Drowning Fatality' at Mort's Dock. Sydney
A great sensation took place at Mort's Dock through the steamer Katoomba being precipitated off the slip into the water. Two men named…
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Accidents, 1898
673 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 34
Accidents. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Friday Afternoon
The inquest on the three remaining victims of the sewerage accident was opened formally to-day and adjourned for a fortnight…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Distressing Accident. a Deaf Mute Blinded. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide
Eugene Salas, the well-known deaf and dumb teacher at the Deaf and Dumb Institute, has met with a serious accident. He was opening a bottle of ammonia, when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Foundering of a Brig. The Master Saved. Six Drowned. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
The brig Minora, bound from Newcastle to Sydney with small coal, has foundered. The only one saved was Captain Gallant, the master. Those lost were:—A. Olsen,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
George Saintz, aged 6, residing with his parents at Woollahra, swallowed a halfpenny on the 16th ultimo. Two operations were performed with the object of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mort's Dock Fatality. SYDNEY
The inquest on the body of the victims of the disaster at Mort's Dock, when A. U. S. N. Co.'s Katoomba slipped off, has resulted in a verdict of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Calamity in Canada. Collapse of a Hall Floor. 30 Killed and 100 Injured. [Reuter's Message.] London
At a municipal candidates' meeting, attended by 2000 people, in the City Hall, Ontario (Canada), the floor collapsed and 200 persons were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Cycling Accident in the Hills. ADELAIDE
At Mylor, in the Hills, on Sunday, a cyolist was riding down hill, when ha lost control of his machine and ran into three ladies. One of them was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Calamity in Canada. Collapse of a Hall Floor. 30 Killed and 100 Injured. [Reuter's Message.] London
At a municipal candidates meeting, attended by 2000 people, in the City Hall, Onturio (Canada), the floor collapsed and 200 persons were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Girls Drowned. Adelaide
TWO little girls named Hilda Evens and Adelaide Koksche were drowned whilst swimming yesterday A third narrowly [?] a similar fate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Boulder Burning Fatality. a Cricketer Roasted to Death
A SHOCKING fatality occurred at the Boulder early on December 27, whereby one young man named J. W. Mason, known locally as "Budge" Walker, was burnt to death, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Mining Accident at Zeehan. Suffocated by "Slurry." HOBART
A telegram from Zeenan reports a fatal accident at the Silvester mine Five men were caught by a run of "slurry," in drive 100ft. deep, which washed the men into the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident at the North Quarry
A miner named Sinolair, employed by the Junction North mine, was injured at the north quarry this morning. He last night, with another man, filled and fired a hole,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph] Drowned at Mentone Beach. MELBOURNE
Leslie Organ, a boy 7 years of age, was drowned on the Mentone Beach on Saturday evening. His brother, aged 12, made a gallant attempt to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collision in the Channel. LONDON, Friday Evening
A collision has occurred off the Isle of Wight between the Atlantic liner Lepanto and the steamship Knight of Saint George. The Lepanto sank, but all on board were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Injured Innamin[?]ka. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Saturday Afternoon
The steamer Innamincka, weich struck a rock during the voyage from Adelaide, discharged her cargo this morning and was got into the dry dock. Her principal injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fall of Ground at the Central. One Man Killed, Another Injured
An accident attended by fatal results occurred at the Central mine on Saturday night. Two miners, William Byrnes and Henry Hoyer, were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Bicycling Accident. MELBOURNE
John Cook was riding a bicycle down the Balwyn Hill towards Melbourne, when he lost control of the machine, which dashed into a shed at a turn…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident in the Cricket Field. SYDNEY
Herbert Gray was playing cricket at Leichhardt, and while stopping a hard hit had his finger smashed. He was taken to the hospital, where the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Central Accident. Opening of the Inquest
THE inquest on William Norman Byrne, killed in the Central mine on Saturday night, was opened in the courthouse this afternoon before the…
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