Collapse of a Gangway. Several Persons Drowned. London
Shortly before the Atlantic liner Kaiserin Augusta Victoria left, Hamburg for New York yesterday, a gangway by which a number of people were…
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Accidents, 1909
264 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 14
Miners' Accident Fund. the Annual Report. Sydney
The New South Wales Miners' Accident Relief Board has submitted its annual report to the Minister for Mines. It is as follows:—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colliery Accident. Application for Rule Nisi. Sydney
In the Full Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Simpson, the Acting Chief Justice, and Justices Cohen and Pring, application was made to set aside the verdicts…
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Horace Donald Shalden, aged 10, a resident of Railway-street, Petersham, was bathing with other boys in the baths at Clifton Gardens thin afternoon, when he…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident in History
Chance has played a great part in history. A characteristic instance will be found in the case of the American War with Great Britain in 1812. One of the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Shooting Fatality. Narrabri
A tragedy occurred here on Friday night. It appears that a number of the Filliga Scrub employees came to town on Thursday, and made things pretty lively…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Collision. Three Persons Killed. London
A collision took place between two train to-day at the Tonbridge Junction. Three persons were killed and twelve…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Birkenhead Disaster. Fourteen Men Drowned. London
During preparations on Saturday to admit water to the new Victoria Dock at Birkenhead, which is almost finished a high wind, combined with a high…
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The statement of the position of the Miners' Accident Relief Fund, recently published, shows the finances, to be in a very satisfactory condition, and also…
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The report of the New South Wales Miners Accident Relief Board for 1908 has been read with interest in the Newcastle district, where so many persons are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sydney Drowning Accidents. Sydney
Frank H. Laing about 35 years of age, a commission agent, living in Auckland (N.Z.), who was on a visit to Sydney, was drowned on Bronte beach this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. ACCIDENTS
A lad named Joseph M'Bride, aged 11 years, son of Warder M'Bride, of East Mailtand, was thrown from a horse while in the act of mounting it at the East…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Collision at Sea. Barque Margretha Sunk. London
The iron sailing vessel Margretha of Hamburg, sank in the North Sea after colliding with the Norwegian steamer Mascot…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Teralba Fatality
Mr. C. Hibble, the district coroner, held an inquest at Teralba yesterday into, the death of Phillip Purcell, who was scalded by boiling fat on Thursday, and…
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Early yesterday morning the A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Aramac came into collision with the barquentine Jap, resulting in same damage being done to the latter. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident at Rosehill. Twelve Horses Fall. Sydney
In the race for the Trial Stakes at Rosehill yesterday a serious accident occurred, no less than twelve horses falling…
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LONDON, Monday.—While the workmen at Vickers, Sons, and Maxim's yard, Barrow-in-Furness, were passing from the Vanguard (the battleship…
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New York newspapers state that the Italian liner Florida has taken the usual steps to limit liability, and that the value of the vessel in her damaged condition, with freight…
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Mr. C. Hibble, the district coroner, held an inquest at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday afternoon concerning the death of an elderly man, Patrick Fitzgerald,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Serious Accident
Willie Burgess, the ten years old son of Mr. H. Burgess, a Maitland milk vendor, was seriously injured by a cow on Sunday afternoon, at Louth Park. He was…
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