Chapter of Accidents
BROKEN HILL, Monday.—A series of accidents occurred on Saturday. A number of boys got hold of thirteen dynamite caps at North Broken Hill. One exploded in the hand of a boy named…
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Accidentally Shot. Liverpool
A girl named Trederrick was accidentally shot by her brother at Hoxton Park on Saturday morning. The lad was handling a gun for the purpose of cleaning, not knowing it was loaded, when it was…
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John Doohan an engine-fitter at the Stockton Colliery, has been severely scalded by the steam pipe bursting at the new fan. He was taken to the Newcastle Hospital, and…
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Shortly after 9 o'clock last night a man named George Gwin, an engineer, living at Auburn, in jumping from a Manly steamer on to the wharf at Circular. Quay, fell into the…
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The City Coroner, Mr. J. C. Woore, held an inquiry at the South Sydney Morgue yesterday, touching upon the death of William Henry Alfred Guy Hamburger, a vanman, who was found dead at Lady Macquarie's Chair on…
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ADELAIDE, Monday.--A sailing boat containing George Brady, George Rafferty, and George Hill upset on the River Murray, four miles above the Murray Bridge on Sunday. Rafferty…
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A case in which £1000 compensation is claimed from the Railway Commissioners, for injuries received in a tram accident, occupied Mr. Justice Stephen and a jury in No. 1 Jury Court. The plaintiff, Joseph Opus, was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Terrible Colliery Accident. a Scotch Mine Flooded
LONDON, Sunday Night.--The Muld-houseburn colliery at Muirkirk, Scotland, has been flooded, and many of the miners entombed. Sixteen of the men were rescued…
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The Marine Board gave its decision in the Ardencraig-Macleay collision yesterday, and found that the collision, which took place in Darling Harbor…
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The Marine Board yesterday afternoon announced the following decision:—"The collision between the ship Ardencraig and the steamer Macleay took place in barling Harbour on February 21. The board…
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In regard to the collision, which occurred oft Miller's Point on tho evening of February 24, between tho steamer Macleay and the ship Ardencraig the Marine Board yesterday found that…
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Yesterday afternoon the Marine Board gave its decision in the case of the collision between the steamer Macleay and the ship Ardencraig, which took place in Darling Harbour…
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TINGHA, Wednesday.—A miner named Charles Shav met with a serious accident on Monday evening while tin mining at Red Rill. He was working in a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Accident to the Steamer Tagliaferro
The Tagliaferro, previously reported broken down off Green Cape, yesterday arrived in tow of the New Guines, the last named vessel subsequently continuing her voyage to Newcastle. The Tagliaferro left Melbourne on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Shooting Accident. Pathetic Coincidence. Melbourne
A shooting accident, under extremely sad circumstances, took place this afternoon at Malvern, the victim being a lad named Bertie Douglas. He was toying with a…
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A party of visitors to the New Chum mine, Bendigo, had a sensational experience yesterday while descending in a cage to the 3000ft level. When the cage had gone 1100ft…
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The hearing was concluded to-day of the action brought by Joseph Onus against the Railway Commisioners. Plaintiff sought to recover £1000 as compensation for injuries…
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The hearing of the case in which £1000 compensation was claimed from the Railway Commissioners by Joseph Onus for injuries received in a train accident in Crown- street on March 9, 1897, was concluded in No. 1 Jury Court…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--An extraordinary occurrence took place at half-past 2 o'clock this afternoon at Malvern, at the residence of Mr. Douglas, grazier. Bertie Douglas, his son, a…
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The Chingtu brings news of a serious co[?] Japanese warships. It appears that the cruiser Akitsushima, having completed her repairs, was leaving for Shinagawa recently, when she came into collision with…
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