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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents
320 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 16
Mr. Leslie Lintott, aged 22 years, a resident of Bishop's Bridge, was drowned in the creek near that place on Wednesday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A bathing fatality occurred yesterday afternoon at Wickham, the victim being John Hale, aged 11, who lived with his parents in Throsby-street…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A litle girl named Mary Emslie, 7 years of age, daughter of Mr. William Emslie, of Loyd-street, Stockton, was the victim of a serious accident yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An inquest was held the police station, Wickham, yesterday morning, by Mr. C. Hibble, district coroner, into the circumstances of the death of the lad…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An oil launch, containing a fishing party of six persons, was swamped on the Lake Macquarie bar at about four o'clock yesterday afternoon, and two of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The heavy sea which was running across Lake Macquarie heads on Sunday afternoon continued throughout the night and yesterday, and nothing was seen of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. P. Moodle, of Cook's Hill, who is assistant to Messrs. Blackall and Hunt, of Newcastle, was a passenger in the mail train from Glen Innes, which arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →While leaving for Newcastle at 11 o'clock last night the Union Company's steamer Wairuna collided with the scow Moonah, which was inward-bound, with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A starting accident occurred to the North-western mail train while proceeding to Sydney early on Wednesday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The report of the specially-appointed Departmental Board of Inquiry (Messrs. G. A. Hodgson, of the traffic branch, E. E. Lucy, of the locomotive branch,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy rains fell in the Brisbane district on Friday and Saturday, which resulted in many of the low-lying districts in Brisbane and suburbs being submerged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. C. Hibble, district coroner, held an inquiry at New Lambton on Saturday morning touching the death of the child. Mildred Seres, who died in the Wallsend…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A collision recently took place in Cairns harbour between the Normanby and Vigilant, with the result that the Normanby's boat, which was banging on the davits, did…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A sad drowning fatality occurred near the South Greta Colliery on Friday afternoon, the victims being two little boys, Daniel and Frederick, aged 9 and 7 years…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Japanese coasting steamer Matsu Maru, of 911 tons, collided with the Hideyoshi Maru, of 600 tons, near Hakodate…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The body of the young man who was killed by being run over by a passenger train at Hamilton station on Wednesday night was identified later as that of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Before Mr. Justice Sly and a jury of four, to-day, John Bellby Smith sued the Chief Commissioner for Railways for £2000, as compensation for damages…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Friday.—During a night manoeuvre in the Channel the destroyer Tiger was cut in halves through colliding with the bows of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A special stock train, comprising two engines and 40 trucks, was proceeding to Wagga, last night, and when four miles form Junee, on the down-grade, the trucks…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The action of John Bellby Smith against the New South Wales Railway Commissioners, hear before Mr. Justice Sly and a jury of four, was concluded…
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