Fatal Mining Accident
A MAN named George Leighton, working at No. 2 level of Wilson's shaft on the Proprietary mine, fell down a shoot at that place this morning, a distance of 50ft.,…
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Accidents, 1891
193 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 10
A Broker Drowned. Suppesed Seizure by a Shark. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. ADLAIDE, Monday Afternoon
Mr. George L. Hall, formerly of Broken Hill, and recently also a member of the Adelaide Stock Exchange, was drowned at Glenelg this morning. It is believed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Distressing Accident. Careless Handling of Firearms
A MOST painful accident occurred at Mr. Hawke's residence, near Convent Hill, on Saturday afternoon, which we refrained from referring to in our last issue as rumor,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Barque Aground. Two of the Crew Injured. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. SYDNEY
While the barque Verulam was being towed out of Newcastle harbor yesterday afternoon the tow line slipped off the belt that carried it and caught the chief mate…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Accident. Breaking of an Axle. Fifteen Trucks Smashed. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. MELBOURNE
A railway accident occurred between Drouin and Warragul, South Gippsland, on Saturday night. A goods train with 20 trucks, heavily laden with dairy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident at the Town Hall
A LAD named Edward Giffney received an injury of an extremely painful nature at the new Town Hall Buildings this afternoon. He had occasion to go to a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collision in the Firth of Forth. London
Thirteen lives havel been lost owing to a collision in the Firth of Forth. The details are not yet known…
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Owing to a collision on an elevated railroad in New York, the engine of one train was precipitated, into the street below…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Skating Fatality on the Seine. London
Owing to the severity of the winter in France the Seine has become frozen, and by a break in the ice nine persons have been drowned while skating…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Accidents. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. MELBOURNE
This morning, while engaged in removing the last big pole in the partition separating the main building from the concert hall at the Exhibition Building,…
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A MAN named John M'Donald was the subject of a serious accident at the Proprietary mine at an early hour this morning. He was employed in connection…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Chapter of Fatal Accidents. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. MELBOURNE
Herbert Saville rode a horse to drink into a dam at Donald, fell into the water off the horse, and was drowned yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Accident at Block 14. A Man Falls From a Chimney stack
THE chimney stack which is in course of erection for the new smelting furnaces at Block 14 mine was the scene of a most distressing accident this afternoon,…
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THE accident which last week happened to John M'Donald, a member of the B. R. S. C. and S. H. Union, at the Proprietary mine, has, we are sorry to…
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IN order to grant the certificate of burial of tho body of the victim of the accident on Saturday at Block 14, it was deemed expedient to commence the magisterial…
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WE regret to learn that an accident of a very painful nature happened in the machine room of the Silver Age on Saturday evening. While giving a new…
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THE inquiry into the death of Henry Wood, killed on Saturday last by falling from the Block 14 smelter stack, was resumed last night at the courthouse, before…
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A. MAN named Lavington was injured through falling down a mallock [?]ss at Jamieson's shaft this morning. It app[?]ars that he opened the pass and emptied the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Accident. A Man Smothered by Small Coal. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. SYDNEY, Wednesday Afternoon
An elderly miner named Thomas Ashley was smothered by a quantity of small coal in the South Wallsend Colliery yesterday. He was working in a small…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miscellaneous Cables. Terrible Railwat Collision. London
A report has reached London of a Urions railway collision in Kansas, U.S., between trains bringing back 70 cavalry who had been engaged in the…
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