Mine Subsidence. Man Killed, Others Injured. Capetown, January 16
A serious subsidence occurred at the Witwatersrand gold mine's Conor shaft this morning, when three stations at the shaft fell in almost…
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Two Injured. Taxi and Motor Cycle Collide. Melbourne
As a result of a collision between a motor cycle and a taxi at Richmond last night, Ronald Bailey and Muriel Henderson were seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pea Rifle Accident. Bullet Through Body
Ernest Harold Thomas William Oliver (16) called at a private residence at the corner of Oxide and Schlapp streets, Broken Hill, with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Singleton Accident. Car Falls Into Creek
A motor accident occurred on the Maitland road on a bridge west of Belford on Sunday afternoon. There cars were approaching the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Accidents American Visitor Killed Car Overturned
While travelling through Gisborne, Vic, a motor car overturned, owing to the blowing out of a tyre. Peter Ratcliffe, aged 60 years, a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Accident
An inquiry into circumstances surrounding the death of Edward Killer a wheeler, who was killed at Ayrfield colliery, through falling down a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident to Mr Oliver Blackwell
Mr Oliver Blackwell, aged 62 years, of Greta, who is well-known in Singleton district, was caught by a fall of stone while working in the Whitburn…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car Accident Mr. and Mrs. Monte Moon Victims
Mr. Monte M. Moon, manager of New Greta Colliery, and for many years a resident of Cessnock, together with his wife and seven years old…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident Corner Two Accidents b Quick Time
Yesterday afternoon two accidents occurred at the intersection of Vincent-street with Main-street, which, owing to the great volume of traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Crossing Fatality. Motor Driver Killed
Lawrence Lloyd Buckley, a well-known farmer of Beni, near Dubbo, was killed when a motor lorry which he was was driving was struck by the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Touched Live Wire. Plumber Seriously Injured
Frederick Sanders, aged 19 years, a plumber, of Lane Cove, was severely injured, when his ody came into contact with a live wire on the roof…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Three Injured. Motor Overturns Near Tweed Heads
Three persons were injured, two of them seriously, when a car in which they were travelling somersaulted on the main road near Tweed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident at Abermain
While engaged in screwing a fuse length into a dentonator, at Abermain No. 1 colliery, Oliver Grills had two fingers blown off the right hand…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Recent Shooting Fatality
James McLean Henderson, aged nine years, who was accidentally shot with fatal results near Singleton on the 14th instant, was the only…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gelignite Explosion Fatality at Martin's Creek. Powder Monkey Killed
At 5,20 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, William George Howard, 30, an assistant powder monkey, was killed in an explosion at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death of Edward Killer. Aykfield Fatality. Evidence at Inquest
An inquest into the circumstances surounding the death of Edward Killer, a wheeler, who was killed at Ayrfleld Colliery on January 16…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatally Injured Christmas Celebration at Broken Hill
Alfred Edwards (72), who was admitted to the hospital at Broken Hill, on Christmas Eve suffering from a fractured log, died on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Miner Injured
While at work in Whitburn Colliery on Wednesday, James Heaton, miner, was struck on the head by a fall of "brassy-tops," and sustained…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Clipper Injured
Algie O'Keeffe, 17, a clipper residing at Ann-street, Cessnock, was admitted to the Cessnock Hospital yesterday, suffering from, injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Boxing Fatality. Inquest at Bathurst. Verdict of Accidental Death
At the inquest at Bathurst into the death of Emmett Ambrose Murphy following a boxing match with an aboriginal named Edward Nixon…
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