Found Drowned. Sydney
A fisherman named Joseph Walton found the body of a man floating in the water at Parsley Bay, near the rocks, shortly before noon to-day. The body is that of a man of…
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Accidents, 1906
288 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 15
Fatal Colliery Accident
A terrible accident resulting in the death of William Evans, a mechanic employed at the C pit, Wallsend Colliery, occurred on Saturday morning last. The…
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The inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of William Evans, who was killed at the "C" pit of the Wallsend Colliery on Saturday last, was…
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LONDON, Monday.—Four carriages attached to an express train running from Milan to Rome were derailed at Piacenza…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—Captain Elles, a son of Major-General Sir E. R. Elles, R.A., member of the Council of the Governor-General of India, has…
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As the Italian barque Fratelli Beverino, from Genoa, was being towed into port yesterday afternoon she narrowly escaped collision with one of the Harbour Department's mud…
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At about half-past 8 o'clock on Wednesday morning a boy, named John Martin Ryan, 13 years and 6 months old, residing with his parents at 296…
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Judge Backhouse, as President, had Captain Alfred Fell and Captain John Mackenzie with him as assessors to-day in the Marine Court inquiry into the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Octopus. Captain's Wife Drowned. London
The Octopus, one of two steam dredges purchased by the Geelong (Victoria) Harbour Trust Commissioners from the Government of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Yachting Fatality. Five Persons Drowned. Perth
To-day, which was Proclamation Day, and Eight-hour Day, will long be remembered on account of the tempestuous conditions and an appalling boating disaster…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Train Jumps a Track. Seventy People Drowned. London
Owing to a train jumping a truck, two cars were precipitated over an open drawbridge into Pleasantville Water, which separates Atlantic City,…
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A boating accident occurred on Lake Macquarie, off Marks' Point, which very nearly ended fatally for several of the party out sailing. As usual at holiday…
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In the railway accident at Pleasantville Water, separating Atlantic City, New Jersey, from the mainland, only six passengers escaped from the two…
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Sir,—Regarding the boating accident at Marks' Point, Belmont. I wish to point out that the names were omitted of two gentlemen who were first on the scene,…
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LONDON, Friday.—The barque Este, a German vessel of 1358 tons, bound from Hamburg for Melbourne, with a cargo of dynamite, collided in the…
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LONDON, Friday.—A motor omnibus, while crossing Waterloo Bridge yesterday skidded, ran on to the foot, path, broke seventy feet of the…
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Sir,—Allow me to state the name of the gentleman who, with, Mr. R. Young, of Broadmeadow, rescued five of the unfortunate party, who met with a boating…
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A drowning accident occurred at Invercargill last night. Four men, members of a party of six, who were on a fishing expedition, were putting off in a dinge[?]…
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Reports to the Melbourne Marine Board show that the accident to the pilot steamer Victoria on Saturday was not caused by the vessel striking any submerged object. The…
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A railway accident occurred at Lara station, on the Geelong and Melbourne line, to-day. A stock train coming to Melbourne…
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