A Trap Precipitated into a River. Three Drowned AUCKLAND
The wife of a settler named Hope, residing at Hutt, and her stepdaughter and child have been found drowned in the river. Mrs. Hope had driven her husband to the…
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Accidents, 1897
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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Dynamite Explosion at Kalgoorlie. Death of Two Victims. Two Others in a Critical State. KALGOORLIE, Thursday Evening
A serious accident occurred in the Mount Charlotte mine yesterday, resulting so far in two deaths. It appears that the charge man, after preparing the charges for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Waggon Run Into by a Train. The Driver Seriously Injured. MELBOURNE
A hawker named Daniel Crossthwaite met with a serions accident yesterday at Ballarat. He was driving a waggon across the railway when a train suddenly came on him round…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Serious Mining Accident. A Fall Down a Shaft and an Explosion. SYDNEY
While working in the copper mines at Bundarra a miner named B. Ryan went down the shaft. He put in two charges of dynamite with a drill, and was the wound…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatality at Block 10. One Miner Killed. Another Injured
A MINER, named William Thompson was killed at Block 10 this afternoon, and another named Samuel Thomas injured. The two men were working on No. 4 floor, about 28ft…
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The body of Thomas Ward, a Queensland drover,was found under the Willows Cataract ab the Gorge, Launceston. Deceased had apparently tied his legs and wrists together…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Riding Fatality at Gympie. BRISBANE
A Gympie telegram states that Mr. Anthony Conwell, managing partner of Tolmer and Conwell, solicitors, was riding home when he was thrown from his horse…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Killed by Lightning. SYDNEY
Yesterday two young men named Edward Donnelly and George Marks were walking in Bentinck-street, Bathurst. There was every sign of a storm at the time. A crash…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Boating Fatality. SYDNEY
At the Tweed Heads, Edward Vaughan, a married man, and John Moriarty were returning from Cudgen Cave Point in a flatbottomed boat. While changing seats the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Block 10 FATALITY. Opening of the Inquest
THE inquest on the body of Wm. Thompson, killed yesterday at Block 10 mine, was commenced this morning at the Courthouse before the coroner, Mr. Makinson, P.M…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Fatal Railway Accident. AUCKLAND
Mr. Donald Urquhart, inspector of railway bridges, was killed by a collision with a trolly while travelling on an engine near Waipawa…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Block 10 FATALITY. Verdict of Accidental Death
THE inquest on the body of William James Thompson, killed in Block 10 mine on Monday, was continued at the courthouse last night, before the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident to a Mail Train. Sydney
The mail train from Melbourne ran off the line last night, about three miles this side of Yass, owing to a calf being on the rails. A third and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] a Horrible Death. BRISBANE
Patrick O'Keefe, a married man, has been killed under horrible circumstances at Toowoomba. He was out looking for a cow, and while returning his horse stumbled and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Death of a Mine Manager. SYDNEY
Harry Rickards, underground manager of the Great Cobar copper mine, has died suddenly there. He suffered with weakness of the heart…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Struck by Lightning. MELBOURNE
Thundery conditions prevailed over the greater part of the colony yesterday, and in parts lightning flashes broke in upon the gloom. There has, however, been but one…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] a Fire At Greta Colliery. SYDNEY
A "gob" fire broke out yesterday in the Greta colliery. The men were at once withdrawn, and so beyond, temporary inconvenience no injury was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident on the Proprietary. An Overturned Crane
AN accident which may prove very serious happened this afternoon on Block ll, Proprietary mine. A man named William Smith was engaged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident on the Proprietary. An Overturned Crane
AN accidnet which may prove very serious happened this afternoon on Block 11. Proprietary mine. A man named William Smith was engaged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] a Child Scalded to Death. MELBOURNE
A child of 3 years, named Andrew Ryan, has been scalded to death at Ballarat, through a saucepan of boiling water falling on him…
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