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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents
193 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 10
An accident from agunpowder explosion at Baker's Creek occurred on Tuesday. Tom Brown and Patrick Reed were working in a stope between Barnslield and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A case of drowning occurred on the Lower Hawkesbury on Saturday afternoon. Clara Miller, 18 years, a teacher of Lower Hawkesbury Provisional School,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A serious accident occurred yesterday at Ballarat to a party of mourners attending the funeral of Mr. Dineen, an old resident, in a drag, when the horses…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →John Lambert and Antonio Labrovitch were rowing in the Yarra on Saturday evening, and attempted to get between the Elingamite and Despatch, when the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Mount M'Donald men are still at the scene of the accident. They took down the air-fan, and the miners are just giving up hopes on account of the bad air…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The police have solved the mystery of the shooting of Mr. Robertson in a train at South Yarra, on Friday. It appears that some boys were shooting at the fence…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A young lady named Loftus, teacher in the public school here, met her death by drowning in the Bogan on Tuesday night. She and a lady companion walked…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Joseph Sherd met with a dreadful accident yesterday at Kembla. While undermining coal a quantity suddenly came away, breaking his wrist and thigh…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. and Mrs. Richards had a narrow escape on Wednesday afternoon. They were driving a pair of horses when a portion of the ironwork on the pole gave way and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News was received on Saturday of the wreck and loss of the Helena Davies on the Nambucca bar during a heavy sea. Captain Hackman, the cook, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON Saturday afternoon a man named Augustus Blaker was seriously injured at the Proprietary mine. It appears that while crossing the tramline near the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A severe gun accident has happened to Frank Carden, employed at Tulcumbah station. When loading a rifle the cartridge exploded, severely injuring his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Annie Lambourn, aged 16, of Casterton, in the Western District, while running at the back of a house yesterday fell. Her windpipe struck a log and death resulted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alexander Govan, aged 19, and Thomas Cole, 26, were blown up in the Britannia mine, Ballarat East, yesterday, by the explosion of a can of powder, and badly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ANOTHER instance of the danger arising from mere children being placed in charge of horses occurred this forenoon near the Masonic Hotel. A little fellow named…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ALFRED POLGREEN, aged 21, met with an accident at the North mine about 12o'clock last night, whilst engaged assisting at drill work in the main shaft, and he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MESSRS. Harper and Bristowe, of the Proprietary mine, were thrown out of a buggy on Saturday afternoon when crossing the reserve near the Duke of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The balance-sheet of the Victorian Minings Accident Fund shows that up to December 31, during 12 months, £962 had been expended in allowances to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Accident occured at the Consols mine last night, and while deploring the unfortunate occurrence, and expressing the deepest commiseration for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News has been received of extensive and devastating floods in Arizona, a south-western State of the United States. The township of Yuma was…
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