Mining Fatality. Two Men Blown to Pieces
Two miners, named James Ferguson and Thomas Pollock, were blown to pieces at the South Mine, Broken Hill Proprietary, through boring…
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That Motor Car Accident. (To the Editor of the Singleton Argus.)
Dear Sir,—I was amused at the paragraph from the pen of your Glendonbrook correspondent, appearing in your issue of 16th inst.,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest News by Wire. Sydney. a Fatal Collision
The steamer Peterborough, outward bound for the South Coast, collided with the ketch Jessie near the lightship last night, and the latter immediately sank. A youth named…
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A painful accident happened to Mr O'Shea, of White's Falls, on Wednesday night; whereby he sustained a dislocated collar-bone. It appears he was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatality at Broke. Child Burned to Death
Mr Harry Pinchin, Coroner for the district, held an enquiry yesterday at Harrow by, Borke, touching the death of a child named Ivy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Very Latest. London, Friday afternoon. Fatal Colliery Accident
Bunkell (consulting engineer), Jones (manager), four other whites, and several natives were suffocated in trying to locate a fire in the old working of the Voreenigging…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fleets in Collision Big Naval Battle. Five Russian Vessels Sunk. [By Cable.] London
Meagre particulars now to hand concerning the naval engagement which is now in progress show that the Japanese fleet, successfully…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Railway Accident. a Child Killed. BRISBANE
A terrible accident occurred at the Wolloongabba railway, near the Goods Station, South Brisbane. A child, two and a half years old,…
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Trumper will not be able to play further in this test match. A fibre of a muscle of his back is torn. Arnold had dislocated one of his thumbs,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kurri. Fatal Accident at Pelaw-main
A man named named Matthew Turnbull, a wheeler employed at Pelaw-Main Colliery, was injured by a runaway skip in the mine at midnight last night, receiving a severe scalp wound and internal…
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A sad drowning fatality occurred in the Page River at Blaudford last week, whereby Mr. P. W. Wlicelihan lost his life. It appears that the first suspicion…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Accident at Melbourne. Several Persons Injured
A railway collision occurred near Spencer-street station, Melbourne, at half-past 3 o'clock on Thursday, between a detached engine, which was…
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A wheeler named Matthew Turnball, emploved at Pelaw-Main Colliery, was injured by a runaway skiji in the mine at midnight on Thursday,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Very Latest. London, Sunday afternoon. Battleships in Collision
During the [?] of the Channel fleet on Friday,the third-class battleships Triumph and Swiftsure collided in a fog, necessitating the dry docking of both vessels. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Terrible Hurricane. Hundreds Drowned. [By Cable.] London
The Pinetown reservoir, at Nat[?] has been wrecked by a hurricane, and 500 Indians and 50 Eurupezns were drowned. The wreckage…
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A man whose name is supposed to be John Blackmore fell from a Crown-street tram last night while in a fit, and fractured his skull. He was conveyed to a hospital, where…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Motor Car Accident [By Telegraph.] Sydney
William Horsefield, aged 71, who was run over by a motor car in Oxford-street on Friday last, died in the hospital this morning…
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The coroner held an inquiry to-day into circumstances connected with the death of John Blackmore, as the result of a fall from a tram, and returned a verdict of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Peculiar Accident
A young man named Clarence Cross. who lives at Putty, came into Singletton on Tuesday last and visited a sister; who resides in Bathurst-street. The…
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THE frequency of tram accidents, and the large sums which have to be paid by the public, through the Railway Commissioners, in respect of them continue to…
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