Drowned in a Shallow Creek. SYDNEY
Thomas Mills, farmer, of Tarban Creek, near Tenterfield, has been found lying dead in a shallow creek at that place…
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Accidents, 1898
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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Fxtraordinary Affair at Morchard. Boys Playing at KangarooHunting. The "Kangaroo's Arm Shattered. ADELAIDE
An extraordinary affair is reported from Morchard, in the far north. On Saturday, it seems, some boys were playing at kangaroo-hunting. One boy was acting as the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident to Lord Brassey. a Fall Between Two Vessels. Narrow Escape from Crushing. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
Lord Erassey provided almost as much excitement as the A. N. A. wheel race yesterday. The Governor had been on board the Nelson witnessing the regatta,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane
The body of Mr. M'Diarmid, general manager of the Bank of North Queensland, has been discovered hanging from a clothesline in an outhouse at his private residence…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Narrow Escape from Drowning. Melbourne
Lord Bransey had a narrow, escape from drowning yesterday. He was being taken aboard the Sunbeam in a launch when a sea forced…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] a Mining Fatality. SYDNEY
Hogh Sharkey, a minor, of Yalgogrin, fell 100ft. down a shaft at the mine where he was working. He was instantly killed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Accident on the Steamer Murrumbridgee Coroners Inquest
An inquest was held at the Hospital yesterday afternoon, before Mr Coroner Brown, touching the circumstances at tending the death of Job Eastwood,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Accidents in Bendigo. MELBOURNE
Thomas Nay, a miner, fell down a shaft at the Great Southern mine, Bendigo. He sustained fracture of the base of the skull and other injurise, and is in a critical…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowned in a Yacht-racing Collision. AUCKLAND
A collision took place between two yachts which were racing in Wellington Harbor, and M'Kinley, a member of the crew of one of them, was drowned. The others were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Drowned During a Fit. SYDNEY
Hugh Hilton, aged 77, was seized by a fit while on a Manly steamer yesterday. He fell overboard and was drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Accident at Polo. MELBOURNE
Dr. Finch Noyes, the popular medico, was thrown from his pony while playing polo and sustained concussion of the brain and fracture of the skull. His condition is critical…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in an Oil Tank. Two Spectators Killed and 100 Injured by an Explosion. [Reuter's Message.] London
A fire borke out in an oil refinery in Newcastle. During the outbreak a tank containing 16 tons of creosote exploded, and two of the spectators were killed and 100…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shooting Accident. ADELAIDE
Charles May was shooting birds on Kangaroo Island, whon his gun went off accidentally and the charge shattered his hand. He was brought into tho Adelaide Hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Dropped Dead at Work. SYDNEY
Mr. Williams, formerly Mayor of Leichhardt, was superintending the erection of some buildings for himself yesterday, when he suddenly staggered and fell dead. He…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collision in the South Seas. [By Telegraph.] Suckland
News has been received that the steamer Steila, while on a voyage between the islands of Tul and Rangitote, in the South Sess, came into collision with the…
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A MAN named Charles Brown, aged about 32 years, sustained a number of very serious injuries at the goods station, about 2.30 this afternoon, owing to the breakage of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegrah.] Brisbane
An elderly man named Stewart Beattle tried to commit suicide by cutting his throat, and failed. He then accomplished his purpose by drowning himself…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide. Friday Evening
Frank Gray, a lumper, was working on the steamer Kadina at Port Pirie this afternoon, when he fell from a plank into the water. When picked up he was dead…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Collision in Scotland. Seven Lives Lost. Many Injured. [Reuter's Message.] London
A mail and fast goods train came into collision in Ayrshire, Scotland, yesterday. The two engines, two of the passenger carriages, and three goods vans were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Derrick Fatality. The Verdict
WHEN the Third Edition of the MINER went to Press on Saturday evening the inquest on Charles Brown, the circus employee who died in the Hospital on Friday night from…
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