A Picnic Fatality. Boy Drowned at Silverton
The Manchester Unity picnic at Silverton was brought to an abrupt termination at a few minutes past 1 o'clock yesterday, when the news went…
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Accidents, 1907
804 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 41
A Girl Drowned. Melbourne
Eil[?] Fitzpatrick, aged 15, was drowned in the St. Kilda Baths yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Boy Drowned. Adelaide
A sad accident occurred at Sunnyside, 10 miles from M[?]rray Bridge, on Sunday morning, by which Arthur Pohl, aged 1[?], in the employ of Mr. C. R…
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A telegram received to-day from Lucindale, in the South-East, states that John Clifford was drowned in a swamp near Diddicolem. He was crossing a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Glenelg Fatality. Coroner's Comments. Adelaide
At the inquest on the body of W. H. Rowe, who was killed by being pushed under the Glenelg train on Comm[?]moration Day, the coroner said…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →M.u. Picnic. Abrupt Termination. a Sad Fatality
New Year's Day was never ushered in with more promise for success and pleasure for the Manchester Unity Oddfellows' annual pi[?]ni[?] and sports at…
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Whilst wo[?]king on the 400ft. level at Block 13 this morning a miner named William Wilson received a slight injury to the s[?]ll through a rock…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coach Accident. Passenger Badly Hurt. Melbourne
The horses attached to the Walhalla coach bolted on Saturday. The coach capsized, and one of the passengers, Henry Wren, received serious injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Terrible Accident. Railway Tricycle Run Down. Melbourne
A terrible accident occurred at S[?]ymo[?]r on Saturday. Charles Taylor, a li[?] repairer, and his wife Janet, aged 28, had completed their shopping and…
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Llewellyn Hughes, aged 16, was [?]downed while bathing on the Saltwater River at Ascot Vale to-day…
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At 12.30 this afternoon the police were advised by telephone that the body of the unfortunate [?]d Pengelley, who was drowned at Silverton on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Schoolboy's Brave Act. Rescues Drowning Bather. Melbourne
Five visitors to Lorne named Tosh, Russell, Austin, Lacy, and Cunningham were swimming in the surf yesterday when Tosh was swept out to sea…
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A miner named John Heffernan, working on the 60ft. level of Block 12, was barring down some ground when a fall of earth occurred, giving him a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Double Accident. Actor's Broken Leg. Melbourne
Last night Mr. George W. Fearnside, an actor, whilst attempting to reduce the dislocation in a companion's shoulder at a hotel in Cariton, fell and broke…
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Miss Ruth Brown, a young lady visitor from Melbourne to Heyfield, was drowned w[?]e bathing in the Mac[?]ister River yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Accident
The [?]buland[?] was called to the [?]ine plant at the Proprietary mine at half-past 6 this morning. An old man named E. Pullin, who was engaged in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Found Drowned. Girl's Body in the Torrens. Adelaide
[?]bout 9,15 o'clock this morning the [?] of a girl, aged about 17, Was found floating in the River Torrens midway between the Gorge and the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Strange Gun Accident
A military tribunal at Dramstadt occupied itself the other day with a remarkable gun accident. A reservist named Krug had been called to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Burning Accident. Melbourne
Annie Ericksen, a woman 60 years of age, was standing near a fire in a copper at Richmond to-day, when her dress caught. She was horribly burnt…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Young Man Drowned. Sydney
While bathing in Middle Harbor yesterday Charles Clifford, aged 18, of Chatswood, was drowned…
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