Blasting Accident at Balmain. SYDNEY
George Batcher, who is employed in the Sewerage Works, Balmain, was blasting when he bad his hand smashed…
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Accidents, 1897
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Accidents and Fatalities. [By TELEGRAPH.] Suicide Through Despondency. SYDNEY
Carl Moller, aged 50, a retired railway engine fitter io comfortable circamstancss, has committed suicide through despondency…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Peculiar Accident to an Enginedriver. SYDNEY
Frederick Elliott, driver of a Western goods train, was exchanging staffs at Wentworth Falls station when his head struck a verandah post. He…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Railway Accident at Glenelg. ADELAIDE
At Glenelg yesterday Annie Brady, aged 17, was run over by a train. Her leg was badly crushed, and had to be amputated, and she died after the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Fatal Lift Accident. SYDNEY
Alfred Cook, aged 69, storeman at a floor mill at Pyrmont, has been killed in a lift through the steel rope breaking…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Fisherman Drowned. MELBOURNE
A fisherman named Frank Carrow has been drowned by the capsizing of his boat in Stanhope Bay, near Warrnambool. His brother Herbert reached the shore after a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] a Peculiar Death. SYDNEY
William Rowley, who occupied a room in a cottage at North Sydney, has been found hanging by the right foot outside the room. He had apparently been dead for some…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident in the Cricket Field. ADELAIDE
Mr. Winnall, solicitor, of the Borra, was playing in a cricket match when he received a blow which broke the bone of his nose; bot no permanent disfigurement is probable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowned in a Waterhole. Three Victims. MELBOURNE
A sad case of drowning is reported from Dandenong, the victims being James Holland (railway line repairer), his son, and another boy named…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Railway Accident. ADELAIDE
On Saturday Robert Wilson was run over by a train at the Southern Junetion railway yard while engaged in painting the interlocking gear. He…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Sudden Death at a Salvation Meeting. SYDNEY
An elderly man named Hill expired suddenly while attending a meeting at the Salvation Army barracks at Auburn yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cab Accident at the South. A Child Narrowly Escapes Injury
Isen, or Ike Conniff, is a cabdriver plying to and from South Town, where he resides. Last night, Shortly after 9 o'clock, he was in the Prince Consort…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] In Death Not Divided. A Traveller and his Dog. SYDNEY
A blacksmith, named Schroeder, travelling, has been found dead on the road between Golgol and Woolpagaria, in the south-western district,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Extraordinary Accident. SYDNEY
A Hearne was walking with his little son on the footpath near the City Mills at Goulburn. Fearing a restive horse that was coming prancing along…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bathing Fatality. Melbourne
James Holland, his son, and a boy named Lee were all drowned while bathing in a waterhole at Dandonong on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Found Drowned. HOBART
The body of Francis Newth, a chemist, of Sydney, has been found in Bellerine Harbor. The inquest showed that deceased had been treated for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Mangled by a Train. MELBOURNE
Thomas Coghlan, a shunter, of Geelong, who had been married only 10 months, was mangled by a train at Geelong last evening. He foolishly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. Deaths in the Bush
Intelligence has reached Wentworth (according to the local Federal Standard) that two men have been found dead in the bush, having, it is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Serious Lift Accident. SYDNEY
Last night, at the Hotel Arcadia, the night porter ascended by the life to the top floor, conveying some luggage. Having alighted, he sent the lift down. A waiter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident at the Proprietary
A miner named Thomas Uren, an aged man, met with an accident this morning, at between 7 and 8 o'clock, in M'Gregor's shaft, at the Proprietary mine. Ur-n was…
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