Plattsburg. Accident Relief Fund
The annual meeting of employees in connection with the Co-operative Colliery was held in Tattersall's Room on Thursday evening, for the purpose of…
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Accidents, 1905
274 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 14
Fatal Cycling Accident
At about 6 o'clock on Saturday evening a youth named Robert Steven Davidson was killed by coming into collision with a sulky while riding a bicycle. It…
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The Wallsend committee of the Accident Relief Fund met at Hetherington's hotel on Friday evening. From a statement submitted, it was shown that the…
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On Friday evening the committee of Brown's No. 2 and 4 collieries met in the ambulance shed. Mr. R. Arbuckle presided. The income as shown was £31 18s…
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LONDON, Thursday.—The dredger Texas, which was proceeding from Dantzig to Galvaston, a port of Texas, in the United States, foundered in the…
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The British ship Cortes collided with a tug at Mort's Dock last night, cracking a plate on the port side. The vessel was about to be towed to Newcastle to load…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our New Zealand Letter. Wellington, Jan. 5. Holiday Accidents
While you in Australia are being burnt up with the excessive beat and bush fires we in New Zealand are suffering from the cold, and have to light fires keep…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Colliery Fatality. Singleton
A fatal accident occurred at the Dulwich Colliery, yesterday, the victim being a well-known miner named Josh Freer. The deceased was working at the face when a…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—An enormous mass of rock fell at Locnvand, in Norway, into Lake Bergen. This caused a wave 20 feet high,…
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At the December sittings of the Admiralty Court, Mr. James Lilburn, owner of the sailing ship, Loch Carron, sought to limit his liability in respect of a collision between his…
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Mr. John Limeburner, eldest son of Mr. J. M. Limeburner, of the Centennial Hotel, had it narrow escape from being blown to pieces at the Sulphide Works…
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LONDON, Thursday.—A collision has taken place between the Scottish express and another train near Ardworth, in Yorkshire…
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LONDON, Friday.—The Glasgow to London express, which was following the Leeds to London express, came into collision with the latter during a…
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On Friday evening the committee of Brown's Nos. 2 and 4 colllieries met in the Ambulance Shed, Mr. R. Arbuckle presiding. The income was shown to be £22…
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A quarry accident occurred at Mitcham this morning, resulting in two men. Adolph Boottger and Robert Suilivan, being killed, while five others, Walter Reed,…
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The Seham Colliery Accident Relief Committee met in Watson's Hotel. Mr. J. Lawson, the secretary submitted the statement, which showed the income to be…
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The Adelaide Steamship Company's steamer Chillagoe arrived in Brisbane at 4 a.m. on Tuesday from Sydney via Newcastle, having on board 300 tons of coke for Cairns, 250 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Lambton. Accident to Mr. E. Butterworth
On Tuesday, Mr. E. Butterworth met with a painful accident, while following his occupation as a minor in the New Lambton Tunnel. He was in the act of…
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While engaged in working in a bord of tops in Standford-Merthyr Colliery, on Thursday morning, John Swinton, a miner, sustained painful injuries by a fall of…
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A sad accident occurred about the end of last week just after the heavy rains in the Bundaberg district, and when the various steams were in a swollen state…
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