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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1913

363 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 19

Fatal Tramway Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 June 1913 · page 5

A fatal tramway accident occurred at Broadmeadow shortly before five o'clock yesterday afternoon, resulting in the death of George Perry, 50 years of age,…

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The Tramway Fatality. Evidence at the Inquest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 June 1913 · page 5

Mr. C. Hibble, the district coroner, held an inquest into the circumstances of the death of George Perry, who was killed near the Newcastle racecourse on…

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Fall of an Aeroplane. Aviator Drowned. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 June 1913 · page 5

Mr. Fairbairns was testing a 350 horse-power aluminium aeroplane, devised for Transatlantic flight, having the body of the machine enclosed, and…

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A Plucky Girl. a Verts an Accident. Hot Springs (Arkansas)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 June 1913 · page 5

Bertha Kay, a farmer's daughter, seeing a bridge burning on the Iron Mountain railway, frantically ran along the track, waving her…

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Our Sydney Letter. a Bad Railway Year.—more Strike Fines.—bill Sikes in Great Evidence.—a Truly Awful Accident.—the Nimble Thief.—a Quaint Strike Item. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 June 1913 · page 4

The Minister for Railways was at one time president of the Amalgamated Miners' Association, Barrier branch. He was a strenuous unionist. Repeated…

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Tramway Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 June 1913 · page 6

Mr. M. J. M'Mahon, district coroner, conducted an inquest into the death of James Archer, who was killed by a tram at East Maitland on Friday. Sergeant…

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Maitland District. Railway Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 June 1913 · page 6

Charles Dyer a well-known resident of East Maitland, was killed on the railway line between Victoria-street and Metford stations yesterday :morning by…

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Tramway Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 June 1913 · page 5

Hubert Whittle, 34 years of age, living at Chinehen-street, Islington, was taken to the Newcastle Hospital last evening suffering from a number of miner inuries…

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Railway Collision. Express and Goods Train. Albury

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 June 1913 · page 5

A railway collision occurred at The Rock, 00 miles from Albury, at 5.30 yesterday morning. The first division of the express from Sydney crashed into a goods…

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Railway Collision. Passengers Injured. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 July 1913 · page 5

A pilot engine collided with a stationary train at Kimbuck, in Perth-shire. Many of the passengers were…

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Sir Samuel Gillott. Accidental Death. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 July 1913 · page 5

Sir Samuel Gillott, of Melbourne, while walking in his sleep in Sheffield, fell down a stairease, and has succumbed to his injuries…

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Maitland District. Fatality at Hebburn

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 July 1913 · page 6

Mr. Mark Brown, a shiftman engaged on dog watch in Hebburn Colliery, was fatally injured yesterday morning at about four o'clock, while drawing timber…

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Bathers Drowned. New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 July 1913 · page 5

Fifty impatient bathers, aged about ten, were stamping on a narrow wooden walk outside the baths, which caused the walk to collapse, at the…

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Aerial Collision. Aviator Unhurt. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 July 1913 · page 5

Mr. Pickles, an Australian aviator, was aeroplaning at Dundee, when his machine struck a house. It tell to the ground, but Mr. Pickles…

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The Rock Railway Accident. Finding of the Board. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 July 1913 · page 5

Mr. Cann, the State Treasurer, who also administers the Railway Department, has received from Mr. Spurway, the secretary for railways, the report of the…

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Another Fatality. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 July 1913 · page 5

A military aviator named Bouchardler fell to-day at Epernay and was seriously injured. Captain Rey, who was a passenger…

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Railway Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 July 1913 · page 4

George E. Gasterstadt, a bollormaker, employed at Messrs. J. and A. Brown's works, at Hoxham, was killed on the railway, between Hexham and Tarro, late…

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Aviation Fatality. Error of Judgment. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 July 1913 · page 5

The committee of the Aero Club appointed to inquire into the accident to Gordon Bell's monoplane on June 13th, has found that he committed a grave…

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Harbour Drowning Fatality. the Inquest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1913 · page 5

The circumstances of the death of Julien Garayro, a dredge employee, who had been missing since June 26, and whose body was found floating in the Newcastle…

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Hexham Railway Fatality. Accidental Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1913 · page 5

Mr. C. Hibble, the district coroner, held an inquest at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday into the death of George E. Gasterstadt, who was killed on the…

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