Steel Works Fatality. Inquest Opened
Mr. C. Hibble, the district coroner, opened an inquest at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday concerning the death of Samuel Johansen, a Norwegian, aged 24 years, a…
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Accidents, 1918
272 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 14
Naval Accidents
The British Admiralty reports that a mine-sweeping sloop was mined and sunk on Saturday. Two officers and 64 men were lost…
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The body of an unknown man, shockingly mutilated, has been found on the railway line between Auburn and Lidcombe…
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Mr. John Walsh, butcher, of Hunter-street, West Maitland, sustained serious injuries to one of his hands yesterday morning while he was engaged starting…
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Miss Dolly Fogg, the well-known horse-woman, was seriously injured at the Show Ground to-day. She was engaged in the Ladies High Jump, and her mount. Pet r,…
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Harold John Muncaster, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Muncaster, of "Riversdale," Tarro, was the victim of a fatal shooting accident which occurred near Gloucestor…
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Miles Harding, the busiest doctor in the village of Grantley and its neighbourhood, drew his chair closer to the window, lit his pipe and picked up the…
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Sergeant Dolman, of the West Maitland police station, met with a painful accident yesterday afternoon. In company with Constable Sales, he was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rigger's Fatal Fall Steel Works Accident Coroner's Inquiry
The inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of samuel Johansen, a rigger employed at the Steel Works, was continued by Mr. C. Hibble, district…
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Mr. C. Hibble, the district coroner, resumed the inquest at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday into the death of Samuel Johansen, a Norwegian, 24 years…
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Mr. C. H. Gale, district coroner, held at inquest at Morpeth Courthouse this morning touching the death of Mrs. Mary Wright, of High-street, Morpeth…
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While working at the Steel Works this morning, Thomas O'Neill, of No. 1 Chariton street. Wickham, was struck on the head by a piece of flying steel. An incised wound…
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These headlines, from "The Newcastle Sun" of Thursday, and the particulars which follow them, come as a familiar reminder that industrial enterprise and expansion levy their toll in human life. It is the same the world over. One needs only to point to the tragic story associated with the Panama Canal—and there are many…
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The Admiralty states that the sinking of a destroyer on April 1 was the result of a collision in foggy weather. All bands are missing…
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A lad, William Nichols, was shot in a boat near Dempsey island at 1.30 p.m. to-day. Nichols, aged 17 years, laborer, at Waratah soap-works, and son of Francis Nichols,…
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Ray Swan, aged 18 years, son of Mr. L. Swan, of Lorn, was engaged arranging one of the large lights under Messrs. Kerr and Sons' colonnade last evening, when…
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At the inquest concerning the death of Ivy Florence Allen, a member of the Hotel Australia orchestra, and Cecil Rust, who were killed…
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Mr. C. Hibble, the district coroner, held an inquest at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday concerning the death of Frederick William Nichols, aged 17 years, which…
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An Inquest was held to-day at the Merewether Police Station, into the circumstances surrounding the death of the little girl. Gladys Muriel Kichands, who was drowned…
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Gladys Muriel Richards, a girl aged four years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lancelot Richards, was drowned in a sump in the yard at her home in Patrick-street,…
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