THE now courthouse at Greta was opened on Thursday morning with considerable e[?]t by the Hon. A J. Gould, Minister for Justice and the Hon. Sydney Smith, Minister ...
Article : 364 wordsTHE Stockton calamity proves to be one of the most disastrous of its kind that has ever occurred in the colonies. Four of the men who went to explore the abandoned workings, ...
Article : 951 wordsThe body upon arrival at Penrith was removed to the Morgue at the Nepean Cottage Hospital, where an autopsy was held by Drs. Paton and Taylor. The jury were ready at ...
Article : 1,063 wordsMr. Sydney Smith, Minister for Mines, accompanied by Professor Threlfall, reached Newcastle by mail train from Sydney last evening. During his stay in the city the ...
Article : 58 wordsMr. A. H. Clapin, formerly of this city, and now of Lithgow, handed to us, before returning to his home, £1 as a contribution to any fund which may be raised on behalf of ...
Article : 80 wordsMessrs. Dixon and Humble are deserving of the highest praise for the important part they took in the work of rescuing the dead. It is a remarkable fact that after 1 a.m. ...
Article : 261 wordsA telegram from Grafton states that Butler has been identified as the man who came to Grafton in September, and with three others went to Yulgilbar Diggings. ...
Article : 176 words"Civis" writes as follows:—"In the midst of life we are in death." How truly these solemn words of warning have been borne to us within the past few hours. Only ...
Article : 414 wordsThis morning the party commenced the search on the Glenbrook side of the line, working the gullies near the Glenbrook Creek. A party, consisting of Constables ...
Article : 66 wordswas a matter of very great danger. As showing the poisonous nature of the gases to be met with, Mr. Humble once or twice got ahead of the brattice cloth with which he ...
Article : 257 wordsTHE Quarter Sessions will be commenced on Monday, his Honor, Judge Coffey, presiding. The following is the list:—Henry Drudge, attempting to earnally ...
Article : 129 wordsAT the Central Police Court to-day, Arthur J. Speer, the ex-city treasurer; appeared on three charges of embezzling moneys of the City Council of Sydney, amounting to £272 ...
Article : 630 wordsThe officials at the colliery desire to especially mention Alderman W. H. Goodman among those to whom thanks are due for assistance rendered on Thursday night ...
Article : 110 wordsNot the least distressing feature in connection with the deplorable fatality is in that of the death of Surveyor Cockburn. He came to the colonies as shipmate with Mr. ...
Article : 313 wordsA scientific gentleman of this city has given his ideas regarding gases found in mines, as follows:—The gases which most probably have caused the terribly sudden deaths of the ...
Article : 698 wordsThe annual tea meeting of the Welsh Congregational Church was held in the church on Thursday evening. It is estimated that nearly 600 persons sat down to ...
Article : 374 wordsAlderman Rees (the Mayor of Stockton) received the following wire from Mr. J. Jennings, the Mayor of Adamstown, last evening:—" Residents of Adamstown deeply ...
Article : 31 wordsOn account of the appalling catastrophe at the mine, the miners did not receive their pay yesterday, but the amounts due them will be handed over at noon to-day. ...
Article : 32 wordsMessrs. H. Bevan and Son have charge of the funeral arrangements. The bodies will leave Stockton in the 2.20 boat, and upon arrival on this side they will be carried to the ...
Article : 50 wordsConstables Knight and Clark were at the pit-top shortly after the whistle was blown, and whilst the former was engaged keeping the crowd back his companion rendered ...
Article : 113 wordsIt has been suggested that a public funeral should be accorded the unfortunate men, seeing that most of them died under such heroic circumstances. The principal business places ...
Article : 58 wordsThe inquest was opened at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the Federal Hotel, adjoining the pit, before Mr. G. O. Martin, the district coroner. The jury was constituted as follows: ...
Article : 408 wordsShortly before noon the bodies were removed from the colliery office to St. Faul's Mission Hall and there being only two stretchers available it necessitated four trips ...
Article : 262 wordsMessrs. Dick, Edden, and Thompson, Ms.P., visited the colliery during the day and chatted freely with the men on the all-absorbing topic. The deceased young man, ...
Article : 37 wordsNearly all the horses were withdrawn from the pit yesterday afternoon, and when they reached the paddock adjoining the colliery they became quite frisky, and shipped about ...
Article : 55 wordsDr. Wilfrid Nickson, who was seen last night, said he did not care to be interviewed in view of the possibility of his being called as a witness at the inquest. He, however, ...
Article : 861 wordsIt was reported to the Port Macquarie police late last night that a man resembling the photograph of Butler was seen at Black-men's Point, six miles distant. The police ...
Article : 58 wordsProfessor Denny recently gave a demonstration to his students at Firth College. Sheffield, England, of a very unusual and interesting nature, says a London ...
Article : 240 wordsInformation has been received from Tamworth that Preston's brother resides there A reporter walked into Thompon's Exchange Hotel and stated that young Preston's body ...
Article : 406 wordsThe brothers M'Alpin were great favourites over the water, and the news of their death was received everywhere with considerable regret. Young Tom, when he sucoumbed to ...
Article : 61 wordsTHE following report of the finance committee forwarded to Alderman Barclay, Mayor of Wickham, by the hon. secretary of the Australasian Federation League, has been handed ...
Article : 185 wordsYoung Ben Bailey was a member of the Stockton Fire Brigade, and he will be accorded a fireman's funeral, the members having come to this decision yesterday ...
Article : 130 wordsOne of the rescuers, upon being interviewed yesterday, said that he descended the mine with eight others, and this is how he relates his experiences:—"There were 10 men sent ...
Article : 725 wordsMr. J. Carpenter writes:—" Hearing of the Stockton pit disaster, and of the many other accidents that have occurred in pits through foul gases, I am surprised that no ...
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), Sat 5 Dec 1896, Page 5
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