Waratah Fatality Coroner's Inquest
An inquest was held by Mr. C. Hibble, the district coroner, at the Waratah Courthouse, yesterday, into the death of James William Francis, who was run over…
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Accidents, 1919
233 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 12
Troop Trains Collide Soldiers Injured. London, Tuesday Night
A message from Amiens states that a British leave train on Saturday collided with a stationary train with the result that 10 soldiers were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Maitland District. Fatality at Neath
Lowson Hutchinson, the seven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hutchinson, of Neath, was fatally injured in a vehicle accident at Neath yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Unknown Man Drowned Near Bogey Hole
A tragedy occurred near the Bogey Hole this morning, and an unknown man is the victim. About 30 years old, about 5ft 10in…
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A man, whose name is at present unknown, was drowned in remarkable circumstances in the ocean near the Bogeyhole yesterday. Shortly before evening…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Hunter-street Accident
Mr. Gunn, S.M., this morning, dismissed a charge against Herbert Gordon, a traveller, of having negligently driven a motor car in Hunter-street…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Surprise Shooting Bystander Injured Sydney Street Incident SYDNEY
Sometimes it is prudent not to interest oneself in other's troubles, even through one may be actuated by a desire to pleaded for an armistice. This…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shunting Accident Two Vehicles Foul "Bottle Neck" Trouble
A shunting misadventure which resulted in a vehicle on a goods train [?]unning from Newcastle goods yard to woodville Junciton fouling one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Neath Fatality
The magisterial inquiry concerning the death of the boy, Lowson Hutchinson, who died of injuries sustained by a fall from a cart at Neath on March 12, was held…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Drowned Near Bogey-hole. Evidence at the Inquest
Mr. C. Hibble, the district coroner, held an inquiry yesterday into the death of Henry Chappell, late licensee of the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel, Merewether,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fall From Ladder Waratah Fatality
While employed painting a building near the gravitation siding at Waratah to-day, Andrew James Wade (55, painter), fell and was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Injured Horses Cruelty Inspectors Active
Inspector Dassall, inspector for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, proceeded against John Scholes at Newcastle Court to-day for b…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District. Mr. J. Brown Injured
Mr. John Brown was seriously injured by a fall of coal from the rib in Aberdare Colliery Yesterday afternoon. He was working with his father at the time…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cessnock. Boy Fatally Injured
Albert Edward Dixon, 7½ years of age, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dixon, of South Cessnock, was knocked down in Vincent-street on Saturday afternoon, and run…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Boy Drowned an 18 Feet Hole West Wallsend Tragedy
A lad of 17 years. Herbert John Grace, was drowned in a dam near the West Wallsend colliery at 4.30 p.m. yesterday. The body was recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drowning Fatality Inquest at West Wallsend
Mr. C. Hibble, the district coroner, held an inquest at West Wallsend yesterday concerning the death of Herbert John Grace, aged 16 years, who lived with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cessnock Death Drowned in a Creek
Oscar Wilson, 65 years of age, who had been working in the Cessnock district for some time past, and was formerly a seaman, was found drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Accidents in Steelworks
The years 1906 and 1913 are comparable on regards industrial and labour conditions in the United States, yet the frequency accident rates, which in the former…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wreck of the Myola. Foundered in Heavy Storm. Four of the Crew Drowned Sydney
The collier Myola (650 tons) foundered in a heavy storm off Sydney Heads this morning, resulting in the disappearance of four of the crew. The last vessel, one of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram Collision Motors Badly Damaged
The Merewether Beach tram, which left the Newcastle terminus at three minutes past seven o'clock last evening, collided with the tram which left Port…
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