Fatal Tramway Accident
An inquest concerning the death of the man Walter Gulley, who was run over by a Merewether Beach tram at the foot of Perkin-street on Tuesday night and…
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Accidents, 1908
320 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 16
Explosion in a Mine. Two Men Injured Melbourne
A serious explosion occurred to-day in the Victoria Quartz Goldmine, at Bendigo, resulting in two miners named Willian Brown and William Jones being…
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A serious accident happened at Wallsend Colliery at 12.30 p.m. on Saturday; Robert Carter, about 20 years of age, being killed Instantly, and Edward…
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The inquest into the death of Robert Carter, 19 years of age, who was fatally injured at the Wallsend Colliery on Saturday, was opened yesterday at the…
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Mr. C. Hibble, the district coroner, held a magisterial inquiry yesterday at the West, Wallser.d Courthouse concerning the death of a little girl named Mary…
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While seamen of H. M. S. Hermes (flagship on the Cape of Good Hope station) and Durban firemen were giving a display of fire-saving…
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A report from Monte Video, dated June 6, says :—"The steamer Asturias, belonging to Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, and Rakaia, belonging to New Zealand Shipping…
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The E. and A. mail steamer Aldenham, from Japan and China, this morning, brought news of the wreck of the steamer Powan at Lantao Island, near Hongkong,…
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Speaking at a recent meeting of the Dudley Miners' Lodge in response to a vote of thanks for his attendance. Mr. W. Brennan, general secretary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident Relief Fund. Views of Mr. Wood's Promise
Speaking to a representative of the "Newcastle Morning Herald" with regard to the expressed intentions of Mr. W. H. Wood, Chief Secretary and Minister…
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The inquest concerning the death of Robert Carter, who was killed at the tunnel of the Newcastle-Wallsend Coal Co.'s colliery, on 11th July, through the breaking…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—Owing to the bursting of a steampipe on board the American battleship Kearsage, at Honolulu, five sailors were injured…
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The inquest concerning the death of the young man, Robert Carter, who was killed at No. 1 tunnel of the Newcastle-Wallsend Coal Company's Colliery on…
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LONDON, Thursday.—While motoring at San Francisco, Mrs. Stevenson, widow of Robert Louis Stevenson, the eminent novelist, was seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Fatal Accident
Mr. Henry Edward Crebert, aged 24 years, son of Mr. Henry Crebert, of Lochinvar, was thrown front his horse on Wednesday, and sustained a severe…
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LONDON, Friday.—The Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice has held that the owners of the Rangatira (the New Zealand Shipping…
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A drowning fatality occurred at Wallsend yesterday afternoon, shortly after 4 o'clock, the victim being William Clark, aged 6 years, son of Constable. John…
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A typhoon which lasted two hours at Hongkong injured much shipping. The torpedo-boat destroyer Whiting; 380 tons, 5900-horse power, Lieutenant…
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LONDON, Friday.—Mr. Winthrop sands, a stepson of Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt, the American millionaire, has been killed in a motor accident at…
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Three employees of Pelaw-Main colliery, Messrs. John Fullerton, Samuel Dyson, and Thomas Scott, had an unpleasant experience, yesterday afternoon, while engaged…
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