Accident at Junction South
ROBERT JOHNSON, working at the main Shaft of the Junction South mine, met with a severe accident this morning by an explosion of dynamite. Johnson was…
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Accidents, 1892
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Fatal Mining Accident. [By Teligraph.] Milbourne
A fatal accident occurred at the South New Moon mine, Eaglehawk, yesterday. Four men fired several shots, and one ton more of ground than was expected came…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fearful Railway Collision. London
A terrible collision has occurred between passenger trains at Aladdin, Illinois, U.S.A. The collision was caused by a fog. Some of the cars caught fire,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →General Cable News Maritime Collision. London
The four-mas[?]td barque, Mashona, 2350 tons, bound from Cardiff to Port Pirie, South Australia, came into collision with the iron screw steamer,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Marine Disaster. Four Hundred Persons Drowned. [By Cable.] London, Wednesday Evening
Intelligence has been received from Pekin of a terrible marine disaster on the Chinese coast. A heavily-laden steamer, conveying passengers between Nanchew…
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IT was reported in town to-day that Miss Hodge, who is at present on a visit to Mrs. Langdon, wife of the manager of the Broken Hill Extended mine, met with a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Sensational Mishap. Serious Accident to a lady. 100 Dynamite Caps Explode
IN the second edition of the MINER last night some hurriedly-derived particulars were given of an accident which occurred on the Broken Hill Extended leasehold…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Cable News. Collision Between Petroleum Trains. London
In consequence of a collision between two petroleum trains, at Tiflis, in TransCaucasian Russia, tbe cars took fire, and six persons were burned to death…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Jockeys Injured. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
There was a very serions accident at a race meeting held at Parkes yesterday afternoon. Jupiter, who was in a good position in a big event, came down,…
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A LAD named Martin Brysky, about 14 years of age, was engaged carting water to North Broken Hill last evening, when, in some way, he managed to fall under the…
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A SERIOUS accident happened yesterday to a man named W. Farrell, an employee of Mr. James Kerin, contractor. Farrell had charge of the stables near the railway…
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As Mr. Purcell, captain of the Stephen's Creek team of South Australians now engaged in the tug-of-war at the Skating Rink, was proceeding to the waterworks…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident at the Globe Mine
ON Tuesday afternoon an accident of a very serious nature happened at the Globe Consols mine, near Bound Hill. It appeals that the sinking of a shaft on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocking Blasting Fatality. One Man Killed and Two Dying
A SHOCKING blasting accident happened at the Tarrawingee flux quarries this morning, resulting in the death of one quarryman and in four other being so…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Accident. Explosion at Tarrawingee. Five Men Blown Up. One Dead
INFORMATION reached Broken Hill this afternoon from Tarrawingee that another very serious accident had occurred there earlier in the day. An explosion took…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Tarrawingee Disaster. The State of the Injured
PRACTICALLY no new particulars beyond those which were published in yesterday evening's second edition have come to light regarding the disastrous explosion…
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FLORRIE HENSON, 14 years of age, who has been residing at Cockburn, was admitted to the Broken Hill hospital this afternoon suffering from veay severe…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Blasting Accident the Inquest. Searching Examination by the Miners' Official
THE inquest on the bodies of Thomas Morris end George Gondosici, victims of the Tarrawingee accident, was opened as the Mayflower Hotel this afternoon,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Tarawingee Accident. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
In the Assembly last night, Mr. Farnell, without notice, asked Mr. Dibbs if he had read the account of the explosion at Tarrawingee. This company, he said,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Accident at Block 11. Killed by an Explosion
A VERY serious accident occurred at Block 11, on the Proprietary mine, early this morning. It appears that fire holes had been put in, and were about to be…
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