Mediterranean Collision. S.S. Geelong Sunk. London
The P. and O. Company's s.s. Geelong has been sunk in the Mediterranean by collision with an Admiralty store ship. There was no loss of life…
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Accidents, 1916
201 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 11
The Geelong Collision. London
The P. and O. branch liner Geelong which was sunk, came into collision with the steamer Bouvilston, a British cargo boat…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our London Letter. London, November 19. London Topics.—accident to the King.—the Lord Mayor's Show.—an American Note. London Topics
London has become an afternoon in place of an evening city. The streets of the West End are thronged each afternoon. Theatres are then at their busiest…
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An untoward and much regretted accident has interrupted the King's visit to the front. This morning, while inspecting a representative body of a corps which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents in London. Increase Through Darkness. London
Owing to the darkness entered on London streets by the precautions against air raids, the fatalities for the year averaged more than two daily…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fatality in Melbourne. Melbourne
The Brighton police have reported to the coroner a singular fatality that occurred at Young-street, Middle Brighton. Mr. Robert Twinem, aged 72, having…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Spanish Steamer Sunk. Twenty-five Men Drowned. London
"Lloyd's" reports that the Spanish steamer Bayo has been mined and sunk off Chassirin. Twenty-five men were drowned…
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Frederick Morley, aged 17 years, who lived in Carrington, and was employed in Messrs. J. and A. Brown's bulk store at Newcastle, was drowned while bathing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Policeman Injured. Soldier Committed for Trial. Sydney
At the Central Police Court to-day, Alfred Henry Burnett, 33 years of age, a member of the Australian Expeditionary Forces, was charged with having shot at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accidents at Wallsend. Three Jockeys Injured
For the first time for many years two accidents were associated with the race meeting held at Wallsend on Saturday. The first mishap occurred in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Fatality. Conflicting Evidence. Sydney
Conflicting evidence was given by the railway officials at the Parramatta Court this morning, when the resumption took place of the adjourned inquest concerning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Fatality. Coroner's Comments. Sydney
Mr. H. R. Clark, the district coroner, delivered his finding at the Parramatta Court this morning into the death of Sybill May Woodman, ten years of age…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Surf Bathing Fatality. Coroner's Inquest
An inquest was held at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday morning by Mr. Charles Hibble, the district coroner, into the death of Charles Frederick Morley,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collision at Sea. Ship Ben Lee Wrecked. London
The steel ship Ben Lee, 2341 tons, bound from Liverpool to Sydney, New South Wales, collided with an American liner about 20 miles to the south-west of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Injured Soldiers. Welcome As Settlers. London
Interviewed on behalf of the London papers, Mr. Fisher said that Australia only asked that its opinions in the conduct of the war should be considered. If they did…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Taxi-cab Accident
A taxi-cab accident of an alarming character occurred in Auckland-street, Newcastle, shortly after half-past eleven o'clock last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Zeppelin Attack. on Great Britain. Many Killed and Injured London
Zeppelins hovered over a town in Derbyshire on Monday from eight o'clock until midnight, occasionally dropping bombs. There were some casualties…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Japanese Liner. Sunk by Collision. Hongkong
The Japanese liner Dairen Maru (4583 tons) was sunk in collision with the China Navigation Company's steamer Linan, when near Swatow…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Time-kedumba Collision. Marine Court Decision Sydney
Alexander Robinson, master of the steamer Time, was called on, before the Marine Court, to-day, to show cause why his certificate should not be dealt with in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drowning Fatalities. Melbourne
With the return of warm weather bathing has been freely indulged in and four drowning fatalities were reported during the week end. James Thomas…
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