A Fatal Minim Accident
The danger of descending shafts without first ascertaining that they are free from foul air was painfully demonstrated at Eaglehawk, near Sandhurst, on Monday morning, when a…
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The Great Snowstorm in England. Wrecks and Railway Accidents. (Pall Mall Gazette, December 28.)
Reports show that the snowstorm of Sunday night was widespread and disastrous. On the South Coast several vessels were driven ashore, and although there were many gallant rescues…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Terrible Explosion at Sandhurst. a Powder Factory Blown Up. Six Operatives Killed and Two Injured. £3000 Worth of Property Destroyed
A tragic occurrence took place at Job’s Gully, near Eaglehawk, on Wednesday, which resulted in the immediate death of five persons and the serious injury of two others, besides the…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Shocking Mining Accident
The Silver Age says :—“ A shocking mining accident occurred at halt-past 7 o’clock on Saturday morning at Broken Hill, by which two miners named Wm. Snell and Martin…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →The Eaglehawk Fatality. Eight Deaths Recorded
The lad Cooper injured in the terrible fatality which occurred at Job’s Gully, Eaglehawk, last week, died in the Bendigo Hospital next morning at an early hour. Koenemann,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Serious Railway Accident at Williamstown. Melbourne
A railway accident occurred at Williamstown this morning. A heavy train ran into the station, doing considerable damage. Two saloon carriages were telescoped and several…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Buggy Accident
A buggy accident which occurred at Carlsruhe, Victoria, had a fatal termination. Mrs. M. A. Johnston, relict of the Mr. Simon Johnston of Sydney, and sister of Mr. Alderman Moubray…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Fatal Boating Accident on Lake Tyers. Three Lives Lost
A terrible boating accident occurred on Lake Tyers, Gippsland, on the 24th ult, three persons being drowned, namely, Miss Dunn, of Sale; Mr. Geo. Smith, tailor, 281…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Drowned in the Lachlan
A magisterial enquiry was held on Wednesday, the 9th March, before Mr Pearce, District Coroner, into the death of James Alexander Cheyne, who was drowned in the Lachlan river on the 4th March…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Boating Accident in South Austalia. Four Persons Drowned. Adelaide
At Port Elliott this afternoon a boat with a fishing party of six capsized between the jetty and the rocks known as the “Seven Sisters.” Four of the party were drowned. One of the…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Railway Accident at Spencer-street. Failure of the Woods Brake. Several Persons Injured
The train which leaves Williamstown at 6.15 a.m. met with an accident at the Spencer-street railway station on the 3rd inst., by which several persons were injured. The train…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Accident to a Sydney Harbor Steamer
Considerable excitement was caused at Circular Quay on Monday evening owing to an accident to the harbor steamer Leveret. While she was coming alongside one of the jetties…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Sad Case of Drowning
A Bad case of drowning occurred on Sunday in the vicinity of Shelley Beach, Warrnam-' booL A family named Harrison drove in from Woolsthorpe to have a day at the…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →A Boy Accidentally Killed by His Father
On Wednesday morning Mr. Stephen Tanner, a resident of Cowes Creek, near Geelong, reported to the police that he had accidentally killed his son, Leopold Paul Tanner, at…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Sad Suicide of a Public Man in Melbourne. Councillor Gray Drowned in the Yarra
On Sunday afternoon, about 5 o’clock, the body of Mr. Wm. Gray. senior partner of the firm of Gray Bros., merchant tailors, Latrobe-street east, Melbourne, a member of the…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Nearly an Accident
A somewhat sensational incident, which might have been attended by very serious consequences, occurred recently at the Flinders-street railway station, Melbourne. On March 7…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Fatal Shooting Accident. Playing with Firearms
A man named George Cox, 52 years of age, who was employed as chainman in Messrs. Tait and Johnson’s survey party at Blackburn Victoria, met with his death on Tuesday as a…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Sad Accident lN the Grampians. a Young Girl Shot Dead by a Little Boy. Stawell
A sad accident occurred yesterday at the Grampians, which resulted in the death of a young girl, aged 16 years, named Charlette Morcom. It appears that she had stopped at a…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →A Frightful Accident. a Texan Cowboy Swallowed Up in a Fiery Furnace
Recently a party of cowboys from some distance north of the burning coalfields of the Powder River country started out on a trip through the cattle district to the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Accident to the R.M.S. Rome. London, March 26
The R.M.S. Rome, outward-bound for Australia, grounded at Port Said on Wednesday last during a heavy gale, and sustained some injury to her rudder-post and…
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