Mining Fatality. Broken Hill
David Nicholson, a miner, was killed in the North mine this morning. Eleven holes had been fired, but only ten exploded, and after Nicholson…
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Accidents, 1913
363 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 19
Collision at Sea. Twenty-two Drowned. Newport (U.s.)
The steamer Julia Luchinobch collided with the British steamer Indrakuald in Chesapeake Bay, and the former vessel was sunk…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aviation Accidents. a Mechanic Drowned. London
An accident occurred at the Farn-bourough flying grounds yesterday to one of the army pattern British biplanes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision with a Train. Motor Car Smashed. London
While conveying gold to Purfleet, a motor car stock in a railway crossing, and was smashed up by a train. The occupants were not injured, but…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm in the Pacific. Several Men Drowned. San Diego
An immigration yacht and two fishing craft were blown ashore and dashed to fragments by a storm raging on the Pacific coast…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck Off Oregon. Thirty Men Drowned. Vancouver
The steamer Rosecranz has been wrecked off Peacock Spit, Astoria and thirty men were drowned. A snowstorm was raging at the time,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Balmain Fatality. Miller Committed. Sydney
The circumstances surrounding the death of James Tedree, from a fracture of the skull, caused, it is alleged, through his being struck over the head with a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collision at Sea. Thirteen Men Drowned. London
The liner Ambrose, carrying 487 passengers, came into collision with a hopper and fishing smack which had interlocked, after colliding off the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lift Fatality. Perth
A shocking lift accident occurred at Viking House, a six-storey building, recently erected by Messrs. Strelitz Brothers, in William-street, Perth, at about…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Car Fatality. a Wild Driver. London
A chauffeur named Sallows, using his master's motor car, gave a party of intoxicated friends a ride. At Barnes, when the car was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Car Fatality. Collision with a Train. Two Lives Lost. Adelaide
A shocking motor-car catastrophe occurred at the Millwood railway crossing last evening, resulting in the loss of two lives, those of a woman and a child, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Broken Hill Fatality. Broken Hill
Another fatal explosion has occurred on the South Mine. J. Marshall and W. Davis were working on the 970ft level stoping. One of the two men was using…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Founders. Seven Men Drowned. Tampa (Florida)
The steamer Futore, timber laden, has sunk off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Seven men were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dangers of the Surf. Brave Rescue at Newcastle. Rescuer Nearly Drowned
Newcastle beach was the scene of two rescues from drowning on Saturday afternoon and yesterday morning, both being distinguished by conspicuous bravery on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Slight Collision
The steamer Inveric was being moved yesterday from No. 5 Basin jetty to Nos. 1 and 2 cranes in the Basin, when, before her sternway could be taken off, she…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Driving Accident. Death of Mr. D. Hutchinson
Mr. David Hutchinson, landlord of the Boat Rowers' Hotel, at North Stockton, died at his residence yesterday, as the result of no accident…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aviation Fatality. Two Men Drowned. London
Two aviators named Macdonald and ingles were testing a new biplane at Greenhithe, a village in Kent, when the engine exploded and the biplane…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gelignite Explosion. Young Man Injured
A young man named Oakes had a sensational experience near Turanville on Sunday afternoon, when he was fortunate in not meeting a dreadful death…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boy Drowned. in His Mother's Sight. Perth
A boy named William Pope, ten years of age, has been drowned at North Fremantle. With William Davis, aged 12, and his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Blizzard in Britain. the Storm Continues. a Railway Collision. London
The blizzard on the British coast continued yesterday. The Atlantic liner Mauretania has been delayed at Liverpool for 28 hours…
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