Building Collapses. Football Spectators Injured. London
During the playing oil of the tie between Manchester and Sunderland for the British Association Cup, a number of persons climbed on the roof of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents
Accidents, 1913
363 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 19
Railway Accident. Oil Catches Fire. Berlin
A train by which Prince Eitel, the Kaiser's second son, was travelling in Transylvania collided with a train hauling tanks of petroleum…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland Floods. Brave Rescuer Drowned. Cairns
As a result of the recent floods at Innisfall, two deaths by drowning occurred. Frederick Keat Smith, of Daragl, rescued a woman and girl from a house,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Crop of Motor Accidents
Of late there has been an extraordinary number of motor car mishaps. This is perhaps owing to the fine weather, which tempts out the motorist, expert…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatality at Bankstown. Boy Shoots His Brother. Sydney
A shocking fatality occurred at Bankstown yesterday afternoon, when a boy, aged four, accidentally killed his brother, aged six…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colliery Accident. Thirteen Men Killed. London
Owing to the breaking of a chain, a large bucket containing 800 gallons of water crashed 160 yards down a shaft in Bolsover Colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drowning Fatality. a Brave Man's Death. Scone
Allan Seaward, the only son of Mr. W. T. Seaward, of Miranee, near Gundy, was returning from church on Sunday in a sulky with his father, when they had an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boating Fatality. Three Men Drowned. Adelaide
A telegram from Port Wakefield states that T. C. Green, G. H. Lough, S. Penulfold, and R. Dagger, railway employees, loft for a sail in the gulf…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in a Workhouse. Officials Injured. London
The workhouse at Tredegar, in Monmouthshire, has been destroyed by fire. Four hundred inmates were asleep…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Cockle Creek Accident
Kenneth Fairless who was represented by Mr. A. A. Rankin, claimed compensation respect of an accident which happened to him whilst in the employ of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Accident. Sydney
A widow named Annie Bowen, 79, lately living at 128 Pitt-street, Redforn, was killed at Redfern this afternoon, through being knocked down by a runaway. A…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatal Colliery Accident. Brusher Killed
Samuel Roberts, employed as at brusher in Stockton-Boreholo Colliery, was killed by a fall of stone from the roof of that part of the mine in which he was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Accident. No Lives Lost. Sydney
A railway accident occurred on the main Western line, between Wentworthville and Parramatta, shortly before five o'clock this morning, and as a result, rolling…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Motor Accident. Four Persons Injured. Sydney
A party of motorists driving along Paramatta-road, towards St. Marys met with a disastrous accident at a late hour last night. When approaching…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gunshop Explosion. Six People Injured. Paris
An explosion occurred in a gunshop occupied by Messrs. Fowrey and Taupin. Six people who were passing by at the time were injured. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in a Factory. Thirteen Men Injured. Paris
An aluminium factory was destroyed by fire owing to an-explosion, which was, due to the contact of water with [?] aluminium…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Accident Fund. Annual Report. Expenditure at Coalmines. Sydney
The annual report of the Miners' Accident Relief Board was made avaliable for publicatian to-day. The report states that the number of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland District. Fatality at Hebburn
Mr. James Atkinson, of Third-street, Weston, was killed Hebburn Colliery yesterday morning. He ,was a "machine-man, and had just…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Accident at Waratah. Two Men Seriously Injured
An accident of a serious nature, where-by two men were injured, occurred at the Newcastle Brick and Tile Company's works at exactly one o'clock yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Fatality. a Sailor Killed
An unfortunate sailor, Oscar Carlson, a member of the crew of the ship Forth, was fatally injured last night through being run over on the railway line near the…
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