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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents
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A very destructive cyclone has visited the province of Bengal, in India, doing great damage. The wind struck a number of vessels which were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A very destructive cyclone has visited the province of Bengal, in India, doing great damage. The wind struck a number of vessels which were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A REMARKABLE escape from a terrible accident is stated to have happened at the big mine a few days ago, at the very shaft at which the fatal accident…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A man, whose name is at present unknown, was killed and fearfully mangled at the Eveleigh junction, on the railway line, last night. It seems…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IT was briefly reported in a late edition of last evening's MINER that a cage accident had occurred in Jamieson's shaft at the Proprietary, through…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A serious boiler explosion occurred at Andrews' flour mills, Rylstone, to-day, resulting in the death of Mrs. Purves. "William Abbott, a fireman,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Hon. W. A. Robinson, M.L.C., the labor member who so triumphantly defeated his two Conservative opponents at the recent election for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A boating fatality involving the loss of seven lives occurred in Botany Bay yesterday afternoon, a fishing sailing boat, containing James…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A PAINFUL accident happened to a young man named Samuel Brown at the Mutooroo station on Thursday. He was in the employ of a dam…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A sad fatality occurred at Stepney on Saturday afternoon, when Leo Howard Bowen, a lad of 14 years, the son of Mr. Frederick Bowen, jeweller,,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An inquest on the Botany boating fatality was held to-day. George Turner, brickmaker, identified his brothers, and deposed that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An inquest on the Botany boating fatality was held to-day. George Turner, brickmaker, identified his brothers, and deposed that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →This morning a collision occurred out in the harbor between the Government steamer Ajax and two schooners, the Advance and the Annie. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—When the above fund was started by the mine managers it was well known amongst us that if we did not join we would have our "time";…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A CORRESPONDENT voices a pretty general opinion when he suggests that the regulations of the Mines Sick and Accident Fund might be considerably…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This morning a collision occurred out in the harbor between the Government steamer Ajax and two schooners, the Advance and the Annie. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Between 7 and 8 o'clock last night the steamer Tamai, loaded with coal from Newcastle, was coming up the harbor when she collided with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SEVERAL minor accidents have been reported at the mines this week, and to-day they culminated in a fatal accident at the British. The victim…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MR. A. N BARNETT, coroner, c[?]nducted a magisterial inquiry at the courthouse this afternoon into the circumstances connected with the death,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Further particulars concerning the collapse of Ford's Theatre, Washington, U.S.A. — a brief announcement of which was cabled last evening—have…
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