Pit Accident
YESTERDAY morning a minor employed in the Glebe Colliery (named David M'Glil) had one of his lees partially crushed by a fall of coal. He was removed home, and…
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Accidents, 1884
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Fatal Accident
SYDNEY, Friday.—Charles Meredith, while working at Tangye Bros., was crushed to death by a six ton boiler rolling on him…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The Very Rev the Dean of Bathurst nearly poisoned himself by mistake, through ta[?]ing a lotion for a cough mixture. This stomach pump was effectively used…
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ON Saturday morning a very sad accident occurred near Williams' Hotel, Hamilton, whereby a girl, aged about four years, was killed instantly. A band was playing and…
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YESTERDAY afternoon Mr. Joseph Tiernan, an old resident, died from the effects of an accident, which he recently met with by falling through a portion of the…
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LONDON, Saturday.—The P. and O. steamer Indus, outward bound, collided with and sunk the lightship in the English Channel; not being injured, the steamer…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A blasting accident occurred shortly before midnight on Tuesday. A loud report was heard to come from No. 3 shaft of a section of the Bond…
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AN accident, which terminated fatally, occurred on board the Waiaroa, at the dyke, last evening, by which a Russian seaman, known as "Yarra," lost his life. The…
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A FEARFUL accident, with fatal results, happened at the Waterworks, Maitland, on Friday afternoon. It appears that two men, recently arrived from Sydney, and…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—A collision occurred at Seven Hills station, near Pinalla, on Saturday, whan a passenger train ran into a goods train. The brake van was smashed…
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AT the inquest, held at the Hospital on Saturday, on the body of Hugh Peters, who was killed by a fall of earth at the Maitland Waterworks, on Friday, the…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly has again sprained his ankle…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Mrs. Eastguite, wife of a blacksmith at Paddington, accidentally poisoned by her husband giving her poisonous ointment for outward application…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The body of a man, name unknown, has been found drowned in Darling Harbour…
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AT Bathurst, on Monday, a child 11 years old, named Violet Player, was accidentally shot dead by a half-witted man named Phil Creith. The latter was in a room…
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AN accident occurred on Tuesday afternoon to a young man named Richard Drewett, a carter in the employ of Messrs. Wood Bros, wine and spirit merchants, etc. He was endeavouring to get hold of the…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Mr. G. F. Jackson, the well-known tailor of King-street, had a narrow escape of drowning this morning, through a plank of a Balmain steamer…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The body of a man supposed to be named M'Coll, has been found dead on the railway line to Lithgow. It is supposed that he was knocked down…
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ON Tuesday afternoon Mr. John Mayo, sen., and his family had a narrow escape from death. It appears that Mr. Mayo, Mrs. Mayo, Miss Mayo, Miss Rebecca Mayo, and Master Percy Dark, a cousin from…
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YESTERDAY evening George Murphy, aged 45, chief officer of the barque Frederick Bassill, was admitted to the Hospital and treated by Dr. Morgan. He had been brought down from Port Stephens on board…
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