Painful Burning Accident
ABOUT half-past 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon agonising screams were heard proceeding from a small house at the corner of Chapple and Morton…
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Accidents, 1902
551 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 28
A Cyclist Injured. ADELAIDE
R. Fuss, a cyclist, of Kadina, was overtaken by a duststorm and met a horse and trap. The horse swerved and knocked Fuss against a post, then…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] An Adventure on the Murray. SYDNEY
At Albury yesterday Mr, Chenery, Mayor of the town, and his two daughters were crossing the Murray at the waterworks crossing in a dray…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Year's Mine Accidents
THE fatalities in the mines for the year 1901 were fewer by 10 than those of the previous year, although the loss of six men in the South mine in one…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. (By Telegraph.] Melbourne
Beatrice Chri[?]tie, a waitress, was killed at the Federal Coffee Palace last night by fa[?]ing down the lift well…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collision at Sea. Disaster on the Californian Coast. Many Persons Drowned. [Reuter's Message.] London
An awful shipwreck is reported from the Pacific coast of America. The steamer Walla Walla, bound from San Francisco to Puget…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] a Brave Man's Death. SYDNEY
Fred. Thomas, 37, a resident of Summer Hill, a well-known bowler, while stopping a runaway Chinese vegetable cart on Friday evening on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] a Fatal Fire. SYDNEY
A four-roomed cottage at Curranyalpa, near Tilpa, occupied by a man named Smith, with his wife and daughter, the latter aged 16…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Returned Soldier Drowned. MELBOURNE
The decomposed body of a man has been found on the shore of Corio Bay. Deceased is supposed to be identical with Michael Lynsky, a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Collision at Sea. London, Jan. 5
A terrible marine disaster occurred off Cape Mendo[?] on the Californian coast. The steamer Wallawalla, with 64 passengers and a grow of 60…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sailing Boat Disaster: Four Young Men Drowned. PERTH
A sensation has been caused at Albany by the intelligence received from Wilson's Inlet of the drowning of several young men. The victims…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Caught in Machinery. SYDNEY
Reuben Redshaw, 17, employed in the Goulburn Engineering Works, Goulburn, while some repairs were being effected to a driving belt, was…
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A SOMEWHAT extraordinary collision occurred in Argent-street this morning. While turning the Post-office corner into Chloride-street Birbeck's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] a Jockey Killed. SYDNEY
A telegram from Bourke states that a youth named William Dugan, the youngest son of Mrs. E. Dugan, well known and respected in Bourke…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] a Laborer's Suicide. SYDNEY
John Lee. a farm laborer, committed suicide at Deniliquin yesterday by hanging himself from a rafter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burning Fatality near [?]pa
A sad burning fatality occurred at Curr[?] station on Sunday last, the [?]th instant, resulting in the death of Doll McLaughlin, [?] daughter of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Railway Collision. LONDON
A collision occurred on Wednesday between two trains in a tunnel on the New York Central railway, as a result of which 17 persons were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowned in the Yarra. MELBOURNE
William Angell (14) was drowned in the Yarra whilst bathing yesterday. John Smith, "boots" at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] a Buggy Mishap. ADELAIDE
Thomas Munyard and Frederick Smithers were driving at Belair Hill on Saturday, when their buggy capsized. Munyard was badly cut…
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The accident which happened to Mrs. Vines, a resident of Chappiestreet North, on New Year's Day, when she was badly burnt about the…
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