Swansea Drowning Case. Evidence at Inquest
An inquest was held at Swansea yesterday by Mr. C. Hibbie, the district coroner, into the death of John Favon Telfer, whose body was found in Lake…
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Accidents, 1916
201 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 11
Miners' Accident Fund. Wollongong
Mr. S. Bird, president of the Illawarra Colliery Employees' Association, had something to say relative to the dissatisfaction that is at present existing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Fatality. Unknown Man Killed
A man, who up to an early hour this morning had not been identified, fell from the platform of a carriage in the 10.20 train from West Maitland to Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Accident. North of Hobart. Four Persons Killed. Hobart
The Launceston-Hobart express train left the rails 30 miles north of Hobart, about four o'clock yesterday afternoon. Four people were killed, twelve severely…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District. the Cessnock Fatality. Alleged Manslaughter
The adjourned inquest into the death of John Thomas, who was found dead in Main-street, Cessnock, on February 13th, was concluded at the Courthouse,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Train Fatality. Finding of Accidental Death
At the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday, Mr. C. Hibble, district coroner, held an inquiry concerning the death of Alexander M'Niven, 35 years of age, an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining Matters. Accident Relief Fund
The administration of the Miners' Accident Relief Fund wan commented on on behalf of the Colliery Employees' Federation yesterday by Mr. A. Lewis, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Accidental Drowning. Death of Mrs. Eliza Davies
Mr. C. Hibble, the district coroner, held an inquest at the Glebe Police Station yesterday concerning the death of Mrs. Eliza Davies, whose body was found on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Australia. Accidentally Killed
Private E. G. Smith, in railway accident…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Fatality. Kalgoorlie
At the Great Boulder mine yesterday, a shift boss, named tames Richards, married, with five children, met with a fatal accident…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Accident. British Soldiers Killed. Paris
Some British soldiers, loading a munition train near Rouen, dropped a case, which exploded. It caused a fire, and killed those…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Fatality
News was received in Newcastle yesterday that Mr. John William Finlay, timber merchant of Boolaroo, had been killed on the railway near Redfern…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →German Callousness. Watch Men Drowning. Paris
When the French destroyer Renaudin was torpedoed in the Adriatic the officers and crew of the submarine impassively watched the struggles of the drowning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Loss of Life. Americans Killed and Injured. London
Of 386 passengers on board the Sussex, 69 were landed at Dover. Mr. James M'Gillivray, a Manchester man, interviewed, said that just before…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The South Pole. Aurora Injured. Returning to New Zealand. Captain and Party Left Ashore Shackleton's Predicament. London
A wireless message from Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship, the Aurora, states that the vessel, in a blizzard, was driven from her moorings on May 6th, while Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Accident. in New York State. New York
The train, known as the Twentieth Century Limited Express, during a tog collided with a passenger train, which had been previously wrecked in another…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Naval Mishap. Forty Men Drowned. London
A distressing naval mishap occurred during the blizzard on Tuesday. Though the storm was at its height, many naval liberty men took boats to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German Inhumanity. Hospital Ship Sunk. Nurses and Men Drowned. Paris
A German submarine in the Black Sea torpedoed the Messageries Maritimes steamer Portugal, which was used as a hospital ship…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamers Torpedoed. Many Sailors Drowned. London
A German submarine torpedoed the Manchester steamer Zent, 3890 tons, on Wednesday, without warning, as the crew were launching the boats. Forty-eight of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dutch Liner Sunk. Five Men Drowned. Amsterdam
The Dutch liner Lodewyk van Nassau, laden with saltpetre, and bound for Holland, has been sunk. The vessel sank in six minutes…
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