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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents
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William Clarke, an old man of 80, living alone in a house at Bourke, has had a narrow escape from being burned co death. The house took fire,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A terrible experience has been undergone by a miner named James Woods, who met with an accident outside Orbost, on the Snowy River, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The coroner has held an inquest at the Adelaide Hospital touching the death of a jockey named Charles Ohlsen, who died at the institution…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →There was a warm scene in the Assembly last evening during the discussion on the suppression of betting raised by Mr. Crick on a motion for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →James M'Fadden, aged 43, a miner, was working alone in a rise from an intermediate drive, when he became dizzy, fell down a pass, and was badly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. C. H. Rogers, of Tregothnan, has been killed at Jericho. Messrs. Page, Taylor, Langdridge, and the deceased left Oatlands in an American…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A VERY serious accident happened at the open cut in Block ll of the Proprietary mine this afternoon. Tim Ryan, one of the workmen, was at his usual occupation, when…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE inquest on James Taylor, who was killed on Block ll of the Proprietary mine last night, was formally opened at the courthouse this afternoon before the Coroner…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE police received this afternoon a brief wire from Tarrawingee, stating that a blasting accident had occurred at the Tarrawingee flux quarry, by which one man was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another terrible accident happened this morning on Block ll—in the chloridising works this time. A youth named Eiffe, about 16 years of age, was working on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A magisterial inquiry was held by Mr E. O'Donnell, J.P., on Thursday last, touching the circumstances attending the death of a lad named Ellicott, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tim Ryan, the workman who had his legs crushed in Smith's open cut, Block'll, yesterday afternoon, was this morning, the Hospital authorities reported, in an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A frightful accident happened in Harry's open cut at Block ll of the Proprietary Mine last evening shortly after 7 o'clock. James Taylor waa the unfortunate victim…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alexander M'Kenzie, aged 42, of Gladstone, a director and large shareholder in the Portland Gold Mining Company, was descending the shaft of the mine by a bucket…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE lad Eiffe's injuries as anticipated are serious, the right arm being so torn and fractured that it has had to be amputated. The back and side are also severely lacerated,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BOTH Kennedy, the victim of this day's accident at Tarrawlngee, and Sawyer, the injured man, appear to be unmarried. Kennedy has relations at Newtown, near…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE inquest on James Taylor, who was killed on Block 11 of the Proprietary mine last night, was formally opened at the courthouse this afternoon before the Coroner…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →THE police received this afternoon a brief wire from Tarrawingee, stating that a blasting accident had occurred at the Tarrawingee flux quarry, by which one man was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →HARRY SAWYER, who was injured in the blasting accident at the Tarrawingee flax quarries on Saturdays, died during the night. The coroner,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE lad Eiffe's injuries as anticipated are serious, the right arm being so torn and fractured that it has had to be amputated. The back and side are also severely lacerated,…
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