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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents
331 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 17
A crowded omnibus while passing over at King's Cross, in the city, to-night overturned, and twenty passengers were thereby seriously injured. A terrible…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The 24ft. half-decked yacht Tennyson capsized yesterday evening near Bradley's Head, and three of the crew—Arthur Goddard, Thomas Peake, and Aubery…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A terrible event occurred at Forest Gate, near the city, to-day. The pauper boys school caught [?]re, and the flames spread so rapidly that 26 of the pupil…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two brothers named Warren, aged 10 and 12 respectively, residents of Richmond, were drowned yesterday while gathering mussels on the Sandringham…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AN accident of a horrible nature took place at the new smelters, in the Broken Hill Proprietary mine, this morning. A man named Henry Brame, aged about 60…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE adjourned inquest on Harry Taylor, who met his death by falling down the shaft off a ladder in the Silver Ring mine on the 23rd December last, was set down…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The son of Archdeacon Gunther has had his skull fractured at Parramatta by a milkcart colliding with the pony chaise in which he was riding…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A man named John Doyle fell asleep on the Circular Quay last night, and fell into the water. He was drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FATAL accidents are becoming terribly numerous upon the principal Barrier mines. This, however, is not unnatural; for it is only to be expected that there…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two brothers, William and Henry Poole aged respectively 14 and 11 years, residents of Northcote, walked to the Preston Lake for the purpose of bathing therein…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At Wagga Wagga Mrs. Sam Tong was bathing her cildren at the Gravel Beach, near the railway bridge, when one little girl, Blanche Ah Fie, got out of her depth…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Robert Craig, a miner, was killed by a fall of coal in the Hetton colliery this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →H. Lademan, farmer, of Kamarooka, while wrestling with another young man, was butted in the stomach, and is now dying…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A laborer named Michael Keehan, working on a farm at Lancefield, was caught by a threshing machine and his leg torn completely off. Keehan died…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BY order of the Minister of Justice a fresh inquest was commenced this morning on the body of Henry Taylor, a miner, who, on the 23rd December last, fell…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A terrible accident happened last night to Mr. J. G. Ramsay, M.L.C. He was coming to Adelaide in the North train, alone in a first-class compartment, when…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LATE last evening one of the boys employed in the telegraph office, named Arnold Berriman, was returning from the British Blocks on horseback, when the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A GENERAL meeting of the Medical and Accident Fund was held at Elliott's Hotel last night. The balance sheet was adopted, and it was decided to distribute…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →James Horton, a butcher, while riding on horseback in this city collided with a tram, and was thrown to the ground and killed by the concussion…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two fishermen, named Charles Bailey and James Page, left Brighton in a halfdecked boat on Thursday afternoon. Shortly afterwards a squall came on…
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