Serious Shooting Accident
A VERY serious gunshot accident, the result of that carelessness with firearms unfortunately too common, occurred about 6 o'clock yesterday morning, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents
Accidents, 1892
164 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 3 of 9
Powder Explosion. Two Men Blown to Pieces. Four Injured. (By Telegraph. Melbourne
A fatal explosion of powder occurred last evening, at the works of the Australian Explosives Co., at Braybrook, just beyond Footscray, on the Saltwater River. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident at Balaclava. Two Seriouly Mart
JUST after 3 o'clock this afternoon a man and a youth, who had been injured, seriously it is believed, by a fall of earth at the Balaclava quarries, were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident at the "Miner" Office
AN accident happened in the engine-room of the BARRIER MINER office this afternoon, which, besides inflicting very painful injury to Mr. W. Mounsey, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sad Shooting Accident. [By Telegraph] Sydney
William Campbell, aged 27, a selector at Burra Burra, was ont shooting yesterday. He wounded a kangaroo and raised his rifle and hit the animal on the head…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coach Accident
AN accident happened to Cobb and Co.'s coach, running between Broken Hill and Milparinka, on its last trip down, which, though fortunately unaccompanied…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident at Wilcannia. Serious Injuries to a Jockey. [By Telegraph.] Wilcannia
As reported yesterday evening, Curiosity won the Hurdles (2 miles); Jane Oliver, 2; and Water Lily, 3; at the W. T. C.'s second day's meeting. Curiosity led from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drowned in the Darling. [By Telegraph.] Wilcannia
A man named Daniel Heydon, aged 39 years, has been found drowned by an aboriginal working at Mount Murchison station, River Darling. Mr. Rogerson,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Saturday's Randwick Accidents. SYDNEY
Following are found to be the injuries sustained by the various jockeys who met with accidents at the A. J. C. Meeting at Randwick on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Train Collision. Further Particulars. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Tuesday (3 p.m.)
Following is the text of a message just to hand from Tenterfield:—"A serious railway accident occurred on the Sydney-Brisbane trunk line at an early hour this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Collision. Further Particulars. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Tuesday (7 p.m.)
Further particulars of the disastrous railway accident near Tenterfield this morning are now to hand. It appears that four trains were engaged in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Great Railway Accident. a Train Smashed to Pieces. Nine Passengers Killed. Three More Not Expected to Live. Nine Others Terribly Injured. On the Bourke Line. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
It is a byword amongst many railway men of the colonies that disasters on the lines never occur singly. They run in threes, they say. Yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Names of the Killed. And of the Injured. Heartrending Scenes. Judge Docker a Passenger. [From a Special Correspondent.] Bathurst
This morning a special train arrived here bringing the passengers who were injured in the accident which happened on the Western line at an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Train Collision. Driver and Guard Committed. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
The inquest on the body of Archie Banks, who was killed in the collision of two special trains conveying Sells' circus near Tenterfield on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Great Railway Accident. The Latest Particulars. How the Accident Happened. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
The train to which the terrible accident happened yesterday, resuiting, as then imported, in the death of nine passengers and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Inquest. The Cause of the Accident. BATHUBST
The inquest on the victims was continued throughout the afternoon. Arthur Cassidy was a fellow-passenger with Doig, Dishington, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bound Hill Fatality
AN inquest was held by Mr. R. B. Pell, coroner, at Ronnd Hill to day, on the body of Samuel Jones, a carpenter, who met his death at Round Hill mine…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Mining Accident. One Miner Killed, Four Injured. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
A telegram from Carcoar states that a serious accident occurred yesterday afternoon at the Carcoar cobalt mine. It Appears that eight miners were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Mine Accident
A MAX named William Jones, a carpenter, employed at the Round Hill mine, fell down one of the shafts on the property yesterday for a distance of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mail Coach Accident. Horses Bolt Into a River. A Woman and Child Drowned. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
An accident to the mail coach from Dungog to Morpheth, attended with fatal results, is reported. Nearing Hinton, the horses took fright and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →