Accident at the Proprietary. a Bridge Collapses. Trucks Precipitated Twenty Feet
AN accident of an extraordinary and uncommon nature happened on the Proprietary mine workings on Saturday. A bridge collapsed, or broke, a…
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Accidents, 1897
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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Fatal Racing Accident. The Jockey Gardiner Killed. SYDNEY
The well-known jockey Gardiner, who has ridden Newhaven successfully in so many of his engagements, was killed on Saturday. He was riding…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trap Accident. The Municipal Overseer Injured
MR. GEORGE PATTERSON, overeeer of works in the employ of the City Council, while out driving this morning in a sulky, met with a serious accident…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Monday Afternoon
A miller named Randell, aged 66, met with a horrible death to-day. He was working at the Swan Hill Milling Company's works fixing a belt on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Collision. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Wednesday Afternoon
A railway accident occurred at Jolimont to-day, when a passenger train from Oakleigh collided with a pilot engine. Fortunately, nobody…
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A train from Masterton to Wellington because derailed, and the cars were overturned. Many of the passengers narrowly escaped injury…
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THE accident to Mr. George Patterson, municipal overseer of works, has resulted, as suspected, in a broken collarbone. He will be absent from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Fatal Trap Accident. SYDNEY
Dr. Long, of Wagga, who had been professionally visiting Mangoplah station, was killed while driving home. He was found dead on the road. His…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Child Drowned. MELBOURNE
Edward Chaffey, the youngest son of the Mildara man, was drowned at his father's residence yesterday. The little fellow, who was just able to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Collision. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Wednesday Afternoon
A railway accident occurred at Jolimont to-day, when a passenger train from Oakleigh collided with a pilot engine. Fortunately, nobody…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The following appeared in our late editions yesterday:— Panic in Paris. Thirty Killed and One Hundred Injured. [By Cable.] London, Tuesday Evening
During a panic at a charity bazaar in Paris 30 people were killed and 100 injured. Eighteen hundred of the elite of Parisian Society were present,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Cable.] Suicide of an Australian in London. LONDON
Alfred Joseph Johnson, an Australian draftsman employed, in the Admiralty Department, has committed suicide by shooting himself with a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident at Tarrawingee
A MAN named Frederick Williamson, while working in the flax quarries at Tarrawingee, this morning had his leg badly smashed. About 5ewt. of stone…
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THE condition of Thomas Allis[?]n, the man injured at the Proprietary mine this morning, was reported to be very serious this afternoon…
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AT the Proprietary mine this morning about 2 o'clock, a man named Thomas Allison met with a serious accident. He was wheeling an empty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Found Dead. Murder or Accident? [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Friday Afternoon
Frederick Buchan, aged 31, a baker's driver, was found in a gutter at Caulfield last night with a fractured skull. He died to-day. It is either a case of murder or…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Fatal Mining Accident. Entombed by a Fall of Earth. MELBOURNE
A serious mining accident has occurred at the Argo alluvial claim, Tallangatta. A miner named Pomeroy and J. Richards, the the manager, were inspecting the ground at…
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Of the two men who sustained injuries to the back by falls in the Proprietary mine yesterday, and who were removed to the Hospital, Thomas Allison is reported to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Tarrawingee Accident. Death of Williamson. The Inquest
Frederick Williamson, the man whose foot was so badly crushed by a fall of stone at Tarrawingee, and who was brought into the Hospital, as reported in yesterday's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Playing with Dynamite Caps. A Child Fearfully Injured. SYDNEY
A child named Beatrice Wilson, of Stockton, has been injured through the explosion of a dynamite cap with which she was playing. She was…
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