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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1904

309 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 16

West Wallsend. Accident Funds

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 June 1904 · page 6

The Seaham Colliery Accident Fund Committee recently met in Wilson's Hotel, Mr. J. Lawson submitted the usual statement, which showed the income…

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Serious Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 June 1904 · page 6

Mr. Timothy O'Hearn, of Dagworth, sustained serious injuries in an accident at the end of the Long Bridge yesterday afternoon. He was driving two horses…

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Late Sporting. Accident to Lady Laura. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 June 1904 · page 6

Myall and Lady Laura, who are engaged at the A.J.C. Birthday meeting, arrived from Newcastle, this morning. When entering the horse-box Lady Laura slightly…

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A Fatal Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 June 1904 · page 6

A miner named John Smith was admitted to the Maitland Hospital from Heddon-Greta Colliery yesterday, suffering from injuries received in the colliery…

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Maitland District the Heddon-greta Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 June 1904 · page 6

The District Coroner, Mr. E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M., with a jury of twelve, opened an inquest at the West Maitland Courthouse, on Saturday morning, concerning…

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Minmi Fatality. Accidental Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 June 1904 · page 5

An inquest was held at the Minmi Courthouse yesterday by Mr. C. Hibble, district coroner, concerning the death of the navvy James M'Whinney, whose name was…

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Tugs in Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 June 1904 · page 4

A collision occurred at Perth on Saturday between the tugs Aw[?]ina and Uradalla, with the result that considerable damage was done to the Uradalla. It appears that the Aw[?]ine…

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Maitland District the Heddon-greta Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 June 1904 · page 6

The inquest concerning the death of the miner. John Smith, who died on Friday, of injuries sustained in an accident in Heddon-Greta Colliery on the previous…

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Fatal Railway Accident. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 June 1904 · page 5

An accident attended by fatal results occurred at the Mittagong station last night, a young woman being the victim. About 7.30 a goods train had drawn up…

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District News. Wallsend. Accident Relief Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 June 1904 · page 5

The Wallsend committee of the Accident Relief Fund mot, at Hetherington's hotel on Friday evening, when a statement was submitted, showing the income for the…

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Fatality at Sea

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 June 1904 · page 4

During the passage of the steamer Yongala from Melbourne to Sydney one of the firemen named C. Ainsworth was lost overboard. It appears that at half-past four on Sunday…

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Broadmeadow Fatality. the Body Identified

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 June 1904 · page 5

The body of the woman found on the railway line near the Broadmeadow station on Monday night has been identified as that of Mrs. Emily Hopplewhite, aged…

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Minmi. Accident Relief Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 June 1904 · page 3

A meeting of the committee of Brown's Nos. 2 and 4 Collieries was held in the Ambulance Shed on Friday evening, Mr. R. Arbuckle presiding. The income had…

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West Wallsend. Accident Funds

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 June 1904 · page 6

The Seaham Colliery Miners' Accident Fund committee met in Wilson's hotel. Mr. J. Lawson submitted the usual statement, which showed the income to have…

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Broadmeadow Fatality an Open Verdict

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 June 1904 · page 3

The circumstances of the death of Mrs. Emily Ann Hepplewhite, whose body was found on the railway line near the Broadmeadow station on Monday night, were…

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Railway Accident. a Passenger Killed. Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 June 1904 · page 5

A serious railway accident happened near Yarloop last night, one man being killed, while two others had a miraculous escape from death. As the Millais'…

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Motor Car Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 June 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—While a motor car in France was running at a speed of 65 miles an hour, the tyre burst, and the Marquis Daudiffera-Pasquier…

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Lambton. Accident to Mrs. George King

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 June 1904 · page 6

Mrs. Geo. King, wife of the licensee of the Lambton Arms Hotel, Pearson-street, with a painful accident yesterday afternoon. She and her daughter were in…

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Sensations of Drowning

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 June 1904 · page 14

A medical man described in a recent issue of a Scotch medical journal his experiences when dragged under water with a foundered ship. He struck out to reach…

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Two Men Drowned. Thursday Island

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 June 1904 · page 5

The lugger Clarence capsized off Jardine River yesterday, and a Japanese diver and South Sea Islander were drowned. The beat was sailing up to windward, with…

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