Jesmond Drowning Case
Mrs. Russell, who was found drowned in an underground tank in a neighbour's promises on Monday evening, was a well-known and respected…
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Accidents, 1917
437 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 22
Fall From Train. Passenger Badly Injured
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Nicholas Foster a resident of North Sydney, was found severely injured on the railway line between Croydon and Burwood last…
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Between two and three o'clock yesterday afternoon an accident happened to Messrs. A. Shoesmith and Robert Hoy. which might have had more serious…
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At the Court House, this morning, Mr. C. Hibble (District Coroner) conducted an inquest as to the cause of death of John Patrick O' Flaberty, who…
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Mr. Holman yesterday received a cable message to the effect that Lieutenant W. F. Dunn, M.P., is at present in Boulogne Hospital, with an injured knee. No…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tale of the Sea. Heroic Second Mate. Drowned with Apprentice
There arrived in Newcastle this morning a ship which was 166 days out from Liverpool. Leaving that port on November 2, with a cargo of…
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Leonard Redgrove, the five and a half year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Redgrove, of Allandale-road, was found drowned in a waterhole close to his…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tram Collision. Pantechnicon Damaged
A serious collision occurred in Tudor Street, Hamilton, late last night, when the last tram from Wallsend, coming to…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—Richard Ryan, a resident of Canley Vale, was knocked down and killed by a goods train at Fairfield. The wheels of several…
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Ralph Freeman, aged 22, a miner employed at the New Lambton Colliery, and residing with his parents at Orchard Town, New Lambton, met…
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The body of a man was found on the railway clear of the line between Teralba and Fassifern on Saturday night. It was brought to Newcastle morgue,…
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The crew of the Norwegian steamer Kongail has been landed at Ymuiden. She was one of The missing wheat-laden vessels proceeding to Rotterdam,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shunting Fatality Death of Guard Percy. Lighting in the Goods Yard
The District Coroner (Mr. C. Hibble) conducted an inquest at Newcastle Court House this morning, as to the death of Railway Guard Henry…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aerial. French Ceast Town Bombed. Only Three Persons Injured
PARIS, Sunday.—An official communique states: "German aeroplanes yesterday dropped bombs in the region of Dunkirk. Three persons were…
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John King, a miner employed at Elermore Vale Colliery, was injured by a fall of stone yesterday. He was conveyed to his home at Railway…
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C. Keefe, a young man, was killed on the railway line near Cessnock Station yesterday afternoon. He was walking along the line towards…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Naval Operations. Raid on Kentish Coast. Two Killed, Three Injured
LONDON. Friday.—The Admiralty state : "Last, night several enemy destroyers opened fire in the direction of Rarusgate. Their fire was…
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Mr. C. Hibble, the district coroner, held an inquest at the Newcastle Courthouse on Saturday, concerning the death of William King, a single man, who body was…
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Mr. John Middleton, who was injured in an accident at Baker's Southern Colliery, near Baker's brickwarks, Morpeth-road, on Monday died in the Maitland Hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fractured Skull. Steel Works Accident
Shortly after 3 p.m. yesterday a labourer named W. J. Lacey, aged 40 years, widower, whilst working at the Steel Works, met with an accident. He…
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