Accident at Walsh Island. Workman Badly Injured
While a boiler was being hoisted on a crane at walsh island this morning one of the slings carried away, with the result that a man named Bert Court,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents
Accidents, 1916
201 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 11
New Zealand Mining. State Collieries' Profit. Relief of Injured Miners
Owing to the abnormal conditions caused by the war and the shortage of miners due to enlistment for military service abroad, there was a…
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Cecil Bassett, aged 5 years, met with fatal injuries by being run over by a vehicle in Union-street, Adamstown, on Saturday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Adamstown Fatality. Evidence at the Inquest
Mr. C. Hibble, the District Coroner, held an inquest at the Adamstown Police Station, yesterday as to the death of the boy, Cecil Bassett, aged five years, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision in Harbour. Gabo and Wallsend
At 1 o'clock this morning a collision occurred between the Australian Steamship Co.'s steamer Gabo and the steamer Wallsend. which is here…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drowning a Mine Fire
Drowning a mine-fire in Michigan is being done in a thorough manner. According to the "Mining and Scientific Press," of San Francisco, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Colonel Anderson Injured London
Colonel Anderson was knocked down by a taxi cab in London, and injured in the ligatures of one of his feet. He will be incapacitated for a fortnight…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident to Miner. Fall of Coal
James M[?]. a miner, aged 51 years, was severely injured by a fall of coal at too Aberdare Extended Mine, Cessnnock, about 12 o'clock on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident to Sergeant Turnbull
Sergeant Turnbull ids confirmed to his room. A week ago he was present at an open-air public meeting, and while there a man stood on the instep of his foot…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Peculiar Accident
George Baker, a greaser employed at the Beltbird Colliery, sustained an injury to a knee in a peculiar manner yesterday, Walking beside the track, he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Wounded Head. Parley Man Injured
Thursday Michael Martin, aged 54 years. a resident of Farley, was admitted to the Maitland District Hospital with a wound in the back of his head…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mishap at Boolaroo. Two Visitors Injured
While the crowd was defending from the stand after the third race at the Boolaroo meeting this afternoon portion of the steps gave way and two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Explosion in Back Yard. Man Injured. Sydney
At 24 Corben Street, Sydney, Henry Stead found something smouldering in his backyard on Saturday night. He was unable to extinguish it and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Fatality
A man, whose identity to an early hour this morning and not been established, was killed by being run over by a train between Sandgate and Hexham, about…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Fatality. Kurri Miner Killed
The body of a man who fell from a special train from Newcastle to Maitland yesterday evening, between Hexham and Ironbark Creek, was this…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Greek Volunteers Drowned Athens
The Greek steamer Angelika, with 400 passengers, mostly national volunteers, proceeding to Salonica, was torpedoed near Phalerum…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Monday's Train Fatality
The Deputy Coroner (Mr. G. T. Edwards), to whom the facts relating to the death of Robert Hunter, who [?] from a Maitland bound train on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victim of Railway Accident. Well-known Kurri Resident
Robert Hunter, the victim of the railway accident between Hexham and Sandgate on Monday evening, was a resident of Kurri Kurri for a about seven years. He…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Accident. Funeral of Victim
The funeral of the late Mr. Robert Hunter, the victim of the railway accident on Monday near Hexham, took place ai Kurri Kurri yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shot Through River Bed. Terrific Tunnelling Accident
A remarkable tragedy is reported from America by Mr. Eustace L. Adams, Brooklyn Bridge, was jammed with mid-afternoon traffic. On the river, far underneath the…
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