A Mining Accident
NEWCASTLE, Monday.--A severe accident occurred on Saturday to a man named Matthews, employed in the Wallsend pit at a place called Chinaman's Flat. He was…
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Fatal Mining Accident
BRISBANE, Tuesday. -- A telegram has been received by the Minister for Mines from Warden Lukin, of Gympie, that Thos. Beynon, a miner in the Crown and Phœnix…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--An old man, John Jenkins, aged 80, a resident of Echuca, was drowned last evening in the Yarra. He had taken his passage by the…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday. --At Charters Towers to-day, after a smart shower last night, a woman in attempting to cross Dean-street, at its intersection with…
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The lose of life by the wreck of the steamer Taiaroa is now believed to amount to thirty-three persons, viz., fourteen passengers and nineteen of the crew; six passengers and eight of the…
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ESKBANK, Wednesday.--A terribly painful accident occurred at the Eskbank ironworks this morning to a man named James Lawson whilst engaged at the rolls. A…
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The City Coroner, Mr. Shiell, held an inquest this morning on the body of a man named Frank Ebson, a Swede, found drowned at Circular Quay…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Collision in the Port River, Adelaide. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Adelaide
The steamer Gambier came into collision with a Marine Board barge in the Port River to-day. The barge was sunk, but no lives were lost…
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BRISBANE., Friday.--An elderly man named Felix Heney was killed instantaneously this evening at the corner of Wickham and Brunswick streets…
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The city coroner held two inquests on Saturday morning at the Soudan Hotel--one relative to the death of a man named John Newell, who was found drowned in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Another Disaster at Lithgow. Explosion in the Valley Colliery. Five Men Killed and Several Injured
News of another catastrophe in the Lithgow Valley Colliery was received in the city early last evening; but it was not, till a late hour that anything like full details…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Colliery Disaster at Lithgow. Explosion in the Lithgow Valley Pit. Five Miners Killed, and Others Injured. Heartrending Scenes. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Lithgow
Between 3 and 4 o'clock this afternoon an explosion took place at the Lithgow Valley Colliery, about half a mile from the pit's mouth. There were 13 men working in the shift, five of whom were killed, viz.:—Isaiah Hyde, a married…
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WEST MAITLAND, Monday.--A. young lady named Wray, a resident of Regent street, Maitland, yesterday was standing with her back to the fire, when her clothes…
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A miner named John Regan met with a severe accident in the Wallsend tunnel yesterday. He was working pillars which, in one part, were hanging, and, while…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Salvation "Army." a Frightful Accident. Twenty Persons Trampled by Horses
Twenty persons were injured is a Salvation Army procession in Ipswich (Eng.), lately. The Army had organised what was termed a Special Trades Union Demonstration, and while crossing a narrow bridge…
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This afternoon too, after the adjournment of the inquest, Mr. Wilton, one of the proprietors of the mine, asked at a meeting of the men whether any would volunteer to go into the mine to-morrow, and take steps to clear it of [?] air,…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A pair of horses drawing a carriage bolted in Bourke-street, and drove the pole through the window of Rowley's chemist's shop, bringing down a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Lithgow Colliery Disaster. Thrilling Account of the Accident. the Terrible Scene in the Mine. Heroism of the Rescuers. Narratives of Survivors. (By Telegraph.)
LITHGOW, Tuesday.--Again the work has been abandoned in the Lithgow Valley Colliery, and the miners are hanging about the month of the pit wearing crape around their arms…
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Shortly after 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon, King-street, where it is intersected by Elizabeth-street, was the scene of one of the most exciting street accidents which have occurred in Sydney…
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An inquest was held by the City Coroner yesterday morning at the Soudan Hotel, Lower George-street, relative to the death of a man named Michael Dunn, who was found drowned…
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