Miners' Accident Fund. a Disorderly Meeting
An meeting of representatives of lodges and local accident relief committees, at what is known as the Accident Relief Fund Conference, was held at the…
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Accidents, 1908
320 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 16
Lady Accidentally Shot. Perth
Mrs. A. S. Roe, the wife of the police magistrate, at Perth, was on Saturday accidentally shot by her son Douglas. The bullet passed through her body, and…
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The inquest into the death of John Heffernan, labourer, who was accidentally killed at the railway station on Saturday night, was held to-day…
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In connection with the death of a man found on the railway, near Singleton, on Thursday, the evidence at the inquest showed that Constable Cooper found in…
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At the Wallsend Courthouse yesterday, the district coroner, Mr. C. Hibble, held a magisterial inquiry into the death of William Clark, whose body was…
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An inquest was held into the death of Richard Henderson, 60 years of age, who was fatally injured yesterday while getting timber, near his residence at…
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With her anchor hove short, preparatory to changing her position, the Sydney barque, British Yeoman, Captain Peter Hillion, was caught by the tide while at San Francisco,…
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The steamer Kirkwall, 2582 tons, collided with the barque Tasmania, of 2238 tons. The former sank, but the crew was saved…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Metford Fatality
Edward Holland, the young man who sustained serious injuries by a fall from the Newcastle passenger train at Metford on Thursday afternoon, died during the…
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A fatality occurred this morning at the Broken Hill Proprietary Mine, by which Thomas Hopkins, a miner, lost his life. Hopkins was working in a stope at the…
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A fatality occurred on the railway line at St. Leopards, near the local station this afternoon. Shortly before 2 o'clock the mangled…
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Two ferry boats collided in the harbour to-night. In the excitement three passengers jumped overboard, but were immediately rescued. No Injury was done to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. a Miner Injured
A miner, named William Mason, was seriously injured in No. 3 tunnel, South Greta Colliery, on Saturday morning at about 10 o'clock. He was engaged…
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Advices from Bergen report that the Norwegian steamer Folgefonden has Stranded off Skaauerik, and sank in three minutes…
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An accident happened this morning at the premises of Messrs. Koertz, wool press manufacturers, Abattoir-road, Pyrmont. One of the employees became…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sunshine Railway Accident. Another Victim. Melbourne
Edward Joseph English, 17 years of age, who was injured in the Sunshine railway accident, which occurred on Easter Monday night, died at his home in Surry…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision at Sea. Steamer Suva and Tug Hero. Sydney
A collision occurred at sea curly this morning between the passenger steamer Suva, of the A.U.S.N. line, and Messrs. J. Fenwick and Coy.'s tug Hero. As a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Collision. the Pareora Damaged. Sydney
Shortly after 12 o'clock on Saturday morning a sensational collision occurred off Sydney Heads. The vessels concerned were the Adelaide S.S. Company's cargo…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Sydney Letter. Lord Northcote's Parting Advice.—the Advantage of Having "Differences."—the Pure Food Prosecutions.—a Little Essay on Exaggeration.—melbourne's Chapter of Accidents.—the Case of an Unlucky Cab Horse. Sydney
Lord Northcote added to his already high reputation by the speech he delivered at the State entertainment to bid him farewell. It was graceful, dignified,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Suva-hero Collision. Marine Court Inquiry. Sydney
The collision between the steamer Suva and the tug Hero on August 28th, off Cape Three Points was the subject of an inquiry in the Marine Court to-day,…
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