Accident in High-street
Master Frederick Thomas March, aged 16 fears, who lives with his parents in Bourke-street, West Maitland, met with a serious accident about a quarter to five o'clock…
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Accidents, 1916
201 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 11
Lambton. Burning Fatality
A boy, four years of age, the son of Mr. Ernest Jones, who lived in Young-street, Lambton, was fatally burned at his parents' residence yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Soldier Drowned. London
Motor tracks, leading to a canal in Gloucester, induced the police to drag the canal. They discovered a taxi-cab, with the body of an Australian soldier, named…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shooting Fatality. Fremantle
Mr. Francis Connor, a member of the firm of Conner, Doherty, and Durack, station owners, from the north-west, and also a member of the State Legislative…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tragedy at Stock On. Three People Drowned. Motor Car and Punt
An accident, involving the lops of three lives, occurred at Stockton at a quarter to six o'clock last night. A motor car, driven by Mr. Horace…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatality at Carrington. Evidence at Inquest
Mr. C. Hibble, the coroner, on Saturday inquired into the facts concerning the death of a wharf labourer named William Anderson, who was crushed under a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stockton Tragedy. Coroner's Inquest. Accidental Drowning
Mr. C. Hibble, the coroner, conducted an inquiry at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday, into the circumstances surrounding the accident which occurred at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Teralba. Fatal Accident
The eldest son of Mr. William France, hostler at Pacific Colliery, late of Morrisett, was fatally injured while playing with a skip at Pacific fan shaft on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →St. Lawrence Bridge. Collapse of a Span. Many Men Drowned. (Australian Cable Association.) QUEBEC
The new St. Lawrence Bridge, which is being erected on the site of that which collapsed in 1907, was partially wrecked, when the central span, weighing 5000…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Burning Accident
Mrs. Amelia Giddey, who lives with her husband in Anderton-street, Islington, met with a serious burning accident yesterday During the forenoon she was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →American Strike. Tramway Accident. (Australian Cable Association.) New York
The strikers paraded in the streets yesterday, urging the citizens no to use the cars during the strike, declaring that these were dangerous, because the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Teralba Fatality. Coroner's Inquest
Mr. C. Hibble, the District Coroner, held an inquest at the Newcastle Courthouse on Saturday, into the death of William Alfred France, aged 9 years and two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wallsend and Plattsburg. Driving Accident
Whilst returning from the Wallsend races en Saturday a visitor, William Evans, a resident of Singleton, had the misfortune to have his right leg broken below, the knee…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Maitland District. Rutherford Motor Fatality
The adjourned Inquest into the death of Robert Harold Morris, a soldier, who was knocked down by a motor car, near Rutherford camp, on the 2nd instant, and who died…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Drowning Fatalities. Melbourne
Information was to-night received by the police that a man-named Climick and his four children were drowned in the floods last night near Seymour. His wife…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in Victoria. Two Boys Drowned. Melbourne
Steady rain has continued throughout the day, and most of the rivers in the State are still in heavy flood. Though the Yarra shows signs of falling. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →State Parliament. Legislative Council. Miners' Accident Fund. Sydney
Mr. FLOWERS, President of the Legislative Council, took the chair at half-past four o'clock this afternoon. Mr. FITZGERALD, Vice-President of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Terrible Explosion. on the Steamer Wairuna. Six Killed and Three Injured. Sydney
Owing to an explosion on the Union Company's cango steamer Wairuna, 3947 tons, lying at the Margaret-street Wharf, about noon to-day, six men were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Motor Accident. Adelaide
A motor accident involving two fatalities, occurred in the Hills to-day. No particulars available except that the car skidded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Workman Injured
A workman, Thomas M'Manus, resident at Killing worth, was recently injured while untrucking a crane for unloading Government coal at…
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