Accidental or Otherwise? SYDNEY
A boy named Hildebrandt has shot his brother, it is believed accidentally, at Marulan…
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Accidents, 1889
77 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 4
Terrific Hurricane. Five Warships Wrecked. Two Hundred Men Drowned. British Warship Alone Escapes. Melbourne
A great sensation was caused when news was received here this morning of the occurrence of a terrific hurricane of unparalleled violence off Somoa, on the 16th…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collision in the Channel. London
The mailboat between Dover and Ostend collided with another vessel in the English Channel, and sank immediately. Fourteen lives were lost…
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The body of an unknown man was found floating on Torrens Lake yesterday afternoon. There were nomarks of violence on the body, and it is believed to have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drowned in the Lake. MELBOURNE
A boy named Bing has been drowned in the Albert Park Lake while fishing. It is alleged that several men saw him fall into the water but none attempted to save the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident or Suicide? SYDNEY
Two young men were out shooting in the vicinity of Lake Illawarra. One of them named J. S. Hegarty was walking along when by some means his gun…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident to Mr. Brunker. SYDNEY
Mr. J. N. Brunker, the Minister for Lands, fell across a chair, while examining a map in the Lands Office, injuring his chest. He is not, however, entirely…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Accident. MELBOURNE
A man, name at present unknown, was knocked down by a train at the Montague station. The wheels passed over him and both his legs were cut off, and the man…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Burning Accident. MELBOURNE
An old man named Montgomery, living at Healesville, left a candle, burning by his bedside. Falling asleep over his reading, his bed clothes caught afire. One…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Junee Accident. SYDNEY
The jury at the inquest on the bodies of the victims of the Junee railway accident censured the guard of the preceding train for having neglected to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Floods. Two Women Drowned. Adelaide
Farther information from the country with additional particulars of the flood showing that immense damage has been done everywhere…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Accident. Fifteen Persons Injured. Melbourne
At shortly after midnight on Saturday morning a passenger train from Melbourne had arrived at Sandhurst, when it was run into by a pilot engine which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Gun Accident. MELBOURNE
James Martin, aged 19, in company with other youths was returning from a shooting expedition. He was riding on a dummy tramcar, and was leaning upon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Revolver Fatality. SYDNEY
While cleaning his revolver, P. C. Brewster, of Oxford-street, shot himself, and died soon after. The cartridge in one of the chambers, it would seem, exploded,…
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The body of McNamara, the City corporation laborer, who was washed over the Torrens dam during the flood of Apri 17, was found this morning under…
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A CHILD named Young, 3 years of age, living in Bromide-street, was knocked down by a runaway horse (which broke through a wire fence in Oxide-street) this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidentally Shot. MELBOURNE
Thomas Temple Ball, of Kyneton, was shot dead there on Saturday by his brother firing a gun at him, being unaware that the weapon was loaded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Accident. a Line Collapses. Train Over an Embankment. Sydney
Telegrams from Narrandera state that last night, at about 6½miles from the town, owing to the heavy rains, the railway line slipped from under an excursion…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Street Accident
YESTERDAY evening as Mr. Charles Chapple was driving along Argent-street, his vehicle and a cart belonging to Sisely and Co. collided, directly in front of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Accident. Fall of Earth in the Big Mine
SHORTLY before noon to-day, while a miner named Doone and his mate named John Mutton were engaged removing old timber in the 216ft. level from…
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