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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

406 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 21

Abermain Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 August 1912 · page 6

Mr. George Brown, the district coroner, held an inquest at the Abermain Hotel yesterday containing the death of Walter Edward Hill, who was killed at the…

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Railway Fatality. Young Man Run Over. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 August 1912 · page 5

William Anderson, aged eighteen years the son of the general commanding the British troops in Southern [?]ina, has been killed by an express…

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Shot by Accident. an English Schoolboy. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 August 1912 · page 5

Professor Koch and Dr. Sloan, a New Zealander, who are visiting England, were shooting birds at Overton, in Ayrshire, when they failed to…

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New York Fatality. Five Persons Killed. New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 August 1912 · page 5

A number of Italians who wore celebrating religious festivals, used huge fire-crackers. An explosion occurred, and five…

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Storm Off Spain. Many Men Drowned. Madrid

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 5

During a storm which has swept the north coast of Spain many fishing vessels foundered. One hundred and twenty people were…

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Gas Explosion. Four Persons Injured. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 5

A gas explosion occurred yesterday in a manhole in Hermyn-street, in the West End of London. Paving-stones were thrown into the…

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To Prevent Railway Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 10

A device has nearly been perfected which will make railway accidents almost impossible. Since the first demonstration of the "railophone," which…

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Tramcar Fatality. Remarkable Scene. New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 August 1912 · page 5

An extraordinary scene was witnessed in one of the streets of the city, when an Italian workman was killed in a street car accident…

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Found Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 August 1912 · page 2

Mr. C. Hibble, the district coroner, hold an inquest at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday concerning the death of August Rateau, late cook of the tug…

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Escape of the Corsican. Collision with an Iceberg. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 August 1912 · page 5

The steamer Corsican which collided with an iceberg off Newfoundland, has arrival at Liverpool. The officers give a graphic account…

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Boating Fatality. Four Men Drowned. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 August 1912 · page 5

A pleasure boat with seven postmen on board, upset in the River Somme, at Onival, yesterday. Four of the men were drowned…

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Electric Fatality. Mother and Child Killed. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 August 1912 · page 5

A child, attracted by sparks, approached a broken cable at Dingwall, in Scotland. The mother rushed to the rescue, but…

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Fatality at the Sea Pit. a Shiftman Killed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 August 1912 · page 4

About half-past one o'clock yesterday afternoon, a miner named Harry Whiting, employed in the Sea Pit, met with a fatal accident…

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Sea Pit Fatality. Evidence at the Inquest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 August 1912 · page 7

Mr. C. Hibble, the district coroner, held an inquest concerning the death of Harry Thuriow Whiting, a shiftman, employed at the A.A. Company's Sea Pit, as…

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Railway Fatality. Evidence at the Inquest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 7

Mr. C. Hibble, the district coroner held an inquiry at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday, into the death of Albert Henry Hughes, who was killed by a train on the…

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Fatality at Broken Hill. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 5

A fatal accident occurred at Block 10 mine between two o'clock and three o'clock this morning, the victim being Edward Carter, a married man…

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Mersey in Collision. Slight Damage Done. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 5

The liner Jarnac collided with the white Star training ship Mersey, which was sailing for Sydney. Only slight damage was done…

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Railway Collision. Engine and Stationary Train. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 5

An angina collided with a stationary train at Vauxhall. One passenger was killed and thirty injured. Many were pinned under the…

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Railway Fatality. Four Men Killed. Pittsburg

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 September 1912 · page 5

Four railway men were killed and six injured through a passenger train colliding with and wrecking a train employed in repairing a track after…

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Motor Car Accident. Two Persons Killed. Vienna

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 September 1912 · page 5

Owing to the failure of a brake a motor-car fell over a precipice. A girl and a lady were killed, and another is in a critical condition…

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