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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1913

363 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 19

Boolaroo Fatality. Evidence at the Inquest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 April 1913 · page 4

The inquest into the death of J[?] Clarke Roy, who was fatally injured we a sulky in which he was riding called with a tram motor at Doolaroo on…

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Bathing Fatality. No Life Lines. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 April 1913 · page 4

An inquiry into the death of George Edward Dadley, 16 years of age, who was drowned at Come on Sunday last, was held at the City Coroner's Court this…

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Train and Tram Accidents. Two Serious Casualties

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 April 1913 · page 5

William Robinson, aged eighteen, years, a cleaner in the railway service, was found at about seven o'clock last night lying seriously injured on the railway…

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Killed on the Railway. a Mysterious Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 April 1913 · page 4

The body of Thomas Horn, 18 years of age, employed as a porter at the Port Waratah coal siding, was at an early hour yesterday morning found on the railway…

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The Railway Fatality. Inquest Adjourned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 April 1913 · page 4

An inquest was held at the Newcastle Courthouse on Saturday morning, by Mr. G. T. Edwards, the deputy coroner, into the circumstances of the death of…

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Motor Car Fatality. Three Lives Lost. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 April 1913 · page 5

A motor car skidded while crossing a bridge on the Seine, and fell into the river. Two children of Madame Duncan, a…

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Shooting Accident. Maryborough

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 April 1913 · page 5

A peculiar shooting accident occurred here at the general hospital. A wardsman, named Frederick Saunders, was resting on his bed, when Sarah…

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Drowned in the Harbour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 April 1913 · page 4

Francois Marie Henze, a seaman belonging to, the French ship Ville de Dijes, lying in Newcastle Harbour, was drowned yesterday afternoon…

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Motor Fatality. Fall Into a River. Berne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 April 1913 · page 5

A motor car containing Dr. Dubois, his wife, child, and a friend, was precipitated from a parapet at Fleurier, and fell a distance of 25ft into the…

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Drowned in the Harbour. Coroner's Inquest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1913 · page 3

An inquest was held at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday, into the death of the French seaman Francois Mario Heuze, who was drowned in the…

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The Bathing Fatality. Evidence at the Inquest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 5

Mr. C. Hibble, the district coroner, held an inquest at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday morning, into the death of Henry Welchman Quintall, who died in…

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Bankstown Mystery. Theory of Accident. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 5

The inquiry into the death of the young girl Esther Porter, whose body was found hidden under some bushes in a stump-hole in the scrub off…

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Maitland District. Sensational Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 April 1913 · page 6

Late on Friday evening a collision took place between a motor car, driven by Mr. G. M'Mahon, and a train, at a point between the East Maitland-road…

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Cartridge Explosion. Ten Children Injured. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 May 1913 · page 5

Ten children at Grenoble exploded a cartridge. All were seriously injured, and one is dying…

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Another Sydney Fire. a Fireman Injured. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 May 1913 · page 5

A fire occurred in Mannington-chambers, 133 Liverpool-street, this morning, in the offices occupied by Madame Jerome, costuriere, At one time it looked as if the…

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Railway Collision. Twenty-eight Fatalities. Bombay

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 May 1913 · page 5

A passanger train collided with a goods train at Nagpur. Twenty-eight Indians were killed, and fourteen Indians and two…

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Motor Fatality. Toowoomba

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 May 1913 · page 5

A serious motor accident occurred at Dalby this afternoon. A taxi-cab, driven by Mr. Norman Ballinger, was returning from the Dalby…

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Shooting Fatality. Suicide From Grief. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 May 1913 · page 5

Robert Hicks, 30 years of age, employed as a farm hand by Mr. Cornelius O'Connor, in the kilmore district, took his employer's three little song out rabbit…

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Marine Court Inquiry. Collision Off Barranjoey. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 May 1913 · page 5

The collision between the ketch Alfred Fenning and the steamer Galava oft Barrajocy, on March 22nd, was inquired into to-day by His Honor Judge Murray and…

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Fatality at Stanford-merthyr

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 May 1913 · page 6

Albert Townsend, a waggon packer, was killed under the screens at Stanford-Merthyr Colliery on Wednesday night, between 9.30 and 10 o'clock…

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