The Junction Fatality. Magisterial Finding
THE magisterial inquiry into the cause of the death of John Ralph, the miner who was killed by the fall of a piece of timber in the main shaft of the Junction mine on…
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Accidents, 1890
331 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 3 of 17
Street Accident
ABOUT 7 o'clock last evening Gertie Howell, aged 3 years, daughter of Mr, E. J. J. Howell, Argent-street, was knocked down in that street, opposite the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →2nd Edition Miner Office, 5 p.m. Great Mining Accident. (By Cable.) London, Sunday (midnight.)
A despatch from America states that a terrible mining disaster has occurred at W[?]kesbarre, the capital of Lucerne county, Pennsylvania. The miners were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Frightful Gun Accident. SYDNEY, Wednesday afternoon
A frightful gun accident has occurred at Cabbage Tree, near Newcastle. A boy named Samson was leaning on a gun, when the latter went off The charge…
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James Richards, a middle-aged miner, working at a mine near Sandhurst, met with a terrible death shortly after midday on Satnrday. Some boys who were…
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YESTERDAY evening, about 5 o'clock, an affray of a serious nature occurred in Blende-street, near the Silver Aqe office, in which a laborer named Herbert Frazer…
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Another serious Victorian mining accident happened yesterday. Charles Aitcheson was killed at the Duke Mine, Timor, near Maryborough, by a fall of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sad Drowning Fatality. SYDNEY, Saturday afternoon
A young man named James Cochrane was drowned in the vicinity of Cremorne Point on Thursday last. The deceased was camped with a number of young men…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Involved Society. Accident to the Secretary. MELBOURNE
As Doherty, the late secretary of the Premier Permanent Building Society, was coming into Melbourne after hearing that ar warrant for his arrest had been…
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As the membership of the A.M.A. considered the inquiry held regarding the death of John Ralph, who was recently killed at the Junction mine, unsatisfactory, a…
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The body of a respectably-dressed man was found floating in the Newcastle harbour to-day. Papers found ou the body disclosed that his name was Frank Allen,…
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A BOY named John Herroeu, aged 13, residing in Crystal-street, met with a somewhat painful accident in Argent-street about 2 o'clock this afternoon. While…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Collision in Sydney Harbor. A Schooner Sunk. SYDNEY, Monday afternoon
On Saturday afternoon the steamer Adelaide, outward bound for Melbourne, collided with the schooner Colonist, inward bound from Kiama, off Bradley's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Schooner Sunk. Collision in Sydney Harber. SYSNEY, Saturday (6.15 p.m.)
The steamer Adelaide collided with the schooner Manna in Sydney Harbor this afternoon. The latter sa[?]k instantly Three men were rescued and, the loss of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fearful Railway Accidents. MELBOURNE
A terrible accident occurred on Saturday evening on the line between Penshurt and Hawkesdale, near Hamilton. The navvies were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fearful Mining Fatality a Charge Explodes. Two Men Killed and Miraculous Escape of a Third. [By Telegbaph.] Melbourne
The Wimmera Gold Mining Company at Landsborough, 20 miles from Stawell, was the scene of a fearful accident yesterday. Three men named Cunningham,…
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John Burns, a retired publican from Echuca, came to town on a holiday, and went on board the Coogee yesterday at Port Melbourne to go down the Bay…
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Philip Callan, commercial traveller of Sydney,has been drowned in the Darling, near Bourke, through falling off the steamer Maud…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Floods. The Rivers Rising Everywhere. A Whole Family Drowned. Immense Damage to Crops. SYDNEY
Heavy showers fell in Sydney throughout last night, and although somewhat clearer now, the weather is still unsettled. The reports this morning show rains…
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A YOUNG MAN named Andrew Burgess, a resident of Silverton, was fatally injured on Saturday morning, at 10 o'clock, while engaged shunting some trucks at the…
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