Drowned in Cockle Creek
A little girl, Jessie Griffith, aged seven years and ten month, who lived at Argenton, was drowned in Cockle Creek yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents
Accidents, 1913
363 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 19
A Little Girl's Death. Drowned in Cockle Creek
Mr. G. T. Edwards, the deputy coroner, held an inquest at the Argenton Hotel, Boolaroo, yesterday, into the death of Jessie Griffin, the little girl…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Overton Tragedy. Accidental Death
The result of the inquest held at Muswellbrook, concerning the death of John Field, the victim of the Overton tragedy, was a verdict of death from a gunshot…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Collision in the Mersey. a Steamer Sunk. London
Two British steamers, the Auchenarden and the Labranea, collided during a fog on the River Mersey. The Auchenarden sank, and her…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Car Collision. Mrs. Churchill's Escape. London
Two motor cars collided in a fog at Melton Mowbray, and both were smashed. Mrs. Winston Churchill, wife of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stabbing Affray. Three Men Injured. Sydney
A Stabbing affray took place at Durham Court, Globe-road, Glebe Paint, this afternoon, and as a result three men were injured, one seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision in Leipzig. Three Officers Killed. Berlin
A motor-car on which four officers were riding came into collision with a carriage in Leipzig. Three of the officers were killed, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision in the Harbour
While being removed from the Stockton dolphins on Thursday to No. 4 Basin crane, the steamer Koju Maru, owing to the strong flood tide, took a sheer and collided with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Blasting Accident. One Man Killed. Nineteen Injured. Brisbane
A terrible blasting accident occurred at Queensport, between four and five o'clock this afternoon, on the premises, of the Australian Meat Export Company…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of a Barque. Twelve Men Drowned. London
The Norwegian barque Ogda has hundered in the North Sea. The crew took to a boat, which was [?]ntinnally swamped…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aeroplane Accident. a Lieutenant Killed. Berlin
An aeroplane accident has occurred in Magdeburg. Lieutenant Schlegel was killed, and Lieutenant von Scheele was seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Races. Two Jockeys Injured
The Wallsend Jockey Club's January race meeting took place on Saturday in very warm weather, the thermometer registering 98 in the shade. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Death of Mrs. H. S. Forsyth. Drowned at Rotorua
A cable message was received at Newcastle on Saturday conveying, the sad news that Mrs. L S. Forsyth had been drowned at Rotorua. New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir Evelyn Wood. Hunting Field Accident. London
Field-Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood was hunting in Essex when his horse became impaled. Sir Evelyn kept his seat, and shot…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ship Run Down. Thirty Men Drowned. Havre
The steamer Phryne collided with ad sank the German ship Pangani, [?]ward bound from Hamburg to Valsaraiso, off Cape La Hogue…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Disaster. Four Men Killed. Seven Others Injured. Brisbane
A live stock and goods train, which left Toowoomba shortly before 9 o'clock on Wednesday night, was partly deralled on the Toowoomba side of Murphy's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Forgotten Towns. "Drowned" Places
All the world of sea and sky was black —not the barren blackness of the night in half a gale, wrathful and whimpering by turns, but a soft, velvety blackness…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Swansea Fatality. Inquest on Richard Duke
Mr. C. Hibble, the district coroner, held an inquest at the Newcastle Courthouse, yesterday morning, into the death of Richard Duke, who was drowned near…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Collision in Hunter-street. Motor-car and Sulky
A serious collision between a motorcar and a sulky, resulting in painful injuries to one of the occupants of the sulky and a considerable amount of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drowning Fatality. Melbourne
On Saturday afternoon William H. Ryder, 29 years of age a single man, and a resident of Elsternwick: Austin H. Eyfe, widower, of St., Kilita, 45 years of…
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