Colliery Accident
NORTH ROTHBURY, Saturday.— Grant Hill, of Branxton, a miner, met with a serious accident whilst following his occupation at Rothbury…
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Accidents, 1917
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Burning Fatality
Owing lo severe burns which. it is understood, she sustained while using some benzine at her residence, 51 Bruce Street, Newcastle, Newcastle yesterday…
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Mr. George Winning, an old resident of Newcastle, who at one time conducted an hotel in Darby Street, and has of late been working at the…
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SYDNEY. Tuesday.—While Robert Harpur aged 27 was oiling the shafting of h machine in the rope works at Waterloo, his shirt was caught in the…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Joint Hallway Board of Inquiry, which investigated the causes of tile narrowly averted collision on the North Shore…
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VANCOUVER. Monday.—With flag at half-mast, a British liner has reappeared at a United States port, after having sailed recently with a hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Aeroplane Accident. London
Three more deaths are reported in connection with the Sunderland aeroplane accident…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Death of Mrs. D. J. Porter. Due to Accident
Mr. C. Hibble, the District Coroner, held an inquest at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday concerning the death of Frances Maud Porter, which occurred on May 21st…
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Daniel Davies, a married man, residing at Hamilton, and employed at the Steel Works, was occupied in the blooming mills shortly before one…
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Owing to an accident at the Steel Works, Tort Waratah, yesterday, James Duke, 27, residing at Bourke' Street, Carrington, sustained serious…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Submarines in Collision. Amsterdam
The "Rheinische Westfaelische" reports that an English submarine in the Channel on April 19th, while steaming under the surface, rammed a German…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burning Fatality. Inquest at Wallsend
An inquest into the death of Mrs. Jane M'Laren, 77, who was admitted to the Wallsend Hospital on the 26th ultime, suffering from burns and who died at…
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The owners have sued Lloyds' under-Writers for £80,000, damage to fifteen old masters on board the s.s. Mississippi in October, 1914, which were damaged by fire…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—It is slated officially that the casualties were 12 killed and 36 Injured. The damage caused was not great…
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The cost of the Salvage of the paintings of old masters on the s.s. Mississippi amounted to £40,000. The underwriters settled the claim of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Accident Relief
The Workmen's Compensation Act of 1916 comes into force on July 1st, and as from that date the Miners' Accident Relief Acts are repealed. The M.A.R…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in Victoria. Women and Children Drowned. Melbourne
Floods are very heavy in the northern and north-eastern districts of Victoria. It is reported that several women and children whose names are unknown, were…
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Sir,—The question as to the disposal of the Miners' Accident Fund is apparently one of vital importance to the whole of the employees of the Miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stabbing Case. Mr. W. Squires Injured
Mr. Squires, the ex-heavyweight champion boxer, was the victim of a savage assault in Hunter-street shortly after six o'clock last night…
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