First Aid in Burning Accidents
Where there are young children the parents must be ever on the watch for accients of some kind, and if we may Judge from the newspaper reports, accidents by…
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Accidents, 1909
264 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 14
Electric Light Accident. in Northern Italy. Ten Persons Killed. London
An accident has occurred to the electric light system at Olginate, a town on Lake Como, in Northern Italy, which has caused great loss of life…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Fatal Freak. Six Schoolgirls Drowned. Through Schoolboys' Action London
Owing to a boyish freak, a sad accident has occurred at Offenbach-am-Main in Germany. A party of schoolgirls were on a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Found Drowned
The body of the late Denis Hayes, farmer, of Fishery Creek, near West Maitlend, was found in the Hunter River, at the rear of Comino Bros.' saloon…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in London. Forty Offices Damaged. State Records Injured. London
A fire occurred on Sunday night in a block of buildings at the corner of Cannon street and Abchurch-lane, in London…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shipping Disaster. Steamer Cut Down. Collision Off Montevideo. Eighty Persons Drowned. London
A shipping disaster, occasioning great loss of life, has occurred off Montevideo, the capital of the Republic of Uruguay…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Italian Earthquake. Many People Injured. London
An earthquake occurred yesterday in the Siena district of Italy, Few people were killed, but many were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Fatality. a Man Killed. Boy Severely Injured
A fatal accident occurred on the Aberdare railway yesterday afternoon, on the railway bridge over the creek near Hawkins' farm, about a mile from Aberdare…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kurri. Accidentally Shot
Leopold Frank Suzor, employed at Mr. Codner's hairdresser, in Kurri Kurri, as assistant, was accidentally shot by a fellow employees, a youth named George…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Aberdare Fatality
Mr. C. E. Nicholson, the deputy coroner opened an inquest at the west Maitland courthouse on Saturday concerning the death of Henry Allen, who was killed on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Drowning Fatality. Camden
Verginica Amy Clissold, aged 13 years, daughter of Mr. James Clissold, was drowned in the Nepean River on Sunday. It was ellcited at the inquiry, held by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aberdare Railway Fatality. Verdict of Accidental Death
The inquest into the death of Henry Allen, who was killed in the accident on the Aberdare railway line on Friday afternoon, was resumed at the West…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collision in Sydney Harbour Sydney
The steamer Kummulla, of the Sydney Ferries Company, and the launch Vivid, owned by Messrs. Flood and Company, collided in the harbour this morning off…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drowning of Miners. Workings Flooded. Through a Disused Shaft. London
The Dombroro mine, near Sosnowice, has been flooded. Water obtained access to the workings through a disused shaft…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Columbia Collision. Sixty Lives Lost. the Official Estimate. London
The number of persons who were drowned by the sinking of the Argentine steamer Colombia, after a collision with the North German Lloyd…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fly-wheel Bursts. Accident at a Sugar Mill. Brisbane
A flywheel in the Childers Mill broke last week. The wheel, with a circumference of 60ft and a weight of about 7 tons, few into eight ares and eight arms with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Tramway Collision. Several Persons Injured. Sydney
A tramway collision occurred this morning in Booth-street, near Epping Racecourse. It is stated that a car bound for Balmain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Fatality. Lord De Clifford Killed. His Car Overturns. London
Lord De Clifford was riding in a motor car near Horsham, when a cart approached him. To avoid a collision he suddenly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The M'myler Hoist. a Sensational Accident
About a quarter past seven o'clock yesterday morning on accident of a sensational character occurred to the M'Myler hoist, by which the machine will be thrown…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Fatality. Broken Hill
A fatality occurred at the Proprietary Mine this morning. An elderly man, John Nourse, was engaged in loading tailings into a truck at one of the big dumps…
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