Injured by an Explosion. Brisbane
A miner named Monaghan working in a claim at West Normanby was severely injured by an explosion of gelignite on Tuesday. His mates…
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Accidents, 1906
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Accidents, Fatalities. Heat Apoplexy. Sydney
A Bingara telegram states that David Morgan Jones, an old-age pensioner, was found dead sitting under a tree near the diamond mines, close…
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Williams, lighthouse keeper at Wollongong, yesterday harpooned a kingfish 5ft. in length, in the harbor, at the end of a line tied round his waist…
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A sad double drowning case occurred on the Swan River last night. Three men were fishing off the Rocks when the hat of one, named Casey,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents, Fatalities. [Reuter's Message.] Lord Hopetoun Hurt. London
The Marquis of Linlithgow (Lord Hopetoun), while hunting at Tarporley, in Chester, yesterday was thrown, injuring his shoulder biade and…
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Donald M'Donald (41), employed on Wandary station, has been drowned on the estate. Lynwood Washington, a fisherman,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In a Collision. Adelaide
The R.M.S. Oroya, which arrived from London last week, reported having sighted on January 8 the barque Zinita 170 miles west of Capes Borda,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accidents, Fatalities. Cartridge Explodes. Sydney
A boy was playing with a cartridge at South Kurrajong yesterday when the cartridge exploded. The boy lost portions of four fingers, and his…
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The R.M.S. Oroya, which arrived from London last week, reported having sighted on January 8 the barque Zinita 170 mildes wost of Gape Borda,…
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George Grill (23), employed in the Tinonee post and telegraph office, has been drowned in the Manning River at Taree…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents, Fatalities a Charcoal Suicide. Adelaide
The body of an unknown man, about 30 years of age, has been found in an empty house at Auburn. Deceased had blocked up all the holes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents, Fatalities. Burst in a Mine. Sydney
A burst occurred in No. 14 level in the Baker' s Creek minc yesterday Samuel Prisk was buried in the debris, but was extricated without…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents, Fatalities. Fall Down a Shaft. Melbourne
Mrs. Jones, of Gordon, yesterday fell down an abandoned shaft 23ft. deep, into 10ft, of water. A nursegirl gave the alarm, and Alfred…
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Edna Kingsbury (9) and Dorothy Gole (10), spending the day yesterday at Marcus Clark's residence at Marrickvillc, were both drowned in a…
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At the Kingower Rush, Inglewood, the underground workings of six claims collapsed yesterday. Luckily, all the miners, numbering 25, were…
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Harold Durkin (12) was drowned on Saturday. He swam a river twice, across and back again, and then made another attempt to cross. He,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents, Fatalities. Accident to a Clergyman. Sydney
The Venerable Archdeacon Gunther, of Parramatta, was yesterday knocked down by a runaway horse. His elbow joint was fractured…
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G. W. Hatchings, proprietor of a timber mill situated four miles from Armadale, was working at a bench yesterday morning, when a piece a…
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William Ellis, a miner, was drowned while bathing in the Victorian Cornish battery dam at Daylesford yesterday…
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A sensational trap accident occurred at Gawler on Sunday, by which A. J. Kentish, a farmer, living on the Roseworthy-road, lost his life…
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