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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

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Brighton Train Accident. Evidence at the Inquiry. Views of Experts. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 5

The evidence in regard to the recent railway disaster at Stoat's Nest, on the line from London to Brighton, showed that the points were…

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Tramway Collision. Passengers Injured. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 5

Two tram cars collided this morning in Elizabeth-street, near Hunter-street. A car from Botany had pulled up at the stopping place, when another car coming…

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Hunter-street Fatality. Inquest Opened

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 6

Mr. G. T. Edwards, the deputy coroner, opened an inquest at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday into the circumstances of the death of George Dudley,…

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Fatality at Hamilton. Child Drowned in a Boiler

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 6

Phyllis Margaret Hill, the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hill, of Bennett-street, Hamilton, was found face downwards in a washing boiler, partly full…

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Railway Accident. at Sydney Station. Railway Station. Railway Employee Injured. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 6

An accident happened at the Sydney Railway Station this morning. A railway employee received severe injuries and a guard's van and composite…

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Professor Goldwin Smith. Meets with an Accident. Condition Causing Anxiety. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 5

Dr. Goldwin Smith, now a resident of Toronto, Canada, fell, breaking one of his thighs. His condition causes anxiety, on…

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The Beaufort Railway Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1910 · page 13

A painful sensation was caused here on the receipt of the news that three railway men had been killed at Beanfort by a wheat train crashing into the…

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Found Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 February 1910 · page 6

At the Newcastle Courthouse on Saturday, Mr. G. T. Edwards, deputy coroner, held an inquest concerning the death of a seaman named Edward Yates,…

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Hunter-street Fatality. Evidence at the Inquest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 6

Mr. G. T. Edwards, the deputy coroner, resumed the inquest at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday into the circumstance of the death of George Dudley,…

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British Steamer Sunk. Explosion of Firedamp. Five Persons Injured. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 5

An explosion of firedamp caused the British steamer Aboyne to sink In the Tagus. Five of those on board were…

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Hunter-street Fatality. Inquest Continued

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 February 1910 · page 6

Before Mr. G. T. Edwards, deputy coroner, the inquest into the circumstances of the death of George Dudley, Junior, who died from the effects of…

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Storm in Persian Gulf. Wrecks of Vessels. Two Hundred Drowned. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 February 1910 · page 5

The St. Petersburg newspaper, the "Russ," reports a great storm in the Persian Gulf. It states that two local passenger…

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The Injured Man

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 February 1910 · page 5

Davids is well-known in Newcastle. He came to the city a few months ago as the representative of a Sydney firm of electricians. After a time be abandoned that…

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Automobile Accident. Claim for Damages. Successful Action. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 February 1910 · page 5

Mr. Strawbridge an American tourist, some time ago hired an automobile at Biarritz. While riding the steering gear broke, and the car…

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Hunter-street Fatality. Inquest Continued

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 February 1910 · page 2

At the Newcastle courthouse yesterday, before Mr. G. T. Edwards, deputy coroner, the inquest into the circumstances of the death of George Dudley, junior, who died…

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Miners' Accident Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 February 1910 · page 4

The Act of Parliament which constituted the Miners' Accident Relief Fund has proved one of the most beneficent statutes passed by the State…

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The Bremen Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 February 1910 · page 4

The decision that the N.D.L. steamer Bremen should not be dry-docked at Colombo and the damaged propeller repaired was arrived at by the Colombo…

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Death by Drowning

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1910 · page 6

Before the coroner, Mr. J. M'Kensey, P.M., at the East Maitland police Court yesterday morning, an inquest was held into the circumstances touching the death of Roy…

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Trafalgar Injured. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 3

Trafalgar was missing from work at Flemington this morning, and it was assertained that he had met with a mishap his box. Somehow he got foul of the…

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British Hurricane. Large Vessel Wrecked. Many People Drowned. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 5

During the gale in St. George's Channel, a three-masted vessel was wrecked on the Pembrokeshire coast. Spectators watched a boat full of…

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