Cossneck Railway Station. No Safeguards Against Accidents
Recently the Cessnock Chamber of Commerce asked the East Greta Co. to fence off the railway line from the thoroughfare leading on to the…
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Accidents, 1917
437 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 22
Motor Car Accident. Cessnock Resident Injured
As the result of a motor-car accident on Saturday afternoon, Mrs. J. Lane, of Cessnock, received severe internal injuries, the nature of which…
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Some excitement was caused in Hunter Street, near the intersection of Bolton Street, about noon to-day, owing to the escapades of a horse…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Accident Relief
A special meeting of the Miners' Accident Relief Board will be held at Cessnock this afternoon, and will be continued on Saturday. Certain cases affecting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rescues from Drowning. Boolaroo Scouts' Good Work
A well-attended public meeting was held in the Boolaroo School of Arts on Wednesday evening, to arrange for the public recognition of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shunter Killed. Fatality at the Steel Works. a Sad Feature
Yesterday afternoon about half-past four o'clock a shunter, named Frances John Mohan, aged 44 years, living at Henson Avenue, Mayfield, was run…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →United States. Several Americans Drowned
WASHINGTON, Sunday.—The destruction, without warning, of four merchantmen, has been reported to the Department of State. Official…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steal Work's Fatality. Death of T, H. Randall. Evidence at Inquest
At Newcastle Courthouse this morning the District Coroner, Mr. C. Hibble, conducted an inquest as to the death of Thomas Henry Randall, at…
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The circumstances of the death of Thomas Henry Randall, which occurred at the Newcastle Hospital on March 16th, were investigated yesterday by Mr. C…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Injured Back. Log Rolls on a Man
A young man, Claude Cator, 18 years of ago, was following his occupation as a timber getter at Catherine Hill Bay yesterday, when a log rolled…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Car Accident. Newcastle Party's Experience
While proceeding from Singleton to Newcastle on Sunday evening, a motor car party, comprising Mr. H. T. Lucerne, Mrs. H. T. Lucerne. Mrs. Laskie, Mrs. G…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colliery Accident. a Clipper Injured
James Walker, a clipper, received a nasty injury while working in the West Wallsend Colliery yesterday. As he was unclipping a skip from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Car Accident. Mr. Orchard, M.H.R. Injured. Sydney
Mr. R. B. Orchard, Federal member for the Nepean, met with a serious accident this afternoon. He was driving his motor car to Kurrajong, where he was to speak…
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Patrick John O'Flaherty, aged 45 years, who lived in Stockton-street, Stockton was crushed between a railway car and the Hamilton platform last evening,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatality at Merewether
A lad, Andrew Rodgers, son of Mr. Albert Rodgers, of Selwyn-street, Merewether, was fatally injured yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Killed by a Kick-up. Fatality at Glebe Hill Pit. the Inquest
This morning the District Coroner, Mr. C. Hibble, held an inquiry into the death of Andrew Rodgers, aged 13 years, who was killed at the Globe…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Bellbird Accident. Men's Wonderful Rescues
A survey of the scene in No. 2 dip, Bellbird Colliery, where the three men— Orr, Powell, acid Tomlinson—were rescued from what appeared to be a living tomb,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Driving Fatality. Inquiry at Abermain
The inquiry into the death of Vincent Tobin, who died as the result of a vehicle accident on the main road between Abermain and Neath on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident at Duckenfield
Mr. Arthur Peals, of Duckenfield, a well-known pigeon shot and formerly starter for the Newcastle Jockey Club, was the victim of a nasty accident at…
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Last night a guard named Harry Percy, married, living at Islington, was conducting shunting operations in the Newcastle railway yard. The…
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