Painful Accident
A severe and painful accident occurred yesterday to Samuel Hanman, aged 56, residing at Grosvenor-terrace, Ann-street, Balmain. While he was working among some gaspipes in M'Briar's store, in…
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Accidents
A painful accident occurred yesterday on board the s.s. Kent, lying at Circular Quay. Tho suflerer was a donkey-engine-driver named Henry Cornith, aged 40, and while engaged in working on the vessel his right hand was caught…
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Yesterday afternoon an elderly man went into the water at Robinson's baths for the purpose of bathing, and was observed swimming about for some little time, but shortly afterwards he was…
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A serious railway accident occurred last night near Sandy Creek fetation, and several persons were more or less injured. As the 9 o'clock passenger train from here was proceeding to Albury, upon approaching a siding this side of Sandy…
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A TERRIBLE accident occurred at Golden Gully, Sandhurst, yesterday afternoon. Two lads, named Hill and House, were playing near an old mining shaft, 600ft deep, when Hill fell down the shaft…
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On Saturday, December 15, Loughrea witnessed an extraordinary demonstration. On receipt of the news from Sligo announcing the discharge of Mr. Dilleen from custody,…
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A serious accident befell Charles Small, aged 21, and living at 71, Abercrombie-street, this morning, whereby he is likely to lose his right leg. He was taken to the hospital by tram conductor Christie and…
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A shocking fatality occurred this morning at Sand-hurst, at the United Hustler's and Redan Company's mine. A man named Cossman was engaged in boring, and had penetrated to an old charge, when an explosion…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.--A fearful accident occurred in the Lone Hand Company's shaft, Greswick, to-day. A miner named Thomas Guthrie and mate were coming up in the cage, when,…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.--Another fatal mining accident occurred at Sandhurst. Two men named George Crossman and Richard Cornish, were engaged drilling a hole in the United Hustler's and…
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A SHOCKING accident occurred the morning at the railway station to a boy named Claude Morrison, who arrived in the 8.15 a.m. train. The boy attempted te get out before the train stopped…
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A fireman on a tram motor named George Pightling was looking out of the window of his motor while in Elizabeth-street, near Park-Street, when he was struck on the head by another motor which was…
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James O'Neill, aged 16 years, was taken to the Sydney Hospital yesterday by his father. He was suffering from a lacerated wound on the upper and posterior part of the scalp and a fracture of…
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Last night some passengers by a Bourke-street omnibus had a marvellously narrow escape with their lives owing to an accident, the cause of which seems to require some explanation. The facts are as…
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A collision occurred on January 2 on the Grand Trunk Railway, a short distance cast of Toronto, between a train which daily leaves the city, with a car attached to it for workmen belonging lo the b[?]t works, and a goods train…
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Samuel Hanes, 33 years of age, a navvy employed in a railway contract on the Illawarra line, met with a fatal accident on Monday last. It appears that while working in a railway cutting, about 4 o'clock…
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In reference to the necessity for preventing mining accidents as far as possible, Mr. Newman, manager of the New Reform Company, at Lucknow, writes as follows.— "I have made what is considered one of the best…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--James Bocker, miner, working at the No. 3 Australasian mine, Creswick. was killed to-day. The deceased was engaged taking out a false set, when the ground gave way…
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With reference to the fatal accident which occurred on Tuesday upon the Illawarra railway, at Oatley's Grant, George's River, a correspondent writes from Hurstville to say that the victim's name was Samuel…
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ARMIDALE, Thursday.--Cobb and Co.'s mail coach, while travelling from Glen Innes to Armidale, met with an accident. Driver Johnston slipped off his seat, and was thrown to the ground,…
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