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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1907

236 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 12

Norma-ardencraig Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 May 1907 · page 4

The Adelaide Maine Board has given its decision regarding the collision between the barque Norma and the sh[?] Ardencraig, which occurred off the…

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Shooting Accident. Miss Daisy Windeyer Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 May 1907 · page 5

Miss Daisy Windeyer, a daughter of Mrs. Windeyor, of Kinross, near Raymond Terrace, met with a painful and serious shooting accident yesterday…

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Woodville Junction Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 May 1907 · page 4

An inquest was held by the coroner, Mr. C. Hibble, at the Newcastle Courthouse, on Saturday, into the circumstances of the death of Patrick Bede…

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Tramway Collision. a Passenger Killed. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 May 1907 · page 5

A collision occurred at the tram terminus at Circular Quay to-day between an incoming Alexandria tram and a cart. One of the passengers an the tram, Mr. John…

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Fatal Tramway Accident. Officials Before the Court. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 May 1907 · page 5

Francis Lloyd, 29 years of age, a tram-driver, was charged at the Water Police Court to-day with having, at Sydney, on May 14th, 1907, being then a person…

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Brooklyn Tram Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1907 · page 11

The inquiry into this accident, which caused the death of one passenger, and injuries to the others and the motorman, is still proceeding, Export evidence seems…

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Colliery Fatality. Verdict of Accidental Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 May 1907 · page 5

An inquest was bold at the Minmi Courthouse yesterday by Mr. C. Hibble, district, coroner, into the death of William Strang, who was fatally injured in Brown's…

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Fatal Tram Accident. Opening of the Inquest. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 May 1907 · page 5

Mr. A. N. Barnet, the city coroner, opened an inquest to-day into the circumstances of the death of John Schofield Poster, land agent of Orange, who was…

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Fatal Tramway Accident. Remarkable Evidence. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 5

The circumstances of the death of John Schofield Foster, which occurred as the result of a collision between a tram car and a cart in Young-street, near the…

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New Brighton Motor Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 May 1907 · page 11

The lad W. B. Moorhouse, who was charged with manslaughter because, while ridding his motor-cycle, he ran over and killed a child at New Brighton, has, though the…

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Fatal Tramway Accident. Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 May 1907 · page 5

A fatal tramway accident took place in High-street, Fremantle, yesterday afternoon, resulting in the death of a passenger and the injury of a motorman and…

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The Queen of Norway. Accident at Versailles. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 May 1907 · page 5

Reuter's Agency in Paris reports that while crossing a little bridge in the grounds of the Petit Trianon at Versailles, the horses attached to a…

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A Minister Accidentally Killed. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 June 1907 · page 5

The Rev. J. M. Gillett, the Church of England minister in charge of St. Matthias' Church. Paddington, Sydney, who was on a visit to Melbourne, met with a…

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Racecourse Fatality. Inquest and Verdict

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 June 1907 · page 5

The District Coroner, Mr. C. Hibble, held an inquest at Wallsend Courthouse yesterday, into the death of the jockey. John Thompson, who met with fatal…

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Schooner Capsizes. Twenty-eight Drowned. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 June 1907 · page 5

The French schooner La Jalouse, which had sailed from Cayenne for Saint Louis, was swamped and capsized off Barbadoes…

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Swept Overboard. Four Sailors Drowned. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 June 1907 · page 5

During a gale on March 18th, four of the crew of the barque Serena, which sailed from Melbourne for the Channel, were swept overboard and…

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Collision in Harbour. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 5

A steamer collided with a launch belonging to the United States battleship Minnesota in Hampton Roads at night…

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Wreck of the Kiora. Captain and Two Passengers Drowned. Auckland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 6

Intelligence has been received of the wreck of the Northern Company's steamer Kiora, between Mawhia and Mokau, on the west coast of the North Island. Captain…

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Accident to J. R. M. Mackay

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—J. R. M. Mackay, the Sydney cricketer, has been run over by a motor cycle at Johannesburg, and seriously injured…

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Drowned in a Tub

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 4

About nine o'clock yesterday morning, a miner named John King, who had lived by himself in a hut at Dudley, was found with his head in the tub, dead. There was…

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