A Bolting Fatality. SYDNEY
William Martin, aged 30, was driving a van on the Parramatta road, when the horse took fright, bolted, and ran the van into a lamppost. Martin…
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Accidents, 1897
873 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 3 of 44
Accidents and Fatalities. Injured in a "Push" Disturbance. SYDNEY
During a "push" disturbance in Goulburn-street on Saturday night three of the combatants were injured. They had to be taken to the hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yachting Fatality on the Tamar. LAUNCESTON, Sunday Evening
A lad named Adam Smith was one of a party of six who went out in a yacht on the Tamar River. A squall capsized the yacht. All were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serions Barning Accident. HOBART, Sunday Evening
Ethel Cotton, a girl of 6, made a fire in the back yard of her honse, and was playing near it when her drefs caught. She rushed into the honse, and her…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Fatality at Wallaroo
The death on January 13 at the Wallaroo mines of Robert Rangen affords an illustration of how careful miners need to be At the inquest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Fatal Collision with a Blind Horse. SYDNEY
William Wakelin was on Sunday catching a one-eyed horse at his place, near Mudgee, with the intention of riding in to assist at the Salvation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Kicked to Death. SYDNEY
Edward Beasley, aged 8 years, residing at Lucknow, was driving in the cows. He was on horseback, and in putting the animal over a ditch the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] The Eleanora Mine Accident. Verdict of the Jury. SYDNEY
The verdict of the coroner's jury as the inquest on Goodwin was that the deceased died from shock, due to injuries caused by the fall of a skid…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Injured in a Disturbance. The Victim in a Critical State. SYDNEY
Last night, during a disturbance at Circular Quay, Henry Gruhl, a tinsmith, was thrown down and jumped upon. He was picked np unconscious…
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A SERIOUS accident happened this morning at the Central mine to a young man named Samuel Gunter, Gunter was only taken on at the mine from this morning, having been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Bolting Accident MELBOURNE
Miss Magan Rees, of Ballarat, was thrown out of a buggy yesterday and killed. Miss Roberts, a friend, who accompanied her, was also severely…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
A fatality attended an experiment made at Dawes Point yesterday afternoon with a new description of diving dress and a new method of supplying air. The diver in this…
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A MINER named Thomas Daley, aged 32, was admitted to the Hospital this afternoon, suffering from serious injuries to the leg, sustained in an accident at the Central…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Death After a Drinking Bout. ADELAIDE
William Anderson was found dead near a heap of wood at Prospect on Sunday. He was drunk on Saturday night, and was taken in hand by two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Buggy Accident in Tasmania. HOBART
A buggy accident, caused by a horse bolting at Newtown, did serious injury to a daughter of Archdeacon Whitington. The other occupants of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Bathing Fatality. SYDNEY
Frederick Curtis, assistant-purser of the steamer Waihora, was bathing in the Natatorium last night, when he was noticed to sink. He was speedily…
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Samuel Gunter, who had such a serious fall at the Central mine last week, was slightly better when inquiry was made at the Hospital this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Another Sewerage Explosion. SYDNEY
John Fyfe, aged 40, a married man, with six children, was packing a shot ready for firing at the sewerage works, Balmain, when an explosion occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →General Cable News. a Collision of Marine Monsters. LONDON
A collision has occurred off Dungeness between the Blenheim, warship, and the five-masted steel ship France. A very serious disaster…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Painful Gun Accident
THE St. George Standard of the 15th instant supplies the following particulars of the fatal shooting accident at Moore Park, St. George, and briefly…
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