Shipping Accidents
The s.s. Narragansett, carrying 2000 British troops from Le Havre to Southampton, stranded off Bembridge during a snowstorm on Friday night…
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Accidents, 1919
233 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 12
Motor 'Bus Collision
A slight collision between two motor 'buses occurred near the Strand Theatre in Hunter-street this morning. The driver of one of the big…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fassifern Fatality Fettler's Skull Smashed
A railway fettler, John M'Carthy, was killed at Fas[?]forn station last night, apparently by a stock train. He does not [?]m to have been run…
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Bert Hawkins, a timber getter, who resided with his wife and two children at Keinbah, near Allandale, was found drowned in a dam at Allandale yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fassifern Fatality. Due to Accident
An inquest was held by Mr. C. Hibble, the District Coroner, at the Teralba Courthouse, yesterday, into the death of John Arthur Berriman, a fettler, whose…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheeler's Claim Injured by Skip Rope
Robert Barrie was the applicant in a claim under the Workmen's Compensation Act against Hebburn, Ltd., heard before Judged Hamilton in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Abermain Fatality
The adjourned inquest concerning the death of Herbert Lynch, who was killed in the Abermain No. 1 Colliery on January 29th, was concluded by Mr. G. Brown,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatality at Speers' Point
Emily Beryl Williams, two years of age, was fatally injured through being knocked down by a horse at Speers' Point yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Barque Wrecked Sixteen Drowned Vancouver
The French barque Helene has been sunk in a collision. Sixteen persons have perished…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Washed Over Culvert Two Horses Drowned SYDNEY
A sensational accident occurred about 9.30 last night when a coach and two horses were washed over the side of what is known as Madden's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatality at the Steel Works. Explosion of Oxygen Cylinder
John Henry Ryan, aged 36 years, a first helper at No. 2 blast furnace at the Steel Works, was accidentally killed while at work at an early hour yesterday morning…
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Melda Selway, six years of age, was found drowned in an underground tank at the rear of the residence of her uncle, Mr. T. Clough, in Loftus-street, Wallsend;…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steelworks Fatality. Coroner's Inquest
The death of John Henry Ryan, who was killed at the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's steel works, shortly after midnight on Monday, was the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Marine Collision London, Thursday Night
The Austral[?]d, of 5568 tons, collided with the British-India steamer Chanda, 6169 tons, off Dover, and returned to Gravesend Damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drowned in a Tank. the Coroner's Comments
Mr. C. Hibble, district coroner, held an inquest at Wallsend yesterday into the death of Melda Selway, the child who was found dead in a tank the…
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Margaret Slater, aged four years, the daughter of William Slater, who lives near the reservoir, Lake-road, Wallsend, was drowned in a waterhole in the gully…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Little Girl Drowned Wallsend Misadventure
The Coroner, Mr. Hibble, conducted an inquest at Wallsend Court-house this morning concerning the death at Margaret Slater, four years of age,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Autumn Racing Poitrel's Gallop Aries Injured SYDNEY
"Iroquois," writes in "The Sydney Sun" to-day: Conditions were delightful at Randwick this morning. The course proper, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatality at Waratah
James William Francis, living in Turner-street, Waratah, was thrown from a tip dray on Saturday, and died several hours later from the injuries he received…
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The dead body of a young man was found lying on the concrete floor under a railway culvert between Regent-street and East Greta Junction, yesterday…
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