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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents
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A fearful railway accident occurred near Bendigo yesterday, whereby John Langey (18) and Benjamin Bunton (18) were killed, and Blanche Hoskins (18), and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A message from Mackay states that the steamer Franklin has arrived there from Flat Top bringing the captain and three members of the ctew of the wrecked schooner Eclipse…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE police van was wrecked at the entrance to the Hospital on Sunday night, and three constables sustained injuries more or less serious. About 8 p m. it was reported to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The 2-year-old daughter of T. H. Dyer, of Uraidla, wandered 50 yards from home and fell down a well and was drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →John Damon, his wife, and their six children were poisoned through eating poisoned sandwiches at an Ashburton picnic. They are now all recovering…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AN accident of an extraordinary nature, though fortunately unattended by serious consequences, occurred this afternoon at Block 12, Proprietary mine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Father John Fitzgerald, who was visiting Yarrawonga on a shooting expedition, went out in company with two other priests. Whilst his companions were fishing, Father…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →James Kellors and his wife, together with a friend named Stewart, have been drowed at Croixelles through the capsizing of a boat. Mr. and Mrs. Kellors had been married only…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maurice Fogarty and Eva Foote, two of the victims of the railway accident at Bendigo, on Monday, are both in a critical condition. Three of the victims have already…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →DURING the year 1899 31 inquests' were held. Accidents on the mines are of course responsible for this undoubted large total in a town the size of Broken Hill, mining…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →When the Broken Hill express which left [?] Barrier last night was about two miles from Mannahill at about 12.30 a.m. a fire broke out in the smoking carriage, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →William Bishop, an engineer, was effecting repairs to some of the George-street tram electrical wires when his hat blew off. In attempting to catch it his hand came in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Frankfort express, in Germany, collided with another train at Bischweiler. The last waggon on the goods train was laden with spirits. These…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The mall coach travelling between Grafton and Glen Innes capsized on Saturday night, and the driver, Nicholas Dix, was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The R.M.S. Ormuz collided with the steamer Glasgow in the English channel. The Glasgow foundered. All the crew were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SHORTLY after 1 o'clock to-day a man named Joseph Wright, employed at the old mill, Proprietary mine, met with a painful accident. He was busy about the, machinery,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Mrs. Smith, residing in Merton-read, Woolloongabba, has committed suicide by drowning herself; she left a letter, stating her intention and conveying precise…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A party of young people were driving at Palmerston North, and as the conveyance was descending a hill it swerved over the embankment. A youth named Archie…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →John Bashman, a farmer living near Young, while working in a wheat field, was struck by lightning and killed. Angus M'Innes, bookkeeper on Mimosa…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A TRUCKER named Murcatt, while handling a loaded track underground at Block 10 to-day, slipped, and the truck fell on him. Murcutt sustained severe bruises about the…
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