Drowning Fatalities. Auckland
A terrible bathing fatality occurred at Riverton, South Island, this morning. A nine-year-old girl, a nice of Mrs. Thomson, was bathing in the river, when she got…
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Accidents, 1904
309 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 16
Carrington. Coal Line Collision
About nine o'clock on Monday evening an accident occurred on the coal line a little to the east of Young-street crossing. A light engine coming from…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—An accident has taken place on the underground railway near Belleville, in Paris. A number of persons were injured…
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Shortly after ten o'clock yesterday morning a horse attached to a bread-cart, belonging to Mr. W. Cann, baker, of Newcastle, bolted in Lower Church-street,…
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The inquest touching the death of the man Robert Clarke Robinson, aged 32, who was killed whilst in the act of stopping a horse attached to one of Mr. W…
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A meeting of the committee of Brown's No. 2 and 4 collieries was held in the ambulance-shed. Mr. R. Arbuckle presided. The income was shown to be £20 as 9d, and the…
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An old resident named Hugh Hugh Murdoch of Elder-street, was found drowned in the tank in his yard about 9 o'clock last night. He was missed about 3 o'clock in the…
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The Seaham Colliery Accident Fund Committee met at Wilson's hotel. Mr. J. Lawson, the secretary, submitted the statement, which showed the income to be…
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The steamer Burrawong, while proceeding from Kempsey to Sydney on Thursday, met with an accident, one of her shafts breaking. As the weather was fine, the vessel…
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LONDON, Saturday.—A motor-car accident has occurred at Cannes, in the Riviere. The car, which belonged to an…
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When the steamer Pacifique, of the M.M. Line, was leaving Noumea last Wednesday, the yacht Waitangi, which was being used as a pilot boat at the New Caledonian port,…
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LONDON, Friday.—A Canadian intercolonial train has been wrecked near Halifax. The carriages, separating from the locomotive, fell down an…
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At about half-past five o'clock yesterday afternoon the China steamer Chingtu and the American schooner Minnie A. Caine were in collision in the harbour. At the…
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During the voyage from London the barque Country of Drumfires, which arrived a Fremantle on Wednesday, met with an exciting incident. While exchanging signals with…
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At the West Maitland Courthouse on Saturday afternoon, Mr. E. A. L. Sharpe, District Cornoer, held a magisterial inquiry into the circumstances attending…
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A meeting of the committee of Brown's Nos. 2 and 4 colliers was held in the Ambulance Shed on Friday evening. Mr. R. Arbuckle presided. The income was shown to be £20…
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LONDON, Monday.—Four women patients in the Portsmouth Lunatic Asylum have died it is feared through being poisoned by an overdose…
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The R.M.S. Moldavia, which arrived at Melbourne on Monday, reported having met the steamer Age in Bass Straits on Sunday afternoon. The weather was tempestuous, and it…
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Sir—An incident occurred on Wednesday last at Port Waratah that should be investigated by the Humane Society. A lad named Albert Smith, eleven years of…
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LONDON, Saturday.—Admiral Alexleff reports that the cruisers Tsarevitch, 13,110 tons and the Pallada, 6630 tons, both of which were damaged…
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