Found Drowned
While plying his avocation in the harbour yesterday morning, William Trelevan, licensed waterman, found the body of a man floating in the water. The water…
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Accidents, 1907
236 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 12
Vessels in Collision
The Union Company's steamer Kakapo and the barque Eagle Craig were recently in collision on the coast. The Kakapo left Devenport on Saturday evening for Sydney, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Sydney Letter. Ms.P. on the Warpath.—what Is Said Abroad in Our Favour.—where Should Australia's Arsenal Be?—our Splendid Riflemen.—street Corners and Driving Accidents.—the Weather and Influenza. Sydney
Members of Parliament are getting on the warpath. And for many it is a warpath. The other night. Dr. Arthur, member for Middle Harbour, or Mosman, one…
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LONDON, Sunday,—The American liner Minnetonka, of 5270 tons, collided with the barque Sterling on the 15th July…
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Early on Saturday morning a loaded vessel was observed making for the port, and flying flags for a pilot. The vessel was in tow of the tug Enterprise, and…
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Mr. C. Hibble, district coroner, held an inquest at the Newcastle Courthouse, yesterday, into the death of Joseph Perrot, a seaman on the French vessel Armen, who…
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LONDON, Monday.—When assembling for the impending review of the Home Fleet, the torpedo-boat destroyers Waveney and Rother came into…
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The steamer Nardoo, bound from Port Adelaide to Sydney, collided, with the ketch Ariel in the outer harbour on Friday, The Ariel's bowsprit was knocked…
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The district coroner, Mr. C. Hibble, held an inquest at the West Wallsend Courthouse yesterday into the death of John William Taft, who died on Tuesday…
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An inquiry was held to-day by Judge Backhouse, who had with him Captains C. Taylor and R. L. Boldchild as assessors, into the circumstances of the collision…
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In the course of a severe gale at Albany on Monday, John Henderson, second engineer of the steamer Wingfield, was blown over the jetty, and was drowned…
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During night manoeuvres of Swanage, on the coast of Dorsetshire, the scout Attentive rammed the destroyer Quail, cutting off 40 feet of her bow…
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LONDON, Friday.—The destroyers Kestrel and Tevlot have collided in the English Channel. The Kestreli was nearly cut in two,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Sydney Letter. All Talking "Tariff."—things We Can Do, and Should Do.—developing Our Rubber Industry.—the Ship That Got Here Too Late.—what a Gale Can Do in the Way of an Accident.—discovered—another Baronet. Sydney
Football for those without wrinkles, but the tariff for those who have grown grey in the service of making their way. Thus, although there was a great exodus of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Woy Woy Fatality
Mr. W. J. Chapman, district coroner, held an inquiry, at Gosford on Monday into the circumstances of the death of John Purcell, who succumbed to injuries…
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The steamer Kawatirl, a vessel of 510 tons, owned by the Union Company, which left Hobart at noon on Monday for Strahan, has been wrecked on the bar in…
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Reports have been received that the steamer Sonoma was recently in collision. The vessel was proceeding from San Francisco to British Columbia, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collision at Sea. Barque Ingeborg Sunk. Seven Men Drowned. the Arawatta Damaged. Brisbane
The steamer Arawatta arrived at Brisbane from Sydney at halt-past six o'clock this evening, when it was announced that a colision had occurred—when the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Woy Fatality. Charge of Murder Laid
In connection with the fatality which occurred at Woy Woy railway station on Sunday night, by which a young man named John Purcell met his death, a fresh…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dynamite Explosion. Many Persons Injured. London
A series of explosions at a dynamite factory at Domitz, in Germany, set fire to the buildings, and compelled the authorities to order the evacuation of…
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