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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

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Miners' Accident Relief Act. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 December 1906 · page 5

Judgment was delivered by the High Court this afternoon in the case in which George Laurence Smith, William Thomas Fraser, J. T. Momory, T. Hilder, David…

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Accident Relief Act

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 December 1906 · page 4

A recent judgment of the High Court puts quite a new construction on the Miners' Accident Relief Act. The case before the Court was one in…

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Fatality at Broadmeadow

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 December 1906 · page 5

A boy named John James Jones died under sad circumstances yesterday afternoon at Breadmeadow. The deceased, who was 7 years of age, and a son of…

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Young Woman Injured. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 December 1906 · page 5

A woman named Marie Lacey, 23 years of ago, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital to-day suffering from a wound in the threat, evidently caused by a knife…

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The Broadmeadow Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 December 1906 · page 6

At the police station, Broadmeadow, the Coroner, Mr. C. Hibble, yesterday enquired into the death of a boy named John James Jones, who died at his…

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Escapes From Drowning. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 December 1906 · page 4

Several narrow escapes from drowning took place on the ocean beach at Manly this afternoon. About half-past 2 o'clock a man who was bathing was seen to be in…

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Earthquake in South America. Several Towns Injured. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 December 1906 · page 5

An earthquake has destroyed one-half of the town of Arica, in the south of Peru, and injured several other towns…

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Boating Fatality. Two Youths Drowned. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 December 1906 · page 5

A boating fatality occurred in Moreton Bay on Saturday afternoon. The 22-footer Blue Spee, with eight youths on board, Frederick Attwood, D. Adams, E. White,…

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Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Accidentally Shot

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 December 1906 · page 6

Herbert John Halpin, 15-year-old son of Mr. John Halpin, of Elgin-street, Maitland, while out wallaby shooting on Saturday near Scone, was accidentally shot…

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