Inquest at Kurri Kurri. Pelaw-main Fatality
An inquest was opened at the Kurri Courthouse yesterday, before the District Coroner, Mr. G. Brown, and a jury of six, touching the death of William Evans, who…
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Factory Accidents. Machinery in Motion. London, March 2
The departmental committee that was appointment to inquire into accidents in factories and workshops has reported that the risk of accident in these places tends…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatality at Minmi. (By Telegraph). Sydney
A fatal accident took place at the Minmi Colliery to-day, the victim being a man named John Mitchell, who was crushed to death by a fall of stone…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dreadful Fatality in High-street. Youth Killed
An accident of a dreadful nature occurred in High-street on Tuesday last, when a lad named Percy William Lawrence James (15) son of Mr. Phillip James, carpenter, of Mount…
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One of the most remarkable accidents of recent years was that which befel a man who was found lying dead on a couch, having been killed by a bullet from a gun near at hand…
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Isaac Pike was (employed in lopping a large gum tree at Toogong near Molong, when a limb sprang backwards and struck him. Pike fell to the ground and had four ribs broken…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Collision at Sea. Chinese Crew Mutiny. London, Sunday afternoon
The "Bannockburn," from Antwerp for San Francisco, has reached Dover, after a collision. The Chinese crew were panic-stricken and mutinied. The mate, with a revolver,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Balloon Accident in Italy. Rome
The balloon Albetross fell at Turin-, a distance of 1900 metres, but luckily into trees. Six aeronauts were seriously injured and the life of one of the number is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accidents in Mines. Rescue Regulations. London, March 4
The departmental committee appointed by Mr. Winston Churchill, the Home Secretary, in October, to consider the arrangements made for rescue in mines in case of accident, and to…
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London, Monday.—The ship Banhockburn, on a voyage from Antwerp to San Francisco, was beached at Dover after a collision. A panic occurred among the…
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The train from Cologne over ran the buffers and wrecked the station offices at Gare Nord. The stationmaster was killed and four persons seriously injured…
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We regret to learn that Mr. J. Carter, of Avon, met with a painful experience last week. He was leading a horse, when the animal suddenly…
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Early yesterday morning a serious fall of earth took place at the workings in the railway tunnel at Stroud Hill. It appears that…
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Mrs H. Lavis (a sister of Mrs Boorer and Mr T.N. Carter), met with a severe accident on Saturday last whilst riding from her sister's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Accidents at Coal Mines
A case of considerable interest to miners was commenced at the Kurri Kurri Police Court this morning, before Mr. J. McKensey, P.M., when the proprietors of the Pelaw Main Colliery proceeded…
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A young Coogee resident, Spencer Sydney Lioyd, unmarried, was drowned at Thompson's Bay on Monday evening. At 6 o'clock Lioyd and two fishermen named…
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Paris, Tuesday.—Serious conflicts have taken place at St. Male, between the crows of the Newfoundland fishing boats and gendarmes. The fisherman, who are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Street Collision. (By Telegraph). Sydney
There was cohesion belween a Up curt anil a tram in William-street, Sydney, this morning, by which the driver of the cart, a man named Davis,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pelaw-main Fatality. Inquiry at Kurri Kurri
The adjourned inquest upon the death of William Evans, who was killed, on March 2, by a fall of stone in Pelaw-Main Colliery, was resumed this morning before the District…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatality at Broken Hill. (By Telegraph). Sydney
A young married man named Evans was riding on the bruke of a truck in Block 11 mine, Brokon Hill, to-day, when he was knocked off. The wheels…
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