Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
John Smith, an unmarried selector at Girilambone, has been burned to death in his house, which was also destroyed…
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Accidents, 1896
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Fall of an Aerolite. Consternation in Madrid. Collapse of Buildings. Many Persons Injured. [By Cable.] London
Great consternation has been caused in Madrid, the capital of Spain, by the fall of an aerolite or shooting star. The occurrence was ushered in by a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sad Drownlng Accident. Three Lives Lost. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
A shocking calamity occurred at Casterton, in the Western district, yesterday evening. The 11-year old daughter of Alfred Gilpin, a laborer,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Catastrophe at Brisbane. Latest Details. Further List of the Saved and Drowned. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
Details of the Brisbane catastrophe are eagerly sought here. General expressions of sympathy are heard. BRISBANE, Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Rainfall. Heavy Falls at Bourke and Ford's Bridge. Washaways on the Railway Line. Sheep Drowned in Thousands. Sydney
Reports from Bourke state that 6 inches of rain have fallen there during the past 48 hours, and there are no indications of a cessation. A special…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →3rd Edition Miner Office, 6 p.m. Latest Cable News. Serious Railway Collision. LONDON, Sunday Evening
Two trains came into collision at Brussels, in Belguim, during a dense fog. Twenty-eight of the passengers were seriously injured…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Narrow Escape from Another Disaster. A Ferry Boat Capsized in the River. One Drowned. BRISBANE, Sunday Evening
A narrow escape from another serions disaster in the river was experienced to-day. As a ferry boat with 10 persons on board was crossing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mount Gipps Fatality. The Magisterial Inquiry
THE Coroner (Mr. A. N. Barnett) conducted a magisterial inquiry at the Mount Gipps homestead yesterday afternoon into the death of Thomas…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Cable News. Serious Railway Collision. LONDON, Sunday Evening
Two trains came into collision at Brussels, in Belguim, during a dense fog. Twenty-eight of the passengers were seriously injured…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Drowned in the Murray. Three Sisters the Victims. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
Three sisters named [?]leys, aged 19, 16, and 10 respectively, were bathing in company with others in the Murray River at Easton, when they…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Ferry-boat Fatality Brisbane
At Maryborough yesterday, a ferryboat containing ten persons was crossing the river when it caught the piles of the bridge and capsized. A strong…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bathing Fatality in the Murray. Sydney
Three sisters named Ilsley, aged respectively 19,16 and 10 years, were drowned whilst bathing in the Murray near Euston…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drowned in the Murray. Three Sisters the Victims. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
Three sisters named Haleys, aged 19, 16, and 10 respectively, were bathing in company with others in the Murray River at Easton, when they…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accident to a Sydney Medico. Sydney
Dr. McDonagh sustained severe injuries at the Royal Hotel on Saturday night through an accident, his leg being badly crushed. He narrowly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Accident in Belgium. Twenty-eight Persons Seriously Injueed. London, February 17
A collision occurred between two trains in Belgium, resulting in 28 of the passengers being seriously injured…
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AN elderly man named James Jones has been under the treatment of Dr. Groves for a fortnight past, suffering from the effocts of an accident with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sad Drowning Accident. Three Boys the Victims. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
Frederick Whitely, aged ll; Herbert Whitely, aged 8; and John Hayes, aged ll, went bathing in the river at Oberon. The water was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trap Accident
A TRAP accident occurred shortly after 3 o'clock this afternoon in the lane alongside the MINER office. The horse in a trap belonging to Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colliery Accident. LONDON
A fatal accident has accurred in a colliery at Leigh, in Lancashire. Several miners were being lowered, when the rope broke and the cage and its occupants were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide
A Chinaman dropped dead in Handle-street yesterday. A son of Mr.. John Darby,the secretary of the Marine Board, aged 16,…
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