A Brigantine Wrecked. Two Men Drowned. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane
A settler reports that his stockman has just ridden into Dulwich from Point Lookout with a report that the brigantine Prosperity, from…
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Accidents, 1902
551 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 28
The First Tramway Accident
AN accident of a serious nature happened on the new street tramway this afternoon. All the morning a large number of boys, fascinated by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Fatal Fall of Earth. PERTH, Friday Evening
At the Brown Hill mine, Kalgoorlie, to-day, as two miners, John Brouwer and James Cock were engaged timbering a stope, a fall of…
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Mrs. L. F. Haywood, 30, was found drowned in one of the basins of the cataract on the Cliff Grounds on Friday. An inquest was held…
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AN accident of a serious nature happened on the new street tramway this afternoon. All the morning a large number of boys, fascinated by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] a Gruesome Haul. SYDNEY
Edward Eden, while fishing at Gook's River, was hauling in his line when be brought to the surface the body of a young woman of…
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An old lady, Sarah Ann Bothwell, 67 years of age, was drowned while bathing at Mentone yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Men Drowned. [By Tedegraph.] Adelaide, Monday Afternoon
The Commissioner of Police has received a telegram stating that Robert Jarrett and Tom Dopson, of Aldgate and Uraidla were drowned in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accidents and Friendly Societies. to the Editor
SIR,—The fatal accident to P. Deveney at the Broken Hill Proprietary was caused hy almost gross negligence on the part of employees or officers of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] An Orchardist's Death. MELBOURNE
Jacob Hamoneili, a well-known orchardist of the Geelong district, yesterday blew the top of his head off. Whether the affair was the…
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SIR,—Kindly allow a little space for one interested in the death of the late Peter D[?]viney to answer "Sympathy." No one on this earth should…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocking Gun Accident. MELBOURNE
While out shooting near Wangaratta Donald Barnes, aged 19, was frightfully injured in the head and face by the accidental discharge of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Frightened by an Iguana. SYDNEY
R. Weeding, driver of a mail coach, on the arrival of the coach at Albury, reported that an iguana darted across the road daring his…
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Two slight accidents occurred at the Proprietary mine this afternoon. In one, James Woodall had been assisting to charge some holes for…
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John Corston, while working at the Port on the steamer Yatala yesterday afternoon, was severely crushed by a lever. He was removed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Two Schoolgirls Burned to Death. A Courageous Teacher. BRISBANE
Two schoolgirls, Frances Bonney and Edith Cundith, each about 10 years of age, were heating some water with a spirit lamp at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →2nd Edition Miner Office, 3 P.M. Found Drowned. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
The bodya of the young woman fished up in Cook's River on Sunday has been identified as that of Ruth Williams, a domestic. The girl's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Struck by Lightning. SYDNEY
Bathurst had a severe thunderstorm yesterday. John Sewell, employed on the Model Farm, was struck by lightning and rendered…
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The body of the young woman fished up in Cook's River on Sunday has been identified as that of Ruth Williams, a domestic. The girl's…
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AN accident of a rather serious nature happened to W. J. Woods at the Central mine about noon to-day. Woods was working with a party…
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