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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1919

233 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 12

Railway Fatality Man's Head Crushed Woodville Tragedy

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 2 June 1919 · page 5

A shunting fatality occurred at Woodville Junction a few minutes after 10 o'clock to-day. The victim was Thomas Andrew Campbell, aged 41,…

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Fatality at Valence

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 June 1919 · page 5

It is reported from Paris that during a John of Arc celebration at Valence, several, thousands, mostly women and children, attended a cinema display. A…

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In a Narrow Road Sulky and Cycle Collide Maitland Accident

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 June 1919 · page 5

About seven o'clock last night serious collision occurred between a sulky and a cyclist, who is now lying in Maitland Hospital in…

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A Collision Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 June 1919 · page 6

William Power (26), a labourer of Raworth, near Morpeth, died in the Maitland Hospital at 6 p.m. yesterday, of injuries sustained in a collision in…

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Aerial Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1919 · page 7

A glant Tarrant airplane met with a mishap on its initial trial at Farnborough, and nose-dived to earth. Captain A. T. Rawlins was fatally…

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Woodville Junction Fatality. Coroner's Inuqest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1919 · page 2

An inquest was held at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday by Mr. C. Hibble the district coroner, into the death of Thomas Andrew Campbell, who was…

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Winnipeg Riots Unruly Mob V.C. Winner Injured VANCOUVER, June 11

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 June 1919 · page 1

Reports from Winnipeg indicate a serious riot and a general strike. The mob attacked the veterans who were acting as special police and Sergeant…

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Colliery Accident Manager Killed

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 19 June 1919 · page 4

Henry Jones (65), a deputy manager at South Greta Colliery, was the victim of a serious accident at the colliery this morning. A number of…

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Found Drowned

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 20 June 1919 · page 5

The District Coroner, Mr. Hibble, inquired today into the cause of the death of Edward Nicholson Mounter, the boilermaker whose body was…

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Fatality at South Greta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 June 1919 · page 6

Mr. Henry Jones, under-manager of South Greta Colliery, died in Maitland Hospital yesterday afternoon of injuries sustained in an accident in South Greta…

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Found Drowned. an Open Verdict

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 June 1919 · page 7

Mr. C. Hibble, district coroner, held an inquiry yesterday at the Newcastle Courthouse into the death of Edward Nicholson Mounter, whose body was found in the…

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Cinema Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 June 1919 · page 5

A message from San Juan, Porto Rico, reports that eighty persons were burned to death in a cinema fire at Mayaguez. Women and children were crushed to…

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Saved From Death Tramway Accident Ship's Officer Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 June 1919 · page 3

Charles Read, chief officer of the steamer Fltzroy, had a miraculous escape from death this morning. He was walking across…

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The South Greta Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 June 1919 · page 6

An inquest concerning the death of Henry James Jones, late under-manager at the South Greta Colliery, who died in the Maitland Hospital, on the 19th inst.,…

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Trains Collide South Coast Accident SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 July 1919 · page 3

A collision took place at Kiama last night between the Sydney to Nowra passenger train and a goods train. Two passengers were s[?]ghtly injured…

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Collision at Sea. London, July 5

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 July 1919 · page 5

The steamer Thomistocles, from London to Sydney, collided with and sank the Norwegian barque Eddenfide, while proceeding from Port Natal to Buenos Ayres…

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No. 7 Saville Square Chapter Xvii. the Injured Wife

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1919 · page 6

She was a very good-looking young woman, and she impressed on him an air of refinement. Something undefinable about her suggested "a lady." In…

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Mid-ocean Tragedy Collision in Fog Themistocles Rams Barque CAPETOWN, Saturday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 July 1919 · page 1

The Themistocles left on Friday with Australian troops. She sent a wireless message on the same day to the effect that she had collided with…

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Tribute to the Diggers Courage in Collision CAPETOWN

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 July 1919 · page 5

The Nautical Court found that the mishap to the Edderside, which was sunk as the result of a collision with the troopship Themistocies, was…

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Jockey Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 12 July 1919 · page 5

Just an Orrell bad mounted Floweric for the Novice Handicap at Rutherford to-day, she played up and threw the lockey over her head. Orrell landed…

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