Horrible Mining Accident
LONDON, August 16.—A distressing accident has occurred in a mine in Cornwall. A cage, which contained 12 men, was ascending the shaft when the rope broke and the cage fell to the…
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Collision in the Thames
LONDON, August 19.—A collision has occurred in the Thames between the ships Huna and George Thompson. The latter, which was bound for Sydney, lost her headgear, and had her…
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A collision has occurred in the Thames between the ships Huna and George Thompson. The latter—which was bound for Sydney—lost her headgear, and had her…
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A magisterial inquiry was held on Saturday afternoon, at the Prince Alfred Hospital, by Mr W. T. Pinhey, J.P., on the body of Francis Grant, who died there on Saturday, from injuries sustained on…
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A miner named John Cullen was killed yesterday at the mine, of the Young Band Extended' Company; Redan, Ballarat, He Went up the shoot for the purpose of letting some dirt down by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Narrow Escape From a Railway Collision. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Reporter.) Newcastle
A very narrow escape from a serious collision between the special train conveying the Hon. G. H. Reid and a coal train occurred near Waratah this afternoon. The special was in charge of Mr. Higgs, traffic manager, and as…
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Samuel Lowes, one of the stokers on the Newtown team, had a narrow escape of being killed yesterday on that portion of the line near the Deaf and Dumb Institution. He was on the look out, and had…
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A shocking tragedy was enacted at Dolliagton Cross, near Macclesfield, on June 2. Early in the day the wife of Philip Davenport, a blacksmith, left her home with three children—two boys and a girl…
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One of the most appalling accidents which hare darkened the annals of the West of Scotland occurred on July 3, on the River Clyde, at the launching of a new steamer. The vessel was the Daph[?]s,…
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On Tuesday, July 3, a tram accident occurred at Huddersfield, whereby fire persons were killed and about 16 seriously injured. The road to HuddersfieLd from Lindley is on a falling gradient nearly all the…
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On Tuesday, July 3, a terrible t[?]r accident occurred at Huddersfield, whereby five persons were killed and about 16 others seriously injured. The road to this town from Lindley is on a falling gradient nearly all the way, and the…
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A dreadful accident occurred to-day at the Captain Hepburn mine, Moorookyle, Ballarat. A young man named George Crebelin was working in a shaft, 10 feet from the surface, when a plank…
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A little girl named Amelia Mannix was drowned at Stannifer on Saturday. She was climbing for wattle blossoms, when She fell into an abandoned abaft, 16 feet deep, in which were four feet of…
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A youth named Jack Gilligan was accidentally shot at Gragin last Wednesday, He with three others went oat to shoot kangaroos. One of the party, named Roberts, pointed a gun at Gilligan,…
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LONDON, August 19.—A collision has occurred in the Thames between the ships Huna and George Thompson. The latter, which was bound for Sydney, lost her headgear, and had her…
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Most men who have seen much of Australian life have been familiar with such terrible scenes as that depicted ia this engraving. The miner killed, suddenly by some one or other of the manifold dangers that beset him in his…
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LAST week a serious accident occurred to a man named Alfred Rowe, who for his acrobatic and tight rope entertainments has adopted the euphonons name of Onzalo, the Australian Blondin. The…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Narrow Escape From Drowning. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
A narrow escape from drowning is report [?] Gippsland Lake entrance. Pilot Quail was returning in a boat after seeing a vessel out when the boat was struck by a heavy see, which filled and…
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A young unmarried miner named Nugent met with a shocking death in the Glebe pit on Saturday. He was firing a blast in the coal when the powder ignited, and he was blown to atoms. He…
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This morning, just after 8 o'clock, a rather serious accident occurred to John Giltinan, aged 22, who is in the employment of Mr. F. M'Intosh, asphalt contractor, of Clarence-street. Giltinan was driving a…
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