Five Smugglers Drowned
FIVE Poles, suspected smugglers of alcohol, have been found drowned in Lake Wystyter, Russian Poland. They were crossing the frozen lake on their way to the Russian…
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Accidents, 1891
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Three Men Drowned
WHILE a gang of men were unloading canned salmon from a steamer at the Ocean Dock, Victoria (British Columbia), and packing it in a shed, the floor of the building,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Accident to a Boy
A FIVE-year-old son of Mr. Spiers, license of the Reserve Hotel, Bolton-street, was admitted into the hospital yesterday afternoon, suffering from a scalp wound and a few…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Accident to the Rotokino
The steamer Rotokino left the harbour on Saturday, for Wellington via Sydney. As the vessel cleared the wharf, the stern-line got foul of the propeller, and but for the prompt way in which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Australia. Adelaide, Sunday. a Fatal Accident
A fatal accident occurred on Saturday at Glenelg, to a young lady named Annie Stanton. She attempted to cross the line while the train was approaching, but…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Fatality. Adelaide
AN inquest took place to-day on the body of Annie Stanton, a single lady, aged 24 years, who was killed at Glenelg on Saturday by being run over by a train. The evidence…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. Melbourne, Tuesday. the Fatal Collision
The inquest into the death of the seaman Lambert, who was killed in the collision between the steamers Despatch and Elingamite, was concluded to-day, and a verdict of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident to Admiral Hornby
LONDON, Tuesday.—Admiral Hornby was thrown from his dog cart near Harant, and sustained concussion of the brain. He is still insensible, and in a critical condition…
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LONDON, Thursday.—Admiral Hornby is recovering from the effects of his accident…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Buggy Accident
YESTERDAY afternoon as a horse and buggy, belonging to Messrs. Gray, Son and Co, was being driven down Hunter-street, the breeching-strap broke when opposite Mr. T…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Revolver Accidents
MR. HEN[?] HALL, son of Mr. J. B. Hall, of Bebington, Cheshire, ex city councillor of Liverpool, who accidently shot himself while cleaning a revolver, died on the 3rd January…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Miners' Risks. Fatal Accident at Minmi
ON Saturday afternoon a minor named Ephraim Homer was killed in the new tunnel at Brown's collieries, Minmi. The unfortunate man was making his way out of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Accidents" through the Electric Light
THE Electrician says:—The serious fire which recently destroyed an entire block of buildings in New York was attributed, by rumour, to some accident connected with the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Vessels in Collision
IT is to be feared that many a collision of an unusually disastrous character has occurred at sea without much care having been taken by the people on board the undamaged…
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A BOY named Louis M'Donald, age 5, while playing on the Bullock Island railway line, at Wickham, shortly after 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, was knocked down by a coal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Minmi Accident
THE lamentable accident which occurred to Ephraim Homer in the new tunnel near Minmi, on Saturday, is yet another instance of the terrible risks…
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LATE yesterday afternoon the body of an elderly man was found floating in the harbour, under the Queen's Wharf. The body was removed to the morgue, where it awaits…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Risks. Accident at New Lambton
GEORGE BULLEEWELL, a miner residing at Adamstown, and employed in New Lambton pit, met with an accident on Wednesday morning while following his occupation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →South Australia. Accident at Wallaroo
At the Wallaroo mines on Saturday, while William Joseph Sell was effecting repairs to the bearers of the jigger, he missed his footing, and his leg slipped down between the…
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LONDON, Sunday.—The inquest on Robert Antrobus was held yesterday. A verdict of accidental shooting was returned…
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