A Foolhardy Feat. a Soldier Swims the Harbour. A Perilous Position
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 November 1889 · page 4
ON Saturday afternoon, between 3 and 4 o'clock, a number of people who had attended the Stockton regatta were surprised to see a man jump from the breakwater near Nobby's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident at the Sports. a Soldier Breaks his Arm when Throwing a Ball
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 November 1889 · page 5
A PAINFUL accident, by which a Permanent Artilleryman named David Owen broke his arm, occurred at the Friendly Societies' sports on Saturday. He made a wager to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Explosion. Twenty-four People Killed and Wounded
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 November 1889 · page 5
LONDON, Sunday.—An explosion occurred in the cartridge room at the Government gunpowder factory at Hanan in Germany, 24 persons being killed and wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Victorian Soldier
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 December 1889 · page 5
LONDON, Wednesday.—Lieut. Umphelby, of the Victorian Permanent Artillery, who proceeded to England to prosecute his military studies at the expense of the Victorian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New War Vessel
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 December 1889 · page 5
LONDON, Saturday.—Recent trials of a newly-invented French submarine vessel off Toulon have proved that it may be worked with remarkable success in naval engagements…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 December 1889 · page 4
"SUNSTROKE," as usual, was the defence of Alfred Smith, an "old soldier," who was charged at the Southwark Police Court with having created a disturbance near London…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Trouble with Portugal. British Men-o'-war Ordered to Lisbon
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 December 1889 · page 5
LONDON, Sunday.—Four ironclads of the British Mediterranean squadron, stationed it Malta, have received instructions to proceed to Lisbon…
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