The Winch Fatality. Coroner's Verdict
Mr. C. Hibble, the district coroner, concluded the inquest, at the Newcastle Courthouse, yesterday, concerning the death of George Hann, a wharf labourer,…
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Accidents, 1911
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Broken Hill Fatality. Broken Hill
Albert Riley, 22, mill hand on the Zinc Corporation plant, fell a distance of about 15ft this morning on to some iron bars, and broke his neck. He was found…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collision at Sea. Chinese Crew Mutiny. London
The steamer Bannockburn, from Antwerp to San Francisco, was beached at Dover after collision. A panic occurred among the Chinese…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fall of a Balloon. Aeronauts Injured. Rome
The balloon Albatross fell from a height of 1900 metres (about a mile and a quarter), at Turin, luckily into some trees…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Minmi Fatality. Accidental Death
The inquest concerning the death of John James Mitchell, who was fatally injured in Back Creek Colliery on Friday last, whilst engaged in pillar work, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →French Railway Trouble. Another Accident. Paris
The Paris newspaper "Le Journal" states that the various French railway boards have decided to resign rather than reinstate the employees who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Accident. Broken Hill
A fatal accident occurred this morning on the railway line which traverses Block 14 mine. George Evans, a labourer, was standing on the brake lever of an empty…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Show Fire. Fifty Persons Injured. Lisbon
A fire occurred on Tuesday night at a cinematograph theatre at Abrantes, 84 miles from Lisbon. In the panic which ensued 50…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Pelaw-main Fatality. Further Evidence
The adjourned inquest concerning the death of William Evans, who was killed in a bord of tops in Pelaw-Main Colliery on the 2nd March was resumed at Kurri…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Toll of the Mines. Another Fatality
Another fatality occurred in the Pelaw[?] Main Colliery yesterday, the victim being an elderly miner named Alexander Wilson, of Gillies-street, Kurri Kurri…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To Prevent Flying Accidents
A nasty accident to an airman occurred the other day because he allowed the tail of his monoplane to rise too high off the ground, with the result that the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Football Match Crush. Several Persons Injured. London
Fifty thousand visitors went to Cardiff to witness the international Rugby football match, Wales v. Ireland, which was won by the former by 16…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Pelaw-main Fatality. Further Evidence
The adjourned inquest concerning the death of William Evans, who was killed is a bord of tops in Pelaw-Main Colliery on the 2nd March was resumed at Kurri…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pelaw-main Fatality. Working in Tops. Present System Condemned
The inquest concerning the death of William Evans, who was killed in a bord of tops in Pelaw-Main Colliery on the 2nd March was concluded at Kurri Kurri…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Killed in the Pit. Accident in Wallarah Mine
Frank Williams, 17 years of age, a wheeler employed in "E" tunnel of the Wallarah Colliery, Catherine Hill Bay, was fatally injured while at work…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Accidents and Lifesaving
Recent railway calamities have demonstrated that, however, excellent may be the systems of accident prevention which prevail on our leading lines, provisions…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Schooner Sunk. Twenty-six Drowned. Paris
The schooner Marivonic was sunk off St. Pol de Leon, in the north of France, by a collision with a trawler. Twenty-six were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nasty Accident on Horseback. Crippled by Injury to His Knee. Zam-buk Completely Cures
Mr. H. B. Simcocks, of Hight-street, Stanthorpe, Q., says:—"While riding up the main street of Armidale, N.S.W., my horse bolted and collided with a cab,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wallarah Fatality. the Coroner's Finding
The inquest concerning the death of a wheeler named Frank Williams, who was Killed at Wallarah Colliery on the 16th instant, by being crushed by a set of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Accident. Los Angeles
The overland express crashed into a train standing at a siding yesterday. Thirty-five persons were injured…
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