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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

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Fatality at Redhead. Man Badly Mangled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 February 1912 · page 6

A shocking fatality occurred in the fan shaft machinery-house of the Burwood Extended Colliery, Redhead some time between eleven o'clock on Thursday night…

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Bathing Fatality. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 February 1912 · page 5

Dr. W. B. Silverwood, 49 years of age, formerly of Cangai, but lately staying at the Crescent Coffee Palace, Sydney, was drowned at Manly this afternoon…

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Drowned in a Swimming Bath. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 February 1912 · page 4

Victor Rio, aged 16 years, of Maylands, was the victim of a peculiar fatality at the Adelaide City Baths this afternoon…

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Aeroplane Accidents. an Aviator Killed. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 February 1912 · page 5

Lieutenant Du Courneau, while flying at Pau, fell from a height of 480ft, and was killed outright. Tom Gunn, a Chinese aviator at…

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Accident Relief Fund. Statement of Accounts. Last Year's Operations. Sydney

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

The following report on the operations of the Miners' Accident Relief Fund for the past year has been submitted to the Minister for Mines:—…

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The Hebburn Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 6

Mr. G. Brown, District Coroner, and a jury or six, held an inquest at the Criterion Hotel, Weston, yesterday morning, into the death of Henry Bayley, who died…

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Miners' Accident Fund

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

The figures covering the operations of the Miners' Accident Relief Fund for the year 1911 indicate the continued successful operation of a most…

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Collision at Sea. Portuguese Gunboat Sunk. Lisbon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 5

The Portuguese gunboat Faro was book off Algarve, south-west Portugal through collision with a merchant [?]essel…

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Drowning Fatality. Thirty-five Men Lost. San Antonio

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1912 · page 5

Thirty-five oilmill workers have been drowned in Lake Lamchuan, across the Mexican border. Their barge sank while they were…

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Airship Accident. Attendant Strangled. Berlin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 March 1912 · page 5

Owing to the breakaway of the airship Parsival, an attendant was caught by a wire rope. He was lifted to a height of 600 feet,…

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Boxing Contests. Fatality in Paris. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 March 1912 · page 5

A boxing match took place at Mantmartre yesterday between Veruden, an Englishman, and Raphael Bellis, a Frenchman…

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Mining Accidents. Fatal Gas Explosion. Vancouver

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 March 1912 · page 5

Seven men were killed through a gas explosion at the Merritt mines, in British Columbia. At the Diamond Vale Collieries…

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A Yarra Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1912 · page 4

At the last meeting of the Victorian Marine Heard a report was received from the committee of the board relative to the collision between the steamer…

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Fatality at Cockle Creek

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1912 · page 4

A fatal accident occurred at the Sulphide Works, Cookie, Creek, yesterday, the victim being James Fender, a singleman, 64 years of age, living in…

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Boxing Fatality. Englishman Released. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1912 · page 5

A postmortem examination of the body of the French boxer Bellin, who died after a contest with an Englishman named Everuden, at Montmartre,…

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Railway Fatality. a Porter Killed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 March 1912 · page 4

A fatal accident occurred at the Tarro Railway Station yesterday morning, when Stanley Asher, a porter employed at Tarro, was crushed between the…

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Cockle Creek Fatality. Evidence at the Inquest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 March 1912 · page 4

Mr. C. Hibble, district coroner, held an inquest at Cockle Creek yesterday, late the death of James Pender, who was fatally injured while at work on…

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Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Tarro Railway Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 6

The inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of Stanley George Asher, a porter, at Tarro Railway Station on Wednesday morning, was…

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Collision at Sea. Steamer Oceana Sinks. Passengers Rescued. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 5

The German barque Pisagua collided with the P. and 0, steamer Oceana, outward bound for Bombay, off Beachy Head early this morning…

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Harbour Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 4

Early yesterday morning the steamer Strathgarry collided with the Norwegian four masted barque Bannockburn, and as a result, both vessels were damaged. The…

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