Fatal Accident. Broken Hill
John Brown was being hoisted in a cage to the surface with other men in Block 10 Mine, Broken Hill, but on arrival at top Brown was found almost decapitated. He had…
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John Brown was being hoisted in a cage to the surface with other men in Block 10 Mine, Broken Hill, but on arrival at top Brown was found almost decapitated. He had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It is believed that the deaths resulting from accidents in connection with the Fourth of July celebrations, which have in previous years been very heavy, have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miss Roberts, of Jerry's Plains (sister of Couucillor W. G. Roberts, of the Patrick Plains Shire Council), had a somewhat sensational experience while…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In consequence of a steamer colliding with a sailing boat at Bournemouth, four occupants of the latter including a lady and two children, were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Tuesday morning an accident occurred at Gloucester. The mail was being transferred from the Stroud coach to the Taree-Gloucester coach…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Considerable excitement [?] here this morning when the news spri[?] that Mr. Christopher O'Brien, a [?] known resident, was found drowned i[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →[?] returning in a sulky from Rutherford races on saturday afternoon with Mrs. Saunders and a lady friend. Mr. W. J. Saunders, Town clerk, had the misfortune…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A serious tram collision occurred on Sunday morning at Gladesville. Two cars mot on a single track in a head-to-head impact. One driver and one passenger were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thrilling midnight experiences took place when the steamer John Mitchell was sunk in a collision on Lake Superior with anther vessel, that kept afloat. Three…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A serious fire occurred in Geelong (Vie.) on Sunday night in the Exhibition annexe known us, the picture pavilion, in Market-square. A Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The P. and O.company's Hear caledonia, on leaving plymouth, struck the rocks at the south—cast of Drake island, The engines were reversed, and the vessel was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Saturday afternoon last, Mr. R. Saxby, of, Salisbury, met with an unfortunate mishap. He was driving home from Dungog, and when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A bad accident happened at Martindale on Thursday, by which a young girl, about 15 years of ago, daughter of Dr and Mrs. Mills, of Strathfield,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Friday last the District Coroner (Mr. Thos. Border) conducted an inquiry at Martindale into the circumstances connected with the death of a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bridgeport connecticut, reports 13 killed, 42 injured. 20 of when probably fatally, in the week of the colonial express on the NewYork, Newhaven, and Hartford railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The proccedings in commotion with the Royal visit to Dublin were marred by a sad fatality While a lady spectator was alighting from a tram-car near the Castle she suddenly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A slight. co.lision occurred off Bondiearly this morning between the barque Druminuir, bound from Delagoa Bay to Newcastle, and the tug—boat Heroine, while…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →[?] people were killed and [?] owing to the wreeking of the colonial express on the New York, New haven, and [?] railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Boston express, when an hour behind time, at Bridgeport, Connecticut, struck an open switch, while travelling at a speed of 60 miles an hour. It…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hilda Millman, 17, nursemaid employed at a private hospital in Lonsdale-street, Melbourne, gave evidence at an inquest concerning the death of a girl who had…
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