The West Narrabri Shooting Fatality. Constable Lane's Explanation. Sydney
Particulars furnished to the police authorities at Sydney, from Narrabri, concerning the shooting of the man at West Narrabri while he was being…
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Accidents, 1909
1,195 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 13 of 60
Mine Accident
At the South mine a little after 11 o'clock last night a trucker named A. Lowry, while working underground, slipped into a truck and suffered a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Cliff Fatality. Boy Falls 70Ft. Melbourne
A boy named Hearne (16) was yesterday climbing a cliff at Ben Nevis, Ararat, when he fell 70ft. and was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Racehorse Killed. Its Rider Badly Injured. Melbourne
The racehorse Nagoya was killed at Califield whilst schooling over the hurdles. J. Cox (its rider) wus badly injured…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →West Narrabri Tragedy. the Inquest Concluded. Verdict of Accidental Death. Sydney
The inquest on the body of Christian Hanson, who was shot at West Narrabri on Friday last by Constable Lane, was concluded to-day. After…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accident at Mine. Cage Falls 2150 FEET. Melbourne
A cage was hauling stone to-day at the Lord Nelson mine, St. Arnaud, when the rope broke and it fell 2150 feet…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Explosion in a Mine. One Man Killed. Two Others Injured. Melbourne
As the result of an explosion at the Homeland mine, Heathcote, yesterday, one miner was killed, and two others were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Harbor Fatality. Sailing Boat Capsizes. One Man Drowned. Sydney
A sailing boat (18ft.) capsized in Botany Bay yesterday morning. Six men were on board. Ono the them, Bert Martin, was drowned, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Buggy Fatality. Newspaper Proprietor. Killed. Melbourne
Mr. Whittaker, proprietor of the "Korumburra Times," was returning from the show last night in his buggy when a team of horses in a waggon…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fatality at a Boxing Match. a Contestant Carried Out Dead. Sydney
A fatality occurred at a boxing match a Penrith on Friday night. Two young men, aged 21 and 18, named Athol Helier and Frederick Fowler,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Accident Relief Fund. the Annual Report
The annual report of the New South Wales Miners' Accident Relief Fund, recently submitted by the Minister for Mines, shows that at the end of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sailing Boat Upset. Man Drowned. Sydney
George Howard, whilst returning from Tweed Heads to Murwillumbah on Friday, was drowned through the overturning of the sailing boat in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sulky Precipitated Into a River. Driver Drowned. Sydney
James M'Mahon, a farmer at Duranbah, was driving in a sulky along the river bank, near Jumbulgum, on Saturday, when sulky, driver, and horse were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Boxing Fatality. Fowler Had a Diseased Heart. Sydney
A post mortem examination of the body of the young man Fowler, who met with his death at Penrith during a boxing encounter with Athol Hellier,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Sportsman's Death. Drowned in Eight Feet of Water. Kalgoorlie
Wliliam Nicholls Godena, better known as Peter Godena, was drowned in the Malcolm Soak Dam yesterday. The deceased, who was out shooting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Fatality. Tramway' Lineman Electrocuted. Slowly Done to Death. His Dying Agonies. Witnessed by Hundreds of People. Perth
Albert Cox, a lineman, employed by the Fremantle Tramway Board, was electrocuted about noon yesterday near the Town Hall, Fremantle,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident at the Central
At about 8.30 last night the city ambulance received a call from the Central mine, where a miner named S. Ellis, working on the 100ft. level, had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bicycle and Cart Collision. Injured Cyclist Awarded Damages. Sydney
In the District Court to-day a boy named Gordon Gabriel Stanmore was awarded £75 damages for serious injuries sustained while riding a bicycle…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wharf Laborer Injured. Falls Into the Hold. Adelaide
George Martin, a wharf laborer, whilst employed on the interstate steamer Kooyong fell into the hold of the vessel to-day and injured his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Fisherman Injured. Thrown Out of a Cart. Adelaide
Johann Ostramann, a fisherman, residing at Glanville, whilst driving his horse and cart out of his yard to-day, was thrown backwards out of the cart,…
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