District News. Wallsend and Plattsburg a Miner Injured
Robert Matthews, a miner, residing at Brookstown, Wallsend, and working at the Wallsend Company's C pit, was severely injured by a fall of coal at midday…
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Accidents, 1911
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Wreck of a Schooner. Three Men Drowned. Auckland
The schooner Jessie Nicoll was totally wrecked at Macquarie Islands at Christmas. The captain, mate, and cook were drowned. The survivors still remain on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Maori's Speed. Distressing Accident. London
The destroyer Maori travelled at 30 miles an hour on her trial trip at Shoeburyness. Her waves swept overboard the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Street Car Accident. Vancouver
A street car at Sheboyan, in Wisconsin, yesterday went through a drawbridge, and one man, three women, and one child were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fishermen Drowned. Rescue Efforts Fruitless. St. Petersburg
The efforts of the ice-breaking steamers which set out to search for villagers carried out to sea from Finland on an ice-floe have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drowned in the Harbour. While Swimming a Horse
Thomas Beddow, aged 19 years, who lived with his parents in Brunker-road, Hamilton West, was drowned in Newcastle harbour yesterday morning while…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Russian Steamer Founders. Forty-one Drowned. St. Petersburg
The Russian steamer Sturman has foundered off Sevastopol, in a gale. Forty-one persons were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Accident. Adelaide
In connection with the construction of the Angaston railway, on accident occurred on Saturday morning, when an empty ballast train left the rails…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drowned in the Harbour
Shortly before twelve o'clock last night, telephone message was received at the we[?] police station, stating that a [?]an, whose name not not given, had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drowned in the Harbour. a Young Man's Death
An inquest was held by Mr. C. Hibble, the district coroner, at the Newcastle courthouse, yesterday, concerning the death of the young man Thomas Beddow,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Capsize of a Schooner. Seven Men Drowned. London
A schooner capsized at the mouth of the Columbia River, in Oregon. Seven men were drowned. The captain was saved…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drowned in the Harbour. a Seaman's Death
Mr. C. Hibble, district coroner, held an inquest at the Newcastle courthouse yesterday concerning the death of Otto Olsen, a seaman, belonging to the Norwegian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Serious Accident
Mr. Colin Brennan, of Morpeth, was the victim of a dreadful accident yesterday. He was driving a team of horses attached to a dray with three tons or coal from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Accident. Ten Persons Killed. Paris
The Paris-Brest express came into collision last night with two trains at a crossing at Courville, and all took fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pelaw-main Fatality
The adjourned inquest concerning the death of John Henry Thompson, who was fatality injured in the Pelaw-Main Colliers on the 7th inst, was concluded…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →French Train Accident. Twenty Persons Killed. Seven Burned to Death. Paris
Later details of the terrible railway disaster at Courville state that the Paris-Brest express dashed into a goods train, and five trucks were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision at Sea. Fourteen Lives Lost. London
The steamer Mount Park has been sunk off the cost of Kent after a collision with the steamer Tremont in a fog…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Adventure and an Accident
It was a half-holiday, and, armed with a basket and two long poles, Jack and Elsic started for the little wood they had named the "Nutterie."…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →French Train Accidents. Thirty in Seventy-five Days. Paris
Among the passengers in the Paris-Brest express which met with the terrible disaster at Courville, was a wedding party numbering eleven. Of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Fatality. Auckland
While the express train was travelling from Wellington to Napier this morning a large stone because dislodged from a hill at the side of the line, and rolled…
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