A Miner Injured. LAUNCESTON
A miner named Palmer, working at the Mount Bischoff tin mine, yesterday went into a drive to ascertain why a blast had not gone off. When near the blast it exploded…
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Accidents, 1899
546 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 3 of 28
Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] a Cyclist Hurt. SYDNEY
A cyclist named O'Brien, whilst training yesterday, had an accident, and was so badly injured that he is now in a critical condition…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] a Youth Drowned. SYDNEY
A youth named Henry Lavers, 16 years of age, whilst boating on Georgo's River at Como yesterday, was drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serions Trap Accident: Rev. W. S. Moore Seriously Injured. ADELAIDE
The Rev. W. S. Moore, a well-known clergyman of the Church of England, was seriously injured by a trap accident on Saturday. The horse shied, springing forward as it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Girls Drowned. One Devoured by Sharks. SYDNEY
Two girls, Rose Sutchliffe, aged 14, and Ida Burraston, also aged 14, were bathing and playing about the rocks at the ladies' bathing place on the Newcastle beach yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Racing Smash. Six Horses Fall. Two Jockeys Injured. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Saturday Afternoon
A fearful accident occurred this afternoon on the Handwick ra[?]ccourse during the running for the Anniverssary Handicap. In the most exciding part of the race six horses…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Belair Bieycle Accident. ADELAIDE
Frank Rawlings, who met with the bicycle accident at Belair Hill yesterday week, is still in a critical condition. He has been unconscious ever since…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] The Racing Smash. Cook Not Expected to Recover. SYDNEY
The horses that fell in the Anniversary Handicap at Randwick on Saturday were Tubal cain [?]., The Captain, All There, Loch Leigh, and Shaughraun. There were 34…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rainstorms and Cyclones. Queensland Experiences. A General Rainfall Two Men Drowned at Gladstone. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane
Splendid rains fell over the south-eastern portion of the colony on Sunday night and yesterday, going a considerable distance inland and extending from the New South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Boiler Explosion. a Boy Killed. Other People Injured. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Afternoon
A terrible dieaster occurred to-day at Albury, by which one life was lost, several peinons injured, and much damage done. The engine at Hayes Bros.' flour mill had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Nurder or Natural Death? MELBOURNE
The remains of a human belog were discovered under a heap of bags at a hut about a mile from Horsham last night. The skull has a long crack or fracture on the left side,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Skating Disaster. Twenty Children Drowned. [Reuter's Message.] London
A dreadful disaster is reported from Warpuhnen, a small town in Prussia. While a crowd of children were skating on a frozen lake the ice suddenly gave…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following appeared in our late editions yesterday:— a Coach Accident. Struck by a Falling Tree. The Driver Killed. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Tuesday Afternoon
While Keough's a all couch was proceeding from Taree to Port Macquarie, on the North Coast, last night, a tree was blown across the road, falling on and killing Robert Louis, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Queensland Floods. a Man Drowned. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane
The M'Intyre River, as the result of the heavy rains of Saturday and Sunday, has risen 31ft, above summer level, and is still rising. All the country in the vicinity is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in New Zealand. An Infant Drowned. [By Telegraph.] Auckland
Serious floods have occurred in the Collingwood district. Most, of the residents have vacated their homes. One, Mrs. Patterson, was carrying her two children to a boat,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Jockey Cook Dead. SYDNEY
Jockey D. Cook, who was so badly injured in the Anniversary Handicap at Randwick on Saturday, died in the hospital last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
Whilst making an excavation at South Melbourne yesterday afternoon Edward Heagney, employed by the Board of Works, discovered a quantity of bones, some of which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Story of the Sea. Collision with an Iceberg. A Dangerons 4000 Miles. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide
The ship Torrens had distress signais flying when she arrived in port yesterday. When the launch went out to tow her in it was found that the vessel had been considerably…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Tram Accident. SYDNEY
Jomes Mann, aged 40 years, a miner, came in contact with a tram on Friday evening in the city, and was admitted in an unconscious condition to the hospital. He expired…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] a Child's Awful Fall. SYDNEY
Arthur Bayless, a child eight months old, was left in its cot in an upstairs room near the window yesterday in charge of a Mrs. O'Brien. The latter went downstairs to…
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