Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] a Painfully Sudden Death. SYDNEY
Thomas Marsden, aged 60, a member of the Goulburn Land Board, was returning to his home from a Federation meeting, when he fell. He called…
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Accidents, 1897
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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Killed by Trains. SYDNEY
John Garner, while shunting at Orange, was run over by a train and killed. BRISBANE, Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident to Lord Brassey. Thrown from his Horse. Serious Injuries. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
Lord Braesey, Governor of Victoria, met with an accident last night which has had serions results. While riding out with a Government…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Extraordinary Case. a Woman Drowned in a Tab of Water. The Husband Arrested on suspicion. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
An extraordinary case is now engaging the attention of the detective police at Bendigo, who have made such progress in dearing up a mystery…
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The racehorse Newhaven fell heavily while exercising at Flemington on Saturday, but does not appear to suffer any ill effects…
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Owing to his horse falling with him, Lord Brassey sustained a broken collar-bone…
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A White was out duck shooting at Lsfroy when part of his side was blown away through the accidental explosion of his gun. He was bleeding,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Found Dead in the Bush. SYDNEY
The body of an unknown man apparently about 70 years of age, has been found near Wandary Station in an advanced state of decomposition…
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Just before noon it was reported to the Police that the decomposed body of an unknown man had been found in a deep trench on the South Junction mine…
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A miner named John Pendallwick has been admitted to the Hospital suffering from injuries received owing to a fall of earth in the British mine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Fatal Effect of Whisky-drinking. Sudden Death of a Youth. MELBOURNE
Michael Keys, aged 19, went out with a party of young men of Ballarat on a fishing excursion yesterday. They drank a lot of whisky, and Keys…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mysterious Death. Murder, Suicide, or Accident? The Post Mortem
THE identity of the man whose body was found in the Junction South shaft on Saturday is still wrapped in mystery, and the queer surroundings of the…
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THIS morning, while working in one of the stopes at the 675ft. level of the Junction mine, a miner named W. Williams fell through two or three…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Alleged Illegal Operation. ADELAIDE
A young woman named Jessie Cass, who had been living at Port Pirie, came to the city recently, and went to the house of a Mrs Hillier, who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] The Port Augusta Drowning Case
The inquest on Mr. Donaldson, late S. M. of Port Augusta, resulted in a verdict that deceased came to his death by drowning while of unsound…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Gilded West. Serious Explosion at Kanowna. One Man Killed. Three ex-Bamerites Injured
MR. F. A. CHAPPLE, writing to Mr. H. G. Nell, of Broken Hill, mentions a serious and peculiar explosion that occurred just before the mail left Kalgoorlie. He writes:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Barque Vallalta. An Awful Night on the West Australian Coast. Captain and Some of the Crew Drowned. [By Telegraph.] Perth, Tuesday Night
Some particulars have just come in of the wreck of the barque Vallalta and the drowning of the captain and some members of the crew. At…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Gilded West. serious Explosion at Kanowna. One Man Killed. Three ex-Barrierites Injured
MR. F. A. CHAPPLE, writing to Mr. H. S. Nell, of Broken Bill, mentions a serious and peculiar explosion that occurred just before the mail left Kalgoorlie. He writes:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By TELEGRAPH.] Killed by a Pick Stroke. SYDNEY
David Hitchcock, laborer, employed by the Wallsend municipal council, was employed along with two youths named Beedon and Knight. The youths were picking down…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Drowning of a Cingalese. SYDNEY
A Cingalese hawker was chased on the Barwon (or Upper Darling) River by a number of aboriginals, and either fell into the river or was pushed in by…
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