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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1903

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The Belmont Fatality. Mr. Freeman's Body Recovered

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 May 1903 · page 5

The search party who, for the past week have been engaged in looking for the remains of Messrs. Valentine and Freeman: who were drowned by the capsizing of a…

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Drowned at Stockton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 May 1903 · page 7

The circumstances attending the drowning of the boy, John Frederick Jenkins, at Stockton, on Saturday last, were inquired into by the district coroner,…

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The Belmont Fatality. Magisterial Inquiry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 May 1903 · page 7

The District Coroner. Mr. G. C. Martin, hold a magisterial inquiry at the Clarendon Hotel yesterday morning into the circumstances surrounding the death of…

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Accident at Lorn

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 May 1903 · page 6

A little boy, Harry Norman, aged 6 years, son of Mrs. William Norman, of Lorn, was kicked in the forchead by a horse in Roxburghe-street yesterday…

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Tramway Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 May 1903 · page 5

At about half-past nine o'clock last night Mr. John Copeland was knocked down and killed by a tram opposite the Cambridge Hotel, in Charleston-street. It…

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Tram Fatality. Accidental Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 May 1903 · page 6

An inquest was held at the Clarendon Hotel, before Mr. G. C. Martin, Coroner yesterday afternoon, on the body of Alexander Copeland, who was killed by being…

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New Lambton. Accident to Mr. Connell

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 May 1903 · page 5

On Tuesday evening Mr. John Connell of Cardiff, met with an accident by which he fractured his leg. He was returning home with a heavy load of produce, and…

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A Peculiar Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 May 1903 · page 6

A peculiar accident occurred at Mr. Edmund O'Connell's farm at Dagworth, during the week, while mowing operations were in progress. Mr. O'Connell was…

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A Shunter Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 May 1903 · page 5

A railway shunter named James Deas, while engaged in shunting operations at the dyke early yesterday morning, had his leg cut off at the knee. It is…

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Harbour Collision. Marine Court Inquiry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 May 1903 · page 6

A Marine Court of Induiry was held yesterday at the Newcastle Courthouse into the circumstance surrounding the collision that occurred in Newcastle…

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Another Tram Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 May 1903 · page 5

Phillip Docura, a resident of Hubbard-street, Islington died at the Newcastle Hospital yesterday morning from the effects of injuries received by falling…

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Tram Fatality. Verdict of Accidental Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 May 1903 · page 3

The District Coroner, (Mr. G. C. Martin,) hold an inquest at the Suburban Hotel, Watt-street, yesterday morning into the circumstances of the death of Phillip S…

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Drowned in Russia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 May 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The body of Miss Whalley, the daughter of an English resident at Moscow, who was originally supposed to have been and…

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Fatal Mining Accident. Charters Towers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 May 1903 · page 5

A serious accident occurred to-day at the Day Dawn Freehold Consolidated mine, Shortly after the afternoon shift went in, the men started to work in an…

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Emigrants Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 May 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The steamer Huddersfield, 1082 tons, owned by the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway, Company, bound for…

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Seaman Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 May 1903 · page 5

A seaman named Fabia Havre, belonging to the four-masted barque Ernest S[?]egfried, was drowned In the harbour yesterday. The vessel was being towed to…

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The Torridon Disabled. Several Seamen Injured. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 June 1903 · page 5

The clipper ship Torridon, which was reported by the steamer Clam to be dismasted off the coast on Friday, arrived in Sydney to-day, in tow of the tug Hero. A…

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Accident Relief Act. Employees' Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 June 1903 · page 5

A conference of delegates appointed by the various committees, representing collieries concerned in the contributions to the Miners' Accident Relief Fund, was…

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Pelaw Main Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 June 1903 · page 6

Mr. C. Gillard, who is employed as a foreman wheeler at Pelaw-Main Colliery, met with a painful accident early on Friday morning. While riding down the…

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Wallsend. Accident Relief Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 June 1903 · page 6

The local board of the Wallsend Accident Relief Fund met at Hetherington's Hotel on Friday evening. The income for the past pay amounted to £26 is 5d, and…

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