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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1914

277 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 14

Railway Fatality. Accidental Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 5

Mr. C. Hibble, the District Coroner, held an inquest at the Newcastle Courthouse, yesterday morning, into the deaths of William Eaton and Matthew P…

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Fight in Belfast. a Volunteer Injured. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 March 1914 · page 5

A crowd of Nationalists attacked three Ulster volunteers at Carrick Hill, a Nationalist quarter of Belfast. The police dispersed the…

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Sydney Harbour Collision. Tug Cut Down. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 April 1914 · page 4

The Port Jackson and Manly Ferry Company's teamer Bellubera Collidel with the Explosives Department's tugboat Kate at Dobreyd, close to Middle…

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Serious Stabbing Affray. Three Men Injured. Four Arrests Made

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 April 1914 · page 5

A serious stabbing affray, as a result of which three men were injured, occurred between half-past cloven and twelve o'clock on Wednesday night at North…

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Collision Off South Head. Kiama and Dunmore. the Dunmore Beached. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 5

The wooden steamer Dunmore, of 877 tons gross register, owned by the South Coast Road Metal Quarries Company, Limited, collided with the Government…

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Sealing Fleet Disaster. Two Vessels Missing. Many Men Drowned. St. John's

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 5

A report has been received here that the sailing vessel Newfoundland has stated that the sealer Southern Cross has been crushed in the ice and…

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An Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 16

It was a dreadful accident, I'm sure, dear, you'll agree, She fell from off the window-ledge, As heavy as could be,…

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The Inquest. Verdict of Accidental Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 April 1914 · page 7

An inquest concerning Mr. Coleman's death war held at the Newcastle Courthouse on Saturday by Mr. C. Hibble, the district coroner…

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Fire in Liverpool. Fireman Drowned. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 April 1914 · page 5

A warehouse in Liverpool has been destroyed by fire, and a thousand sales of cotton ruined. A fireman who was missing was…

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Riot in America. Several Persons Injured. Pittsburg

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 April 1914 · page 5

Patsy Brannigan, a noted pugilist, was badly injured in a riot between Home Rulers' and Anti-Home Rulers, in which others were also…

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Fatal Boating Accident. Five Men Drowned. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 April 1914 · page 5

St. Kilda was the scene of a terrible fatality this morning, when five men were drowned through a boat capsizing in a squall. All efforts at rescue were…

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Mishap at the Show. Eleven Persons Injured. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 April 1914 · page 5

An accident, which caused a considerable amount of excitement, and resulted in eleven persona being injured, occurred at the Sydney Showground shortly after…

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Railway Collision. Details of the Accident. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 April 1914 · page 5

Further details of the collision between an express and goods train at Burntisland, in Scotlana, are hand. The express train was going…

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Colliery Accidents. New Regulations. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 April 1914 · page 5

An outcome of the Senghenydd mining disaster is that the Government will make the use of self-contained breathing apparatus…

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Motor Accident. Girl Seriously Injured. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 April 1914 · page 5

A shocking motor car accident occurred to-day in Swanston-street, near Princes Bridge. Botre Ca[?]ll, a Syrian warehouseman,…

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Collision in Mid-air. Two Men Burned to Death. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1914 · page 5

Two monoplanes at the Bue Aero[?]ome, piloted respectively by MM. Deroye and Bidot, each carrying a Messenger, collided and crashed to the…

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Maitland District. Stanford-merthyr Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1914 · page 6

The adjourned inquest into the death of John Byrnes, who was killed in Stanford-Merthyr Colliery on the 7th instant, was resumed at the courthouse…

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Maitland District. Accident on the Show Ground

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 April 1914 · page 6

A sensational accident occurred in the show ring yesterday morning, during the judging of the competition for the best girl rider over 18 and under 17 years of…

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Accident on Showground

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 April 1914 · page 6

Another unfortunate accident occurred on the showground yesterday afternoon during one of the riding competitions, when Miss. Florence Ralston, the…

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Injured at M'myler Hoist

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 5

A serious accident, resulting in injuries necessitating the amputation of one of his legs, occurred to John James M'Manus, at the Dyke, Carrington, last…

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