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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

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Accident to Mr. Asquith

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 March 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—Owing to a cab in which Mr. H. H. Asquith, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was riding being upset, he sustained…

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Catherine Hill Bay. Colliery Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 6

An accident occurred at the mine screens at Catherine Hill Bay on Thursday morning to a waggon-trimmer named Thomas Newton, who accidentally…

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Our New Zealand Letter. Wellington, March 10. the Alpine Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 13

Last week I gave some particulars of the loss of a Scottish visitor, Mr. R. S. Low, in the Southern Alps. To the surprise of his friends and of everyone else,…

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Railway Fatality. Forty Persons Killed. Fifteen Burned to Death. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 March 1906 · page 5

The westward-bound California express collided with the local train at Pueblo, Colorado, with disastrous results…

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Death by Drowning

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 March 1906 · page 6

The District Coroner, Mr. C. Hibble, hold an inquest at the Courthouse, Minmi, yesterday, into the circumstance connected with the death of Elizabeth…

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District News. Minmi. Accident Relief Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 March 1906 · page 3

On Friday evening last, the committee of Brown's Nos. 2 and 4 collieries met in the ambulance shed, Mr. R. Arbuckle presiding. The income as shown was £21…

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Railway Fatality. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1906 · page 5

A fatal accident occurred on the Ballarat railway line to-day. A train travelling from Ballarat to Linton collided, at a point known as Lynch's…

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Accident at Bolwarra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 March 1906 · page 6

Mr. William Johnston, son of Mr. A. Johnston, of High-street, was severely injured by a kick from a horse yesterday afternoon. Accompanied by two ladies, he…

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Found Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 March 1906 · page 4

On Saturday the District Coroner, Mr. C. Hibble, held an inquest at the Commercial Hotel, Boolaroo, into the circumstances attending the death of a man…

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Miners' Accident Fund. Annual Report. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 March 1906 · page 4

The fifth annual report of the Miners' Accident Relief Board has been compiled for the information of the Government. It shows that the Accident Relief Fund…

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Railway Accident. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 March 1906 · page 4

The goods train due at Bundanba from Toowoomba at 11.15 o'clock last night, only arrived at her destination at 5.35 this morning. While turning at Bundanba,…

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Mine Accident at Clackmannan? Men Kept Alive by Oxygen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 April 1906 · page 6

On February 3rd, at 9.30 a.m., this pit was flooded, and five men entombed. The men were in the lower seam and the water was 10ft above the door-head of…

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Minmi. Accident Relief Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 6

A meeting of the accident relief fund committee of Brown's Nos. 2 and 4 collieries was held in the ambulance shed on Friday evening. Mr. R. Arbuckle…

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District News Greta Accident to a Boy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 April 1906 · page 7

A boy about four years of age, son of Mr. W. B. Tipper, met with an accident yesterday afternoon. The little fellow was playing at the time with some more…

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Gembrook Railway Accident. the Line Condemned. Melbourne

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

Judge Box to-day presented to Mr. Bent, the State Premier, his report relative to the Gembrook railway accident. He states that he is of opinion that,…

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Drowning Fatality. Gosford

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 5

A man named Lester Ellison, in company with his nephew, a boy aged 10 years, and the Misses Thorpe, two in number, left Point Clare, near Gosford, in a boat…

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Accident at Ottawa

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—Owing to faulty masonry, the entire tower wing of the new Dominion Parliament house at Ottawa collapsed, and the…

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Fatality on Board Ship

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 7

At the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday afternoon an inquest was held by the District Coroner, Mr. C. Hibble, into the cause of death of Rafacle Pavesie, an…

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The Gembrook Railway Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 April 1906 · page 14

It is not often we have such a clear definite report from Royal Commissions or Boards of Inquiry as that presented by Judge Box with regard to the causes…

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Drowned in the Shannon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 April 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—Through the capsize of a boat five men have been drowned in the River Shannon…

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