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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1913

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Collision in the Harbour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 July 1913 · page 4

At about noon yesterday, the steamer Gabo, shortly after entering port, was about to berth at No. 4 crane, at the Dyke, when the order was changed for her to go to N0. 7…

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Death by Drowning

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 July 1913 · page 5

An inquest was held yesterday by Mr. G. T. Edwards, deputy coroner, into the circumstances surrounding the death of John Richard Bell, whose body was found…

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Shocking Railway Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 July 1913 · page 5

James Hayes, a fettler employed on the quardruplication works now in progress on the railway between Waratah and Hexham was killed shortly after noon…

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Central Greta Fatality. Missing Body Found. Greta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 July 1913 · page 5

The body of the late Mr. John Callaghan, who lost his life through a fall of the roof in the Central Grata Colliery about midday on Thursday, was found at…

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Tainui-inca Collision. Both Vessels at Fault. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 July 1913 · page 5

The Admiralty Court has finished its inquiry into the collision between the steamers Tainui, bound from Wellington to London, and Inca, which…

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Stabbing Affray. Man and Woman Injured. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 July 1913 · page 5

James Seaton, a labourer, was found in Kurraba-street, North Sydney, last night, with a deep wound in the lower part of the chest. He was taken to the…

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The Railway Fatality. Accidental Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 July 1913 · page 4

Mr. G. T. Edwards, the deputy coroner, held an inquest at the Newcastle Courthouse, yesterday, into the circumstances of the death of James Robert Hayes,…

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Colliery Fatality. Rescue Brigade Officer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 July 1913 · page 5

By the last English mail intelligence was received of a sad fatality in the Benwell Colliery, in the neighbourhood of Newcastle-on-Tyne, resulting in the death…

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The Greta Fatality. Surveys Questioned. Inquest Adjourned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 July 1913 · page 5

The inquest concerning the death of John James Callaghan, who was killed in the Central Greta Colliery on the 10th July, was resumed at the Courthouse…

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Colliery Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 July 1913 · page 5

A miner named James Morrow was killed by a fall of coal at the Wallsend Colliery at about half past nine o'clock last night…

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The Panffshire's Collision with a Jetty

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 July 1913 · page 4

A report by the shipping inspoctor at Tawnsville was considered at the last meeting of the Marine Board of Queensland. It Concerned a prelimintary inqutry held into…

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Colliery Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 July 1913 · page 7

Mr. C. Hibble, the district coroner, opened an inquest at Catherine Hill Bay on Thursday into the death of James Morrow, a miner, who was fatally injured…

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Drowned in the Harbour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 July 1913 · page 4

William Lindemann, a seaman, belonging to the ship Belford, fell into the harbour from No. 16 ballast wharf at North Stockton shortly after eleven…

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Wallarah Fatality. Accidental Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 July 1913 · page 4

The inquest into the death of James Morrow, a machine man's assistant, which occurred in the Wallarah Colliery on the 23rd instant, from a fall of coal, was…

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Central Greta Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 August 1913 · page 5

An adjourned into the death of John James Callaghan, who was killed in the, Central Greth Colliery, will be resumed at the courthouse, Greta, to-day…

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The Harbour Fatality. Coroner's Inquest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 August 1913 · page 4

Mr. C. Hibble, the district coroner, held an inquest at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday morning into the death of Willy Lindeman, a seaman, belonging…

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Greta Fatality. Alleged Faulty Surveys, Discrepancy of 99 Feet

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 August 1913 · page 5

The inquest concerning the death of John James Callaghan, who was killed in the Central Greta Colliery on the 10th July, was continued at the courthouse…

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Drowning Fatality. Man's Wife in Australia. Ottawa

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 August 1913 · page 5

A man named Fred Skiller is supposed to have fallen off a boat whilst returning from Toronto. His body was washed ashore at…

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British Fatalities. Many Drowning Cases. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 August 1913 · page 5

A motor omnibus, loaded with excursionists, capsized in the darkness at Hoddesdon. Three men were killed and 27 injured, 16 seriously…

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Steward's Fatal Fall. Accidental Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 August 1913 · page 4

An inquest was held at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday, before Mr. Charles Hibble, district coroner, into the death of Charles Collins, a steward on the…

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