A Mining Accident
SAN ANDREAS, January 6.—A terrible accident occurred yesterday in the north shaft of the Utica mine, near Angel's Camp, 13 miles from here. Just about noon the…
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Accidents, 1891
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Latest District News. Stockton. ACCIDENT
A painful accident befell a horse driver named Walter Kirkham, at the Stockton Colliery to-day. The injured man was engaged drawing trucks at the pit top. His…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. Melbourne, Tuesday. Victim of a Collision
An inquest was opened to-day on the body of the sailor Lambert, who was killed in the collision on Saturday between the steamers Elingamite and Dispatch. After taking…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Australia. Adelaide, Wednesday. Found Drowned
The body of Robert Hayball was found floating in the tide on the beach near Port Germein early this morning. An inquest was held, and a verdict returned of "found…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian News. New South Wales. a School Teacher Drowned
A YOUNG lady named Loftus, a teacher in the Public school at Nyngan, met her death by drowning in the Bogan on Monday night. It seems that she and a lady companion were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Accident at Old Glebe Pit
At noon yesterday as a man named John Nash, who resided on the Lambton Common-age, was in the act of coupling some waggons at the old Glebe Pit, he got caught between…
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AN inquest on the body of the unfortunate man John Nash, who was killed by being jammed between the buffers of coal-waggons on the old Glebe railway, on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Australian News. New South Wales. Drowned in a Billabong
WHILST a number of boys were bathing in a billabong at Wilcannia on Wednesday, one named Blacker, aged about 13, attempted to swim across, carrying a smaller boy on his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Sunday. Balloonist Injured
PROFESSOR FERNANDEZ made another balloon ascent and parachute descent from the Bondi Aquarium lest evening. The balloon got safely away at twenty minutes to 5. When…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest District News. Lambton. ACCIDENT
On Saturday afternoon a carter named Reuben Russell by some means fell in front of the wheel of his dray, which grazed over part of his leg, causing a severe fracture near…
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Thomas Kay, a farmer, 56 years of age, residing at Moggill, was crossing a creek which runs through his property, on Saturday, when he slipped off his horse, fell into…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Accidental Poisoning of a Doctor
DOCTOR LUMBLAY, a well-known practitioner at Windsor Mills, Quebec, accidentally took an ounce of aconite the other evening in…
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A MOST distressing accident, by which a man was fatally shot by his brother, occurred near Blairgowrie, Scotland, the other afternoon. Alexander and…
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AN inquest was held yesterday afternoon by Mr. Martin, coroner, at the Naval Brigade Hotel, Watt-street, on the body of Thomas Jones, mate of the ship Westgate, who died…
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A DISASTROUS collision at sea, resulting in the sinking of a ship and the less of 22 lives, is reported by Captain Nicol, of the ship Agnes Oswald, which reached Port,…
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WHILE working a crane at the dyke yesterday, a youth named William Pritchard, used 19 years, received serious injuries which necessitated his removal to the…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—A collision occurred between two trains on the Metropolitan underground railway, at Edgeware-road, to-day. Five persons were injured, but…
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A serious railway accident occurred on Wednesday night at the Thurgamah railway station. A mired train from Benalla, crossing the points, the first passenger carriage…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Accident at Carrington. Death of the Child
ABOUT half-past 5 o'clock on Thursday afternoon a little child named James Stewart Rodgers, son of Mr. Archibald Rodgers, of Carrington, was standing on a chair…
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Two men, named William Peacock, 45, engineer, and Thomas Ostler, 28, engineman, were scalded to death at the St. Helen's Colliery, Workington, Cumberland, through…
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