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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1915

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Australians in Cairo. Fatality at a Pyramid. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 March 1915 · page 5

Reuter's correspondent at Cairo states that the majority of the Australians who are in hospital suffering from illnesses are victims of influenza or pneumonia…

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Fatality Near Ourimbah. Three Men Mutilated by a Train. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 March 1915 · page 5

A shocking fataliay occurred last evening about six o'clock, near Ourimbah, on the northern line, 56 miles from Sydney. The particulars received by the railway…

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Railway Accident. Fourteen Persons Killed Madrid

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 5

A train became derailed between Vigo and Oreuse. Fourteen persons were killed and eighteen injured…

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Drowned While Bathing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 March 1915 · page 4

At about five o’clock on Saturday afternoon a boy named Les[?]ic Forloy 13 years of age, was drowned in the surf at Stockton, and a little girl named Mabel…

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Dangers of the Surf. Double Drowning at Manly. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 5

A double drowning fatality took place in the surf at Manly this afternoon. Two men went into the surf at North Steyne between 4.30 and 5 p.m., and when they…

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Railway Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1915 · page 6

John Bradwell, a railway worker, was killed on the railway line near Regent-street gates yesterday at about ten o'clock, Deceased was about twenty yards away…

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Accidents in Mines. Methods of Resuscitation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1915 · page 5

In line with its campaign to reduce the number of deaths in mines, the Bureau of Mines of the United States of America some time ago appointed a committee of…

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The Railway Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1915 · page 6

Mr. C. H. Gale, the coroner, held an inquest at the West Maitland Court-house yesterday concerning, the death of John Bradwell, a navvy, who was killed…

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Industrial Accidents. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1915 · page 5

The returns issued by Mr. Knibbs, the Federal Statist, of Industrial accidents in Australia during 1914 show that there were 159 fatalities against 185 in 1913…

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Motor Accident. One Man Killed. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 March 1915 · page 5

A serious motor accident, which resulted in the death of one man and serious injury to another, occurred at Balgowlah, near Manly, this afternoon…

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Hoboken Raid. Workmen Injured. Amsterdam

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 March 1915 · page 5

"The Maasbode" states that 30 workmen were wounded by the Allies' air raid on Hoboken. Herr Vongagow, the Perfect of the…

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Submarine Attacks. German Barbarity. Jeer at Drowning People. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 March 1915 · page 5

The British steamer Falaba was torpedoed off Milford Haven, South Wales. The passengers, numbering 140, and 112 of the crew, were saved…

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Grosvenor-street Fatality. Verdict of Manslaughter. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 5

An inquest was held to-day concerning the death of John Thomas Shepherd, 21 years of age, a ship's fireman, which occurred in Sydney Hospital on March 24th,…

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Trawler Sunk. Nine Men Drowned. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1915 · page 5

The Grimbsy trawlers report that they saw the trawler Zarino torpedoed or mined in the North sea[?] Nine of the men were drowned…

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Collision at Sydney Heads. Patrol Steamer and Collier. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1915 · page 5

The pilot steamer Captain Cook, which is now used by the naval authorities as a patrol steamer, and, the collier Hergu, came into collision off South Reef,…

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Relief Steamer Sunk. Twenty-six Men Drowned. Rotterdam

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 April 1915 · page 5

The Belgian Relief Committee's steamer Harpalyeo was mined or submarined off the Noordhinden lightship, though she was supplied with papers promising, to…

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Railway Collision. One Passenger Killed. Several Others Injured. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 April 1915 · page 5

A railway collision occurred at Binalong, on the southern line, early yesterday morning resulting in the death of one of the passengers in the injury of…

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The Railway Accident. Official Under Arrest. Yass

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 April 1915 · page 5

An inquest was opened at the local courthouse this morning, concerning the death of Robert John Thomas, a tailor of [?] who was killed in the railway…

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Explosion at Woolwich. Three Persons Injured. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 April 1915 · page 5

An explosion occurred at Woolwich Arsenal, the cause being, unknown. Three persons were seriously injured…

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Motor Car Fatality. Accidental Death. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 April 1915 · page 5

The circumstances of the motor car accident at Balgowlah, near Manly, on Sunday, March 28th, when Mr. George M'Leod Redmond was killed, and Mr. R…

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