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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents
790 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 13 of 40
A terrible accident occurred on the railway line at Kurrawang. 10 miles out of Kalgoorlie, late on Friday night, resulting in the death of the fireman of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A drover named George Lawton, while driving cattle from Quinyambie, met with an accident at Tarrawingee this afternoon. He was riding a spirited…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →R. M'Farlane, butcher, aged 20, has been found dead. It is supposed that he was accidentally shot…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →William Lancy was chopping wood at. Wagga Wagga yesterday, when, the axe slipping, he severed one of his toes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A frightful fatality occurred yesterday at Narrogin to a settler named Ennor, residing near Wagin. Ennor and his little daughter were driving…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Belgian training ship Comte Desmetzenaeyer, with 30 cadets on board, bound for Australia, has foundered in a gale in the Bay of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A drover named George Lawton, while driving cattle from Quinyambie, met with an accident at Tarrawingee, this afternoon. He was riding a spirited…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →George Lawton, the drover who while driving cattle from Quinyambie, was thrown from his horse at Tarrawingee yesterday afternoon and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At the British mine early this mornning a miner named Robert Tweedie, whilst working at the 800ft. level, had his hand jammed between a rockdrill…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ernest Ivy, a boy attending Fortstreet School, Sydney, was boarding a moving trains at North Sydney to-day, when ho slipped, fell under the train,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A laborer named B. Dominic, whilst working at the open cut in Block 13 yesterday afternoon, had his foot badly bruised by a stone rolling on it. He…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A boy named Mason was lost from Beaconsfield on Saturday. A search party sent out included the bey's sister, 17 years of age. The girl was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The barque Nantes left Geelong last night with a cargo of wheat for France. She anchored in the channel for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thomas Hore, a farmer, of Pyramid Hill, was returning from a sale with a load of pigs, when his dray overturned into a drain containing a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Government has now taken action with regard to the railway smashup at Belgrave, Gembrook, near Ferntree Gully a month or so back, when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The barque Nantes left Geelong last night with a cargo of wheat for France. She anchored in the channel for the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mrs. Ada Stafford, a young married woman with a small family, who was injured at. Mount Compton railway station, South-east, on Easter…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At the Sooft,level of Block [?] this afternoon some ground gave way, bringing down with it a rock drill A miner named Fin M'Lean was struck…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A fall of ground at the Scottish Gympie gold mines, at Gympie Point, took place on Saturday, when some earth fell 15 oft, down:It was thought…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Charles Partridge employed on the Proprietary mine, was working on the dumps on Saturday evening when he caught hold of a live electric wire and…
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