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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1907

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Sydney Harbour Collision. Marine Court Inquiry. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 5

The Marine Court—Judge Backhouse, who had Captains J. B. Carpenter and C. Taylor with him as assessors—held an inquiry in the Sydney District Court…

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Fall From Aloft. Accidental Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 4

The inquest into the circumstances of the death of Peter Kaletsch, an ordinary seaman on board the ship Barfillan, was concluded by the District Coroner, Mr. C…

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Accidents in America

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1907 · page 14

A correspondent of the Washington "Evening Star" writes from New York as follows:—"Fifty-seven thousand five hundred persons are under sentence of death…

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A Harbour Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 April 1907 · page 4

A slight collision occurred in the harbour on Saturday afternoon, but it resulted in very little damage being done. The large four-masted barque Osborne (2086…

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Boating Disaster. Two Men Drowned. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 April 1907 · page 5

Between 3 and 4 o'clock this afternoon, a severe rain squall, accompanied by thunder and lightning, swept over the city and harbour, and while it lasted, the…

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Accident on the Dreadnought

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 April 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—During the homeward voyage of H.M.S. Dreadnought one of the boiler tubes burst, with the result that three stokers…

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Marine Court Inquiry. Nymboida-rozelle Collision. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1907 · page 5

The Marine Court to-day investigated the circumstances attending the collision that occurred between the steamer Nymbolda and the schooner Rozelle, near Port…

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Miners' Accident Relief Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 April 1907 · page 7

Sir,—The announcement made by the State Premier, Mr. Carruthers, as published in the issue of the "Newcastle Morning Herald," that consideration had…

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Destroyers in Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 April 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The British torpedoboat destroyers Falcon (Lieuteant and Commander E. M. C. Rutherfo[?] and Colne (Commander C. J. Collins) collided…

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Our New Zealand Letter. Wellington, April 6. a Boating Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 April 1907 · page 11

One of those tragic occurrences that so often happen in holiday-time took place in Auckland Harbour on Easter Monday. A man, Frederick Pilkington, his two…

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Peculiar Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 April 1907 · page 4

Captain Grubmeyer, of the German ship Elfrieda, which left Geelong on the 7th instant with a cargo of wheat shipped by Messrs. Jas. Bell and Company, for the United…

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Fatal Shooting Accident. Boy Kills His Mother. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 April 1907 · page 5

Mrs. Harriet Ashendon, the wife of Mr. W. Ashenden, of Aldgate Park, was accidentally shot by her son Harold, aged 18 years, yesterday afternoon. She died…

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Collision at Sea. a Silent Barque. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 5

The schooner Whangaroa, timber laden, from Whangape, arrived in Sydney Harbour this morning, and reported having been in collision with a barque, the name…

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Miners' Accident Relief Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 April 1907 · page 7

Sir,—The remarks of your Sydney representative regarding the Scarborough disaster in its relation to the Miners' Accident Relief Fund, as published in…

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Marine Disaster. Barque and Steamer Sunk. One Man Drowned. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 April 1907 · page 5

The most serious marine disaster known in the history of Adelaide port occurred shortly after two o'clock this morning at the anchorage off the…

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Accident to a Prince

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—Prince Wilhelm Eitel Friedrich of Prussia, second son of the German Emperor, fell heavily from his horse v, while on parade at…

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Collision Bulkheads

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 April 1907 · page 4

The Board of Trade has issued the following instructions to surveyors, providing for the amendment of Clause 16 of the Regulations and Suggestions as to the…

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Collapse of a Jetty. Accident at Bulli. Bulli

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 April 1907 · page 5

A remarkable accident occurred at Bulli this morning, when a length of about 260ft in the centre of the big jetty of the Bulli Colliery and Coke Works…

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The Tamar Collision. Launceston

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 May 1907 · page 5

The decision of the Court of Marine Inquiry concerning the collision between the river steamer Togo and the steam launch Alice in the Tamar on Easter…

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A Collision in the Channel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 May 1907 · page 4

When the Channel Fleet was nearing Portland, England, before daybreak on March 23, a collision occurred between the battleship Africa and the Orient liner Ormuz (Captain…

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