1.30 this morning a serious collision occurred about two miles east of Botany Heads between the colliers Dunmore and Kelloe. The Kelloe sustained such…

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Dunmore Kelloe Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 May 1902 · page 4

On Thursday afternoon the steamer Dunmore which was beached at Botany after her collision with the foundered collier Kelloe, was successfully floated. Temporary repairs were carried out, and…

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Accident to the Adelaide. Disabled Off the Coast. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 May 1902 · page 5

News has been received to the effect that the chief officer of the steamer Adelaide, belonging to the Adelaide Steamship Company, which left Brisbane on…

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Collision in the River

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 May 1902 · page 7

On Monday night last an accident occurred in the Brisbane River, when the steamers Adelaide and Pilbarra came into collision. The former vessel was swinging…

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Electric Tram Accident. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 May 1902 · page 5

A tram accident, which occasioned more dress serious injuries to between twenty and thirty persons occurred on the Newtown Road shortly afted 7 o'clock to-night…

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Plattsburg. Accident Relief Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 May 1902 · page 6

The fortnightly meeting in connection with the above find was held on Thursday evening. It was shown that the income for the fortnight amounted to £14…

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Drowning Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 May 1902 · page 5

Mr. Andrew Jacobson, inspector of bridges, was drowned in the Williams River at a place known as Abbott's Ford, on Saturday evening, at six o'clock. He…

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Accident at East Greta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 May 1902 · page 5

A young man named Joseph Clement, employed in the East Greta Colliery, received dreadful injuries in a fall of coal in the pit yesterday. He was rescued by…

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Maitland District East Greta Fatality. Verdict of Accidental Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 May 1902 · page 6

Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M., district coroner, held an inquiry at the Maitland Hospital yesterday, concerning the circumstances attending the death of Joseph Clemmer,…

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