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Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents
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Official: "The auxiliary steamer Princess Irene has been accidentally blown up in Sheerness Harbor Seventy-seven dockers perished in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A terrible railway accident has occurred on the boriers of England and Scotland. A local train was shunting at Greatna to enable the midnight…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Michael Quinn, the well-known horsetrainer, who was frightfully injured yesterday when he was run over by a train, died in the hospital last night…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Sunderland steamer Spennymoor has been sunk by a submarine on the coast of Devonshire. The captain and five of the crew were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A shell passed through the Dixama's engine-room and narrowly missed upsetting the boat. The second mate was badly injured by splinters…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Official: Ninety bombs, mostly of an incendiary character, were dropped last night in various localities outside London, near each other. A number of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Edwin James Foord, a son of Mr. F. J. Foord, formerly of Kingston, on the River Murray, died in the hospital on Sunday morning as the result of a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →While boating in the gulf about a mile from Port Augusta at 4.30 p.m. on Sunday Mr. Henry Leslie Jefferson, accountant of the Bank of Adelaide,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A single man, John M'Namara, whilst crossing a tram line at Central Square on Saturday night was struck by a car and knocked down. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A motor trip undertaken on Saturday by fire residents of Northcote terminated in a tragedy. Henry Ernest Edwards (contractor),…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →While motoring along Oxide-street at about 6.30 o'clock last night on the way home from his surgery, Dr. Moulden was injured through his car…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Zeppelins last night dropped incendiary bombs on the east coast of England. Two fires were started. Five deaths have been reported and 40…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A sad incident occurred on Monday night, when Samuel Jackson, aged 28, one of a batch of volunteers who had been publicly farewelled at Ulmarra,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A serious accident occurred at the zinc plant at the Proprietary mine betwen 3.30 and 4. o'clock this afternoon, as a result of which Henry…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At about 2.40 o'clock this afternoon the Victoria ambulance was called to the Proprietary mine, where Mr. L. Hare, a laborer, working in the acid…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Henry Clancy, who was admitted to the hospital last night suffering with a fractured skull and hemorrhage of the brain, caused through crashing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Hospital authorities stated this morning that the condition of Mr. H. Clancy, who was injured at the Proprietary, mine on Thursday, showed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Joseph Hutchison, residing, at Gemville, left White Cliffs for home, on a bicycle on Thursday last, but as he did not arrive home, a search party…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Harry Johnston, Surveyor-General, father of Mr. E. B. Johnston, M.L.A., was shot by a young girl at his home yesterday, [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Frederick Pullham (19),, who lived in Glebe-road, died in the hospital yesterday as the result of injuries received while playing football on Victoria Park…
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