Steel Splinter Causes Death. a Bendigo Foundry Fatality
At Bendigo on Thursday, while working at Messrs. A. Roberts and Son's iron foundry, a boilermaker's apprentice, named Adrian Noah Bentley, 20…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Broken Hill & the Far West · Accidents
Accidents, 1916
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Mine Accidents
Shortly after 6 o'clock last night Mr. C. May, employed as a miner on the 900ft, level of the South mine, had his left foot bruised as the result of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pastoraust's Death. Found Drowned in Old Shaft. Sydney
On Thursday afternoon the body of Francis Rawdon Chesney Hopkins, owner of Errowanbang Station, near Carcoar, was found in deep water at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bomb Explosion in San Francisco. Six Killed, Twenty-eight Injured. (Reuter's Message.) San Francisco
A bomb concealed in a suit case was placed in front of a house, which was demolished by the explosion. Six persons were killed and 23 injured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man's Legs Crushed. Tram Accident Ends Fatally. Sydney
Mr. Gus. Roymand, who was injured by a tram in Oxford-street on Saturday night, and had both legs amputated below the knees (as reported in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Adelaide Fatality. Man Found in the Street. Adelaide
In Young-street, Kent Town, at 7 o'clock last night, a constable found a man lying apparently severely injured. The man, on whom papers were found…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tram and Trap Collide. South Australian Commissioner Injured. Adelaide
The newly-appointed State Commissioner under the Federal Prices Adjustment Board (Mr. Davidson) was the victim of an accident on Sunday night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bomb Explosion at San Fbancisco. Five Persons Kieled Fifty Injured. During Preparedness Parade. Anti-militarist Action. (Reuter's Message.) San Francisco
Seven persons were killed and 50 injured by the explosion of a timed bomb amidst. the throng viewing the Preparedness Parade on Saturday after…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Double Fatality. Men Overcome by Fums. at Goulburn Railway Yards. Sydney
In the Goulburn railway yards yesterday, two men lost their lives. Joseph Miller, about 50 years of age, a boilermaker, and Stanley Mahnborg,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Birds in the Reserve. Young Emu Injured
Mr. R. Hughes the city gardiner, to--day informed a "Miner" reporter that the youngest of the emus in the Central Reserve had, judging by a wound on its…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Proprietary Mine Fatality. the Inquest
Mr. T. Hall, city coroner, held an inquest at the Courthouse this morning into the circumstances attending the death of Robert S. Roberts (19), who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New South Wales. Mail Train in Collision. Sydney
No. 2 Brisbane limited express, bound for Sydney, collided with a truck at West Tamworth yesterday morning. Two passengers were injured and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →West Australia. Lugger Lost and Six Men Drowned. Perth
A telegram from Broome reports the loss at sea of the logger Ivydale. Three Japanese and three islanders were drowned. One Jap was saved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Canadian Fires Two Mening Towns Destroyed. 100 Lives Lost. Many People Injured. (Reuter's Message.) Vancouver
Cochrane and Matheson, two small towns in Northern Ontario were horned' this (Sunday) forenoon. One hundred lives were lost, and many…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatality at the Central. Run Over by a Truck. Mr. R. Murray Killed
At about 1.45 o'clock this afternoon a fatal accident occurred at the Central mine. According to an official statement, a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Proprietary Fatality. A.m.a. Resolution
According to the A.M.A. official newspaper the following resolution was carried unanimously at last night's meeting of the Amalgamated Miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Railway Fatality. Retired Contable Killed. Sydney
Thomas Griese, an ex-constable of police, living at Penshurst, whilst in the act of alighting from a train at the Central Railway Station last night,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Central Mine Fatality. Death of Mr. E. Murray. Inquest Opened
Mr. H. Giles Shaw, S.M., Coroner, opened an inquest at the Courthouse this morning into the circumstances attending the death of Enos Murray,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Colusion. Near Lidcombe Station. Two Passengers Injured. Sydney
A collision occurred last night outside Lidcombe Railway Station between two trains bound, respectively, to Eskbank and Penrith. Two of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents at Block 10
At about 8.20 o'clock last night Mr. W. Blacky, employed as a trucker at the Block 10 mine, fell over a truck on the 500ft. level. He sustained…
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