Medical and Accident Fund
LAST night, in Robert's Kiosk the subscribers to the Broken Hill Medical and Accident Fund held their half-yearly meeting, Mr. C. R. Beard presiding. The…
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Accidents, 1889
77 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 4
Accidental or Otherwise?
A FOREIGNER, named Abraham Goitt, was admitted into the local hospital (wrote our Burra correspondent yesterday), on Wednesday evening in a dying condition. It…
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News is to hand that the wheel of a locomotive drawing an express train on the Canadian Grand Trunk line broke, toppling the engine and a palace car…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Building Accident. SYDNEY
Michael Carey was crushed to death while digging the foundations of some buildings in the city, owing to a tr[?]h caving in. The contractor also was badly…
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AT last night's meeting of the Barrier branch of the Miners' Association, the secretary (Mr. T. H. Winnett), laid on the table, on the motion of Mr. T. T Hicks,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Russian Railway Accident. London
The Russian Government have been assiduously pursuing their inquiries into the railway disaster at Borka, in the Crimea, in October last, when a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Men Drowned. ADELAIDE
Two men named Pillifeaut and Ingram, were drowned in the Franklin Harbour through their boat capsizing while they were engaged fishing. Jacobs, the third…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Boys Drowned. MELBOURNE
An old quarry situate in the neighborhood of Lansdowne Terrace contains a small sheet of water. Here two sons of Detective Franklin were playing, floating…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Revolver Accident. SYDNEY
Three days back, two men, named respectively Townsend and Clark, were examining a revolver. Being unaware that the weapon was loaded, Clark…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Brave Mother. Sad Burning Fatality. Sydney
The daughter of Joseph Pickering, a farmer, residing at Fryer's Creek, near Castlemaine, was gathering sticks in a paddock when her dress was caught alight…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Accidentally Shot. BRISBANE
While out shooting wallabies on Sunday last, a young man named Alfred Cooley accidentally shot his sister dead…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drowning Fatality. ADELAIDE
While bathing with several other boys in a dam about a mile and a half from Wilmington, a lad named Macmanus was drowned yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Shooting Fatality SYDNEY
Stewart Macallister and Maurice Maud went out on a shooting excursion to Belmore. Maud's rifle accidentally went off, killing Macallis[?]er instantly…
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William Ayres, while bathing in company with several others at Newcastle Bar, was drowned, a strong undercurrent taking him beyond his depth. Three…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Dwelling Burned. a Woman Injured
FOR some time put the town has been blessed with an almost complete immunity from fires, and it almost seemed that the alarms and scares of conflagrations so…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident to a Train. MELBOURNE
A goods train consisting of fifty-two trucks whilst proceeding from Melbourne to Geelong, parted in the middle, five of the trucks toppling over the embankment,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident to a Miner. ADELAIDE
A man named Baker, at the Enterprise Deep Lead mine, near Gawler, sustained a severe injury to the head by a lump of wood falling down a shaft and landing on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stray Notes. Shooting Accidents
THE number of gun, rifle, and revolver accidents which have recently occurred is most appalling. Hardly a day passes but a telegram is published in the press…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sad Carriage Accident. MELBOURNE
While a party, principally females, were out driving near Numurkah, the horse bolted and collided with a tree, violently throwing the occupants from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Fire in Adelaide. a Coffee Palace Burned. Several Persons Injured. Rev. F. W. Taplin Suffocated. Adelaide
Shortly after three o'clock this morning, the Coffee Palace, situated in Hiudleystreet, was discovered to be on fire. The upper storey occupants were quickly…
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