Drowned in the Murray. Melbourne
Two men were boating on the Murray River yesterday at Torrumbarry. In midstream the boat capsized. John Bennett struggled to the Victorian…
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Accidents, 1914
668 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 34
The Murtoa Fatality. How the Mishap Occurred Not Caused by the Express. Melbourne
Late on Saturday night Henry Ferry, a ganger, was riding along the railway line near Murtoa on a trolly with his wife and children, when a light engine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Fight of Stallions. Prince Foote and Simle. Simile Injured and Shot. Sydney, Tuesday Afternoon
The stallion Simile, it has just been made known, died at Mr. John Brown's stud farm, at Whittinghum, ten days ago. Simple got into the enclosure…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Attempted Murder. Lee Again Before the Court. Injured Woman Declines to Give Evidence. Remanded Again
John Thomas Lee was again brought up, on remand before Mr. M. H. E[?]zhardinge, D.S.M., in the Broken Hill Police Court to-day, charged with, on…
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On Monday morning a lady visitor at Victor Harbor (S.A.) was bathing off the beach, and a strong current, which has been running during the…
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At about noon to-day, when at work in the 700ft. level at the South Blooks, a miner named T. Vurlow, single, fell from a stage board. The drop was only…
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While at work on the surface at the Central mine this afternoon a trucker, named N. Mendotha (single), had his foot badly bruised by a truck running…
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At about noon to-day, when at work in the 700ft. level at the South Blocks a miner named T. Varlow, single, fell from a stange board. The drop was only…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Brother and Sister Drowned. Melbourne
Mary Godfrey (16) and James Godfrey (11) were drowned in the Campaspe River, near Rochester James Godfrey and another boy, John Reidy, were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sakura Shima. Fugitives' Suffocated or Drowned. Side of Volcano Blown Out. Tidal Waves of Boiling Sea. (Reuter's Message.) Tokio
To-day Sakura Shina was shrouded in a dense black mantle of smoke, broken occasionally by a flicker of flames. The surface of the water in…
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The ambulance was called this morning at 11 o'clock to convey to the Hospital Mr. A. Berman, who sustained severe bruises on the back…
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The body of Stella Hodgson (16), who had been missing from her home on Morang-road, Hawthorn, since Thursday, when she left to go to business…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Railway Accident. Enginedrive Cut to Pieces. Sydney
A railway accident occurred between Como and Sutherland this morning, and an enginedriver named William Smith, aged 45 years, was cut to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Crossing Accident. Two' Valuable Houses Killed. Adelaide
The 7 a.m. train to the city to-day from Kapunda collided with a pair of valuable horses and a trolly belonging to Mr. Louis Meinche at a crossing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Three Men Drowned. Motor-boat Accident. Brisbane
The Bundamba police last night informed the ipswich police that a motorboat accident had occurred near Riverview and that three men had been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Jockey Injured
While P. Dann, a well-known jockey, was schooling the horse Angus Mac over the hurdles at the South racecourse yesterday morning the horse…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →North Mine Fatality. the Inquest
The inquest in connection with the death of William Daley, killed by a fall of ground at the North mine this morning, will be opened at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Accident. at the North Mine. Killed While Barring Down. First Mine Fatality of the New Year
A miner named Daley was killed at the North mine this morning while barring down some ground in the 950ft. north stopes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BOXING. (Reuter's Message.) American Boxing. Another Fatality in the Ring
Santa Rosa (California), Sunday Another fatality from the boxing ring is reported. During a contest Charles Kirby, a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The North Mine Fatality Inquest on William Daley
An inquest was conducted by Mr. Thomas Hall, Coroner, in the courthouse this morning, touching the death of William Daley, who was fatally…
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