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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1902

356 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 18

Serious Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 June 1902 · page 6

A State school boy named Frank Braye aged years, met with a dreadful accident in Church-street yesterday morning. The lad was riding on one of Mr…

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The Railway Fatality. Body Unidentified

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 June 1902 · page 5

Up to a late hour last night the body of the man who was killed on the railway line, near Islington, on Monday night, remained unidentified. During…

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Railway Fatality. Verdict of Accidental Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 June 1902 · page 6

An inquest regarding the death of a man, whose body was found on the railway line near the Islington signal box on Monday night, was opened before the…

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Accident at South Greta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 June 1902 · page 6

Mr. Thomas Shaw, underground manager at the South Greta Colliery, met with an accident yesterday afternoon. He was attending to some work in the tunnel, when…

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Schooner Wrecked. the Captain Drowned. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 June 1902 · page 5

At 3 o'clock this morning the schooner Advance was wrecked off Henry's Head, just Inside the northern entrance to Botany Bay, and Captain John Charles…

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Gamecock-leveret Collision. Captain Swift Held at Fault. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1902 · page 5

The Marine Court, consisting of Judge Murray, Captain Witherspoon, and Captain Mackenzie, sat to-day to deliver judgment in connection with the inquiry…

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Adamstown. Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1902 · page 6

Yesterday Alderman Lydon, screen overseer at the Newcastle B pit, met with a painful accident. He was on the stage at the screens, when he was…

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A Steamer's Mishap. Ras Elba Strikes a Rock. Collision in the Harbour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 June 1902 · page 5

On Saturday afternoon the steamer Ra Elba met with two accidents within the space of about an hour and a-half, and sustained damage estimated at several…

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Wallsend. Accident Relief Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 June 1902 · page 6

The fortnightly meeting of the local board was hold at Hetherington's on Friday evening. The income for the pat pay amounted of £26 12s 3d, and…

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Collision of Tugs. Captain Swift Suspended. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1902 · page 4

Captain James Swift, master of the tug Leveret, appeared before the Marino Court to-day, to show cause why his certificate should not be cancelled or…

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Plattsburg. Co-operative Colliery Accident Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1902 · page 3

The fortnightly meeting in connection with this fund was hold by the local board on Thursday evening. The income for on Thursday evening. The income…

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Miners' Accident Relief. the Annual Report

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1902 · page 4

The annual report of the New South Wales Miners' Accident Relief Board states that at the close of the year the number of persons employed at the…

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Wallsend. Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1902 · page 5

A lad named Alex. Bailey, 17 years of age, employed at Wallsend tunnel in the work of attaching and removing the clips from skips travelling by the endless…

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Prevention of Colliery Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 June 1902 · page 6

Sir,—The prevention of such disasters as those that occurred at Burwood and Dudley is a matter of such gravity to mining districts, that I was impolied some three…

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Collision of Steamers. Conclurry Held Blamable. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 June 1902 · page 5

In the Vice-Admiralty Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Owen, Messrs. Howard Smith, and Company commenced an action against Messrs. M'llwraith,…

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District News. New Lambton. Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 June 1902 · page 6

Miss Jane Lathlean, daughter of Mr. R. Lathlean, was severely scolded on Sunday, through the upsetting of a kettle, which she accidentally upset. The scalds…

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Collision on the Elbe

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 June 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—A collision occurred between a British steamer and a German torpedo-boat at the mouth of the River Elbe, in Germany…

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A Harbour Collision. the Pilot Blamed. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 June 1902 · page 5

A Court of Marino Inquiry, presided oven by Judge Backhouse, with Captain Vine Hall and Daniel Dakin as nautical assessors, held an inquiry to-day into a…

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Kelloe-dunmore Collision. Marine Court Decision. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 June 1902 · page 5

The proceedings in connection with the collision which occurred on June 5 between the steam colliers Dunmore and Kelloe off Botany Heads, by which the…

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The Elbe Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 June 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The British steamer Forsby, which was detained by the German Government in consequence of her recent collision with a…

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