A. W. A. Mine Flooded. Three Men Drowned
A PERTH message received in Adelaide yesterday reports that the New Chum mine, Mount Magnet, was flooded during the recent rains and three men were drowned…
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Accidents, 1896
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Explosion on a Steamer. Forty of the Crew Drowned. London, March 18
The British steamer Matadi has been destroyed in the Congo Free State by an explosion of powder. As a result, 40 of the crew were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boating Fatality. Three Men Drowned. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Saturday Evening
Messrs. Griffiths, chief officer; Mathieson, second officer; and Dunck, A.B., of the Government steamer Lady Loch, put off in a boat to land stores at Blanket Bay, near…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A. W. A. Mine Flooded. Three Men Drowned
A PERTH message received in Adelaide yesterday reports that the New Chum mine, Mount Magnet, was flooded during the recent rains and three men were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
A terrible accident has ocourred at the Occidental mine. The men were blasting and cutting near the surface and put in a charge of powder, when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boating Accident on the Swan River. Harrow Escape from Drowning of Mr and Mrs. H. C. Armstrong, late of Wilcannia
The following particulars of the boating accident on the Swan River, W.A., some few weeks ago, are taken from a Perth paper. It will be seen that our late residents, Mr. and Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Accident at Cobar. Two Men Killed. Cobar
A terrible blasting accident occurred at the Groat Cobar mine on Saturday afternoon, resulting in two men named Mitchell and Dunford being killed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fearful Railway Fatality. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday Afternoon
Adam Dick, a railway fettler, was taking Mrs. Davey, a nurce, from Albury last night upon a railway tricycle to attend his wife, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fearful Railway Fatality. [By Telegraph] Sydney, Thursday Afternoon
Adam Dick, a railway fettler, was taking Mrs. Davey, a nurse, from Albury last night upon a railway tricycle to attend his wife, and was…
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A boat containing four men sank off Port Henry yesterday. All the occupants were drowned. Their names have not yet been ascertained…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Building Fatality. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Afternoon
The inquest on Henry Druitt, who fell from the scaffolding of a building in Pitt-street and was killed, resulted in a verdict of accidental death, partly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accidents and Fatalities. Some Horrible Cases. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
The Kiama volunteers were practising with the Nordenfeldts on Saturday afternoon near Blowhole Point, and Albert Williams, a boy of 10,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Building Fatality. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Afternoon
The inquest on Henry Druitt, who fell from the scaffolding of a building in Pitt-street and was killed, resulted in a verdict of accidental death, partly…
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C. BERRIDGE, a well-known member of the Fire Brigade, met with a painful accident at Block 10 to-day. His band became entanged in the…
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THE man who had his leg broken on the Big mine this afternoon proves to be frederick Ralph, a well known resident of Eyre-street North, South…
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THE man who had his leg broken on the Big mine this afternoon proves to be Frederick Ralph, a well-known resident of Eyre-street North, South…
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AN operation has been performed at the Hospital on Charles Berridge, who met with an accident at Block 10 the other day through his hand getting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boating Fatality at Port Augusta. Adelaide
A boating accident occurred at Port Augusta yesterday, resulting in Walter Evana, Edward Addison and Charles Addison being drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Awful Shooting Accident. The Victim's Condition Hopeless. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
A party, consisting of Thomas Dolphin, M'Kirdie, Arthur Brown, William Freeman, Henry Smith, Charles Snowden, James Jose, William Kelton, and John Bloomfield, were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Accident List. Four Fatalities. SYDNEY
The usnal accidents are reported after the holidays. A son of Mr. Barnett, governor of the Parramatta Gaol, was drowned…
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