Motor 'Buses Burnt Cleaner Seriously Injured Carrington Blaze Early Morning Fire
About two o'clock this morning a fire was discovered to have broken out in the Carrington motor 'bus garage, owned by Messrs. Johns and…
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Accidents, 1923
637 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 32
Sad Story of the Sea Sailor s Watery Grave Accident on Basque
Towards the end of last year the Newcastle postmaster received a letter from Mr. W. F. Gordon, of New Plymouth, New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collision in Street
A collision between a motor car, driven by Joseph O'Neill, a commercial traveller for Cohen and Co., and a bicycle, ridden by a lad named Reg Duggan, occurred in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Double Drowning Feared. Brisbane
Maud Haslem and Harry Young, each aged about 17, who formed two of a party of about thirty excursionists to Fifteen-mile Point, up the river, on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Carrington. Two Persons Injured
At about two o'clock on Saturday morning a fire broke out in premises in Denison-street, Carrington, partly occupied by Messrs. Johns and Skinner as a motor…
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Neville Offner, son of Mr. Augustus Offner, of March, near Orange, while inserting a charge into a muzzle-loading gun, jammed more in than the…
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Mr. Jacob Derrett, manager of the Lucknow alluvial mine, met with a serious accident. While four men were on a double-handled windlass over…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Jesmond Accident
When packing a truck with coke at the Jesmond coke ovens this morning, James Miller fell and injured his leg. A piece of coke slipped, causing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Contractor Injured Fall at Raymond Terrace
Whilst working on the scaffolding of a building at Raymond Terrace his morning, William John Sparke. builder and contractor, of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Injured With Gelignite
John Farrell, at Droney's Bridge, near Casino, had half a plug of gelignite in each hand. He throw one plug into the river, and was about to cast…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shot Explodes Colliery Accident Miners' Eyes Injured
Donald Kerr, a miner at New Lambton colliery, was stemming a shot this morning, when it exploded in his face, and wounded his eyes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nasty Motor Smash Collision with Tram Stoical Englishman SYDNEY
Covered with dust and grime, and with his face and arms a mass of cuts and bruises, Samuel Southall, aged 24. a native of England, lay in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stop-press Stockton Accident
In the Sydney District Court Judge While found for the resondent in his reserved judgement in a Workmen's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Love Tragedy Double Fatality Youth and Girl Shot MELBOURNE
A double tragedy has occurred at Nyah. Two sisters Mary and Kahleon Sisley were proceeding in a jinker along the road from Nyah to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Killed by Engine Port Waratah Accident
The body of a man, later identified his that of Edward J. Taylor manger of Tyreel Station Ward's River was found on the line leading to the coal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision in the Air Pilot Found Dead
Collision in the air between two R.A.F. machines resulted in the death of Flight-Officer W. J. Gayes (25), of Radley-road, Bruce-grove,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Loading Fatality. Evidence at the Inquest
Mr. C. Hibble, the district coroner, sitting at the Newcastle Court-house yesterday, inquired into the death of Robert Middleton, 64, a seaman, who died at…
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Edward Harding, wharf ,laborer. had his right ankle fractured in the hold of the steamer Lady Isabel at the Steel Works wharf this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heddon Greta Fatality
Mr. G. Brown, the district coroner, is in receipt of communications from the Attorney-General stating that the Solicitor-General does not intend to file a bill against…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fatal Accident
George William Russell, 16, employed on Mr. A. T. Waltus' dairy farm at Bowthorne, was injured by a fall from a horse on Sunday afternoon and died on the…
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