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A fatal mining accident occurred in the Working Miners' claim, Homebush, Maryborough, yesterday, A burst of sand took place, burying four miners. Three escaped, but one, named Hill, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An inquest was held yesterday at Sutton, near Yackandandah, on the bodies of Jean Baptiste Coupin, his wife, and four children, who were homed to death, on Sunday morning. James…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thomas Hopkins, a man employed at the Nepean Waterworks, while engaged in tipping earth, met with a nasty accident last night. The spring bar got entangled in the horse's tail, and in trying to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Last sight a serious [?] occurred to a man named Thomas Garry, 30 years of age. He was a passenger in the brake Van of the train from Black-town and near that bl[?]e it [?] necessary to add…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the inquest concerning the fatal fire at Sutton, near Beech worth (says the "Age"), John Kelly deposed that he was awakened at about half-past 1 o'clock on Sunday morning by what he thought was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →During the storm of rain yesterday a narrow escape from drowning occurred. The gutters in Elizabeth-street, as usual on such occasions, were foaming torrents, and an elderly man named…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A serious gun accident occurred at Lambton yesterday to a young man named George Embleton, son of Mr. Embleton, underground manager of the A.A. Co.'s Colliery. He was trying a gun,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Yesterday afternoon, as a Richmond omnibus was being driven past the Fitzroy Gardens, one of the reins broke. The horses bolted down the hill at a terrific pace, and turned sharply round a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An accident, by which a miner named Joseph Walker sustained very serious injuries, happened at the Mis, Mia, Talbot, at 1 o'clock on Saturday morning. Two brothers named Walker had sank a shaft…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A serious omnibus accident happened near the Fitzroy Gardens this afternoon, by which some of the pasiengers—of whom there were nine altogether—were seriously injured. The omnibus was proceeding from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A man named Thomas Garvey (30), a labourer, was admitted to the Hospital, suffering from injuries received through an accident on the railway, It appears, from the Hospital record, that he was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A serious bus accident occurred this afternoon at Jolimont owing to the reins breaking while the vehicle was being driven down the steep hill leading to the East Melbourne Cricket Ground. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A youth named Thos. Colishar, aged 19, employed as a carter, got out of the train at Booth Yarra station, this evening, before it reached tho platform and while it was in motion. He…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yesterday afternoon a shocking accident occurred on board the steamship Aberdeen, at present lying at Parbury's wharf. A case weighing about three and a half tons was being lowered, when a bolt in the lead…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,âI wish to call attention to the manner in which the earth is cut away, or removed, at the railway extension works. The system is one that is most dangerous to life, and it is at great risk that the men perform their work. At…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A man employed at Castle a saw mill, in the Western district, slipped off a wet log to-day, and fell under the saw, which completely severed .his foot from his leg. It was 10 hours before medical…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A railway accident happened on the Barrum line yesterday. The train ran off the rails near Howard Station, at a point where some men were engaged ballasting, aud three trucks loaded…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A distressing accident occurred on board the steamship Aberdeen, lying at Parbury's wharf, Dawes' Point, yesterday afternoon, by which a poor fellow met an almost instantaneous death,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another horrible mining fatality occurred at Sandhurst yesterday morning. Two miners, named Daniel S warder (54). and Carl Snelbach (20), stepped on to the water-bucket in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Yesterday an accident—the second in the course of a few days—occurred at the premises now in construction for Messrs. Frazer and Co; at the junction of Clarence and Erskine streets. A carver named…
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