Colliery Accident. Sydney, Thursday night
A heavy fall the roof occurred this morning in the Tributary Coal Pit, Tighe's Hill, near Newcastle. There the workings extended under a small…
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Accidents, 1891
299 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 15
Railway Accident
The axle of a goods train broke near Drouin, Victoria, yesterday. Fifteen trucks were thrown in all directions and the permanent way was damaged. There…
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Two steamers collided at Firth of Forth. Thirteen lives were lost…
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A collision occurred between two trains on an elevated railway in New York. Fortunately no one was killed; but several persons had a narrow escape from…
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A collision has taken place on the New York Elevated Railway by which an engine and one train were precipitated from the line into the street below…
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Four ladies, who were unable to swim, were bathing in Byron creek, Adelaide. Three were drowned, their names being Miss Elizabeth Schell,…
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On the German steamer Bremen at Melbourne to-day the steward fell down the hold and his skull was smashed in…
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The Murrumbidgee River at Wagga has risen 30ft., and the town is submerged. It is the highest flood since 1879. One man has been drowned…
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A man, whose name is at present unknown was run over by the train in the Redfern tunnell early this morning. His skull was fractured, one leg broken and…
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An accident occurred on the line between Goulburn and Cooma on Saturday night by which several trucks were derailed, and the line blocked for four hours…
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A young man named Ernest Robery was drowned in the harbour through the upsetting of a boat…
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Early to-day the body of a man was found on the railway near Burwood, terribly mutilated. He must have been dead some hours…
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A verdict of wilful murder against persons unknown has been returned in the inquiry on an infant found in the water at Pyrmont Bight or Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest News. Shocking Accident. Sydney, Monday night
A shocking case was attended to at the Sydney Hospital to-day. A child named Mary Anderson, eight months old, was left asleep in the cradle in her…
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A young man named Lee, a draughtsman in the Locomotive Department at Eveleigh, was knocked down along the line. He died almost immediately afterwards…
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An accident by which a young man named Sydney Lee lost his life, occurred at Eveleigh this morning. Lee, who was a draughtsman engaged in the…
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A man named John Nicholson, employed on a mud barge, was drowned outside the Heads yesterday ; he fell overboard…
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A terrible mining accident has occurred at Eaglehawk (Victoria) by which a miner named Thomas Cox has been entombed through the collapsing of a level…
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No sign has been discovered of the [?]im of the fearful mining accident which occurred yesterday at the South Devonshire Mine, Eaglehawk, Victoria…
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A miner, named Joseph Sherd, was terribly injured through a fall of coal, at Kembla Mine, Wollongong; his thigh was broken, forehead smashed, and brains…
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