The Fatality at the Proprietary. The Inquest
AN inquest was held this afternoon on the body of Edward Degenhardt, who met his death in the Proprietory mine last night. The Coroner (Mr. Makinson, P.M.) presided…
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Accidents, 1897
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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] a Drag Accident. Mrs. Silas Harding Killed. Several Others Injured. MELBOURNE
A sensational accident occurred on Saturday afternoon at Devon Park, Dunkeld, in the Western district of the colony, resulting in the death of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Drowned While Bathing. AUCKLAND
Two sisters named Sayers have been drowned whilst bathing at Foxton. A girl named Coulson has also been drowned while bathing at Wairarapa…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Injured by an Explosion. SYDNEY
A very painful accident has occurred at the excavation works at the Sydney Harbor Collieries property at Balmain. Robert Travers was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Fatal Street Fight. Killed by an Accidental Blow. MELBOURNE
Martin Kelly, aged 59, a widower with four children, has died from injuries received in King street during the progress of a street fight on New…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Shocking Drowning Fatality. Three Brothers the Victims. SYDNEY
Two little boys named Kerslake brothers, aged 10 and 8 years respectively, were bathing in a waterhole at Enfield, when they got out beyond…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Mining Accident. SYDNEY
Henry Atkins, a working miner at the East Greta Colliery, was removing some tops, when a fall of earth occurred. One leg and several ribs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Fatal Accident
THE old man Harry Williams, who, as previously reported in the MINER, was thrown out of a cart in Crystal-street yesterday afternoon, died this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Accident at the Proprietary. An Enginedriver Injured
Yesterday afternoon an enginedriver named J. Rooney, who has for about three years past been looking after the pumps at Dickenson shaft,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatality in Crystal-st. The Inquest
AN inquest was held to-day before the Coroner (Mr. Makinson, P.M.) on the body of Henry Williams, who was cast off a cart in Crystal-street on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shooting Fatality: A Boy Killed by his Sister. BRISBANE
A St. George telegram reports that a boy named Bertie Johnson was shooting at bower birds in a garden, and after shooting a bird he handed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Street Accident. BRISBANE
A horse and waggonette bolted in Jane-street, and ran into Brunswickstreet, where Mrs. Roche was standing on the footpath with two children…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Boy Accidentally Shot. SYDNEY
Some boys were playing with a revolver last night in Redfern and discharged it. The bullet struck and penetrated the head of James…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] a Supposed Suicide. SYDNEY
The body of an unknown elderly man has been found in the Gore Hill Cemetery with a revolver lying by his side. It is supposed to be a case of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Lift Fatality. SYDNEY
Joseph Leeds, an auctioneer and stock and station agent, a married man with a family, through some unknown cause fell from a lift at his business premises and was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blasting Accident at Balmain. SYDNEY
A workman named Anthony Sterling was tamping a blast at the sewerage works, Balmain, when the blast suddenly exploded. The tamper struck Sterling in the throat,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Mining Accident. SYDNEY
Albert Goodwin, a miner at the Eleanora mine, Hillgrove, was in a bucket being hauled to the surface when a couple of the skids became loose and fell a distance of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] a Society Cyclist's Suicide. MELBOURNE
Charles Herbert Eckerstein, a professional cyclist who taught society ladies to ride and to perform the bicycle quadrilles, and who on the occasion of a recent "blue" case…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Accident at Wallaroo. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Thursday Afternoon
Another fatality occurred at the Wallaroo Mines this morning through which John Warren was killed. The deceased was working with his son and another man at a stope when…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bathing Fatality. Sydney
Three brothers named Kerslake, aged 8, 10 and 14 years respectively, were drowned whilst bathing in a waterhole at Enfield yesterday…
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