A Year's Accidents. Sydney
In New South Wales last year 3238 workmen were accidentally injured. The greatest number of accidents were in the mining districts, where 112…
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Accidents, 1915
489 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 7 of 25
Boating Tragedy. Two Men Drowned. Melbourne
A tragic accident happened to a boating party on Sunday evening on a trip from Cowes. The boat left Hastings in the afternoon, and the party…
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A motor accident occurred on the Swan Hill-Balranald-road last week, when Mr. J. B. Turner, a well-known Swan Hill district grazier, and his…
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The local police authorities have received a report that several persons were injured as the result of a motor accident in the neighborhood of…
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Mr. C. Crawshaw, aged 62, married, was working in the acid plant at the Proprietary mine this morning, when he tripped over a piece of timber and…
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A lad employed at an iron trunt factory, owned by Mr. G. Mattor, at the corner of Nicholson and Miller streets, North, Fitzroy, attempted to…
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The local police authorities have received a report that several persons were injured as the result of a motor accident in the neighborhood of…
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At about 9.30 o'clock this morning Mr. Harry Wallace, 54, of Beryl-street, was riding his bicycle along Blende-street, when he came into collision with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Fatality. Woman's Body Out in Two. "The Last Letter She Would Write." Sydney
Yesterday morning a railway employee found the mutilated body of a young woman on the line close to West-street, between the Petersham…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Motor Trip. "Sun" News Editor Killed. "Snowy" Baker Badly Injured. Tyre Bursts on Steep Hill. Sydney
A motor accident occurred yesterday afternoon at Balgowlah, between The Spit and Manly, which resulted in the death of Mr. George M'Leod…
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A man whose name is stated to be Grose A. Jincuin sustained a severelybruised knee through a piece of stone falling on it, while working at the…
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A telegram from Moonta states:— Nat Spry, of Hamley, met with an accident on Monday last in a simple way. Spry and his mates were on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Queensland. Double Railway Fatality
Messrs. Riley and Daley were run over and killed by a ballast train near Logan village (Queensland) on Friday night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accidents and Fatalities in New South Wales. a Railway Man Killed
Whilst working on the railway in the vicinity of the Regent-street gates. West Maitland, John Bradwell, a navvy, 45 years of age, was run down…
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William Lundy, injured in a blasting accident at Cockatoo Island on Saturday, died in the Balmain Hospital yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accidents and Fatalities in Victoria. Death in the Street
Early on Saturday evening Constable J. Murphy found an apparently unconscious man lying in a rookery near the intersection of Lon[?]dale and Exhibition…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Barge Captain's Curious Death. Port Pirie Fatality
Captain Alfred William Roworth, a well-known resident of Port Pirie, met his death in a peculiar manner on Monday (says the Port Pirie "Recorder")…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wars. Germany and Merchant Shipping. the Sinking of the Liner Falaba. a Graphic Story. a Force of Turks Repulsed. Retreating Force Fires a Town. Life in a Submarine. Described by a Commander. Official Communiques Report Steady Advances. (Reuter's Messages.) Torpedoed with Passengers on Board. Men and Women Slaughtered. About One Hundred Lives Lost. Germans Laugh at the Drowning. London
The s.s. Falaba, a South African liner, belonging to Elder, Dempster, and Co., was sighted at noon on Sunday of Milford Haven. The Falaba was going…
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At about 9.30 o'clock last night, whilst he was boring pops on the 1100 feet level at the North mine. Mr. J. Gates (married) had his foot bruised…
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During shunting operations at Wedderburn, Walter Vessey, a guard, fell under the wheels of a truck, and his left arm was mangled…
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