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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

288 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 15

Buninyong-criffel Collision. Marine Court Finding. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 July 1906 · page 4

The Marine Court inquiry into the circumstances of the collision between the steamer Buninyong and the barque Criffel, in Sydney Harbour, on the night of May…

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Mining Accident. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 July 1906 · page 6

A sensational accident occurred at the Broken Hill Proprietary mine this morning. Three men, named George Evans, S. A. Shreeve, and G. M’Ghie, were…

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Stockton Drowning Fatality Verdict of Accidental Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 July 1906 · page 5

At the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday Mr. C. Hibble, district coroner, held an inquest into the circumstances of the death of Melaine le Goff and Francois…

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Railway Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 August 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—A landslide at Chelsea, in the State of New York, threw the engine and forepart of an express train on the Central railway…

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A Wellington Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 August 1906 · page 4

A writ has been issued by the New Zealand and African Steamship Company against the Union Steamship Company, claiming a sum of £467 15s 4d, in connection with the…

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Minmi. Accident Relief Funds

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 August 1906 · page 5

The committee of the miners' accident relief fund of Brown's Nos. 2 and 4 collieries met on Friday evening. Mr. R. Arbuckle presiding. The income for the…

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Drowned in the Inner Basin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 August 1906 · page 5

An inquest was held at the Newcastle courthouse yesterday by the District Coroner, Mr. C. Hibble, to inquire into the circumstances surrounding the death…

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Emigrant Ship Wrecked Five Hundred Drowned. Fights for the Lifeboats. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 August 1906 · page 5

The Italian steamer Sirio, bound from Genoa to Buenos Ayres, with 800 emigrants aboard, has been totally wrecked…

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Motor Car Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 August 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The Duke of Connaught, while motoring in Radnorshire, collided with another car. Both cars were smashed, and…

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The Carrington Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 August 1906 · page 5

An inquest was held at the Newcastle courthouse yesterday afternoon by the District Coroner, Mr. C. Hibble, to inquire into the circumstances surrounding…

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The Carrington Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 3

The inquest into the circumstances of the death of John Gardner, who was fatally injured at Carrington on Wednesday night, was continued at Newcastle…

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Warship in Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 August 1906 · page 4

A somewhat serious collision took place in Auckland Harbour last week, by which H.M.S. Pioneer sustained some damage owing to the Union Company’s steamer Talune getting four…

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Holiday-makers Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 August 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—Five holiday-makers from Glasgow were drowned at Buckie, Banffshire, by the capsizing of a boat…

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Wallsend. Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 August 1906 · page 5

Thomas Johnson, a miner working in the Modder River district of the Wallsend Colliery, met with an accident on Friday afternoon through a fall of stone at or…

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Fatal Motor Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 August 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—A motor car collided with a train at a level crossing near Bernay, on the Paris to Cherbourg railway…

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Railway Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 August 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—A collision has occurred at Saltcoats, Ayrshire, railway station. Seventy passengers were injured,…

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Harbour Collision. Tugmaster in Fault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 August 1906 · page 3

At the Newcastle courthouse yesterday a Court of Marine Inquiry was held concerning the collision between the A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Tinana and a punt in…

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Australian Club Accident. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 5

In the Legislative Assembly to-day, on the motion for the adjournment of the House, Mr. Mechan asked if the Attorney-General had made any inquiries as to…

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Motor Car Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 August 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The Duke of Oporto, brother of the King of Portugal, has been nearly killed in a motor car accident near Caseaes, near…

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Fatal Shooting Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The Vienna newspapers state that General Krieghammer, the ex-Minister for War for Austria-Hungary, has died at…

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