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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1918

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Kurnell Fatality. Bodies Washed Ashore

Northern Times · Tuesday 1 January 1918 · page 3

SYDNEY. Tuesday.—The bodies of two occupants of the launch which capsized off Doughboy Point. Kurnell, yesterday, were recovered to-day after…

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Accidents

Northern Times · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 5

James Wade (48), living at Carlisle Street. Stockton, was struck on the right hand by a steel rail at the finishing mills at the Steel Works early…

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Not One Accident. Holiday Tram Record

Northern Times · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—During the past tour days Sydney and suburban trains have carried over two mittion passengers, without a solitary…

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Girl Missing. Believed to Be Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 5

Miss E[?]le So[?]bie, a visitor from Temora, who was staying with her aunt, Mrs. H. Cook, of Reid-street, Newcastle, is missing and it is feared she has been…

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Accidents at Steel Works

Northern Times · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 5

Thomas Sullivan (45), living in Scott Street, Newcastle, was handling a box containing iron at the Steel Works thin morning, when it slipped…

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Remarkable Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 5

An astonishing accident has occurred near Lyons. A passenger train ran into a large cylinder of chlorine, which had fallen from a goods waggon…

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Ferry Accidents. Heavy Swell at Wharf

Northern Times · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 5

Robert Gotts, a seaman employed on the steamer Hexham, who was admitted to Newcastle Hospital, last evening, suffering from injuries to his…

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Dangerous Harbour Range. Ferry Wharf Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 8

The range which, is such a source of danger and Inconvenience in Newcastle Harbour at times was responsible yesterday for an accident which resulted in…

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Soldier Injured. Splashed with Corrosive Acid

Northern Times · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 5

SYDNEY. Monday.—Owing to a quantity of fluid, supposed to be a corrosive acid, splashing over him in the yard of a house in Newtown,…

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Motor Car Capsizes. Seven People Injured

Northern Times · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 1

A motor car driven by Alfred M'Ewan, a butcher, living in Petersham, capsized in the Boradway, Glebe, opposite the University Hotel,…

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Ferry Wharf Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 7

Sir,—With reference to your report of the unfortunate accident, I should like to point out that it was almost wholly due to the fact that a plank is in use for…

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Ocean Bath Fatality. Garrison Artilleryman Killed Fall Whilst Diving

Northern Times · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 5

A swimming party from the Australian Garrison Artillery encampment at Fort Seratchley, whose customary pleasure it is to indulge in a couple of…

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Accidents

Northern Times · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 5

S. Maher (26), living at Winship Street, Hamilton, was admitted to Newcastle Hospital this morning, suffering from injuries to his ankle…

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Injured While Bathing. a Soldier's Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 5

The death occurred in the Newcastle Hospital yesterday of Gunner Percy R. Bagnall, of the 3rd Australian Garrison Artillery, from injuries received the…

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Accidents

Northern Times · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 5

William Morris (22) was treated at Newcastle Hospital to-day for an incised wound on the right arm, which he sustained whlist at work at the…

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Accidents

Northern Times · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 5

George Marjoribanks (14), living at Gering Street, Newtown, Hamilton, was admitted to Newcastle Hospital for treatment this morning, suffering…

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Death of Gunner Bagnall. Verdict Op Accidental Death

Northern Times · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 3

The District Coroner (Mr. Charles Hibble) conducted an Inquest at Newcastle Court House to-day concerning the death of Percy Raymond Bagnall,…

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Ocean Baths Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 2

At the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday, Mr. C. Hibble, the coroner, conducted an inquiry concerning the death of Gunner Percy Raymond Bagnall (21), a member…

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Mob Attack Chauffeurs. Two Men Severely Injured

Northern Times · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 1

Early one morning this week several men attacked three chauffeurs at the garage of the Taxi-cab Company, in St. Kilda (Victoria). Two of the…

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Accidents

Northern Times · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 1

Martin Manning (26), living at 3 Newcomen Street, Newcastle, was treated at Newcastle [?] to-day for burns on the left ankle, which…

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