A Chapter of Accidents
THE many friends of Mr. F. W. Flatt, of the Commercial Bank, Nowra, will be sorry to learn that on Monday evening last, 30th ultimo, he met with an accident. Whilst…
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Terrible Accident at Kiama. 3 Men Killed and 3 Badly Wounded
We learn that about 5 p.m. yesterday, 3 men were killed at the Bombo stone quarry, near Kiama. It appears that a blast being put in exploded prematurely, throwing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fatal Blasting Accident at Bombo. Inquest
On Tuesday last an inquiry was held at the Club House, Bombo, touching the cause of the fatal blasting accident at Bombo by which four men last their…
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ON Saturday night last a meeting to express practical sympathy with those who are at present suffering as a consequence of the above-named accident, was held…
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In the course of the sham battle at Albion Park on Saturday, an awkward and somewhat serious accident befel Captain Weston, who was commanding the Light Horse Company. In…
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ALBANY, Monday.—The Colombo mail has no account of the collision between the R.M.S. Garone and the Lucinda in the Red Sea. In an interview with one…
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ORANGE, Wednesday. — Mr. Robert Frost, of Campdale, one of the oldest residents of the district, wasthrown from his horse at the gate of his residence…
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A very serious accident occurred in the Mount Keira colliery on Monday afternoon, whereby Mr. John Gwynne, of Gwynneville, sustained injuries that are even yet feared might prove fatal. Mr…
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An accident, which terminated fatally, occurred in the Mount Kembla colliery about 9 o'clock yesterday morning. A young man, named Hugh Dobbie, aged about 20 years, a wheeler employed…
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THE Argus of Monday states that several accidents occurred on the Melbourne Cricket-ground on Saturday, and serious injuries resulted in two cases. These…
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Bush fires have been raging in and stoat Broughton Creek during the present week. Last Tuesday the lower portion of the bush about 15[?] yards from the west end of the town, was on fire…
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THE Avoca correspondent of the Melbourne Telegraph relates that a miner named Edward Miles, who has been resident there for 28 years, met with…
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ADELAIDE, Sunday.âFurther particulars are to hand concerning the wreck of the ill-fated ship Star of Greece, which went ashore at Port Willunga on Friday…
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ON Saturday night Thomas Daley, farmer of Pig Island, accompanied by his wife and two children visited some friends at Terrara. They left for home at 2 o'clock on Sunday…
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ON Saturday Miss Sarah Hemsted, a domestic servant employed at the Commercial Hotel, Terrara, Shoalhaven met with a terrible misfortune. Site was clad in a…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—A diver named Charles Byrnes, aged 40, residing at Footscray, had a terrible experience at Falls Bridge works on Wednesday…
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An accident, remitting in the death of a young man named Richard Bate (son of Mr. W. K. Bate, of Wollongong), occurred yesterday afternoon, through the accidental discharge of a gun…
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The Mount Keira colliery was the scene of two accidents on Thursday last, me of which unforfunately proved fatal. In the forenoon a wheeler named Blake while attempting to get on the buffer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Memory of Richard Bate, Who Died by a Gun Accident, on the 3Rd October, 1888
Taken away in the bloom of youth ; Consigned to the grave—O, say, is it truth? Called from this world in a moment away, And now he is sleeping beneath the clay…
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An accident of rather a serious nature occurred yesterday about noon. It appears that a youth in the employ of Mr. W. J. Gunning, of the Arcade was engaged driving a cart delivering…
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