A Blasting Fatality. Six Men Killed. London, Feb. 27
In the course of constructing the Jungfrau tunnel on the Alps a blast prematurely exploded, and six of the workmon. were killed…
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Fatal Blasting Accident
LONDON, February 27.—Six workmen were killed on Saturday through an accident while blasting operations were in progress in the Jungfrau Tunnel, in the Alps…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In the Country. (Some of the Following Items Appeared in our Late Editions of Yesterday.) Fires, Accidents, and Deaths
NARRAMINE, Monday.—A terrible fire occurred here early yesterday morning, 11 business places situated in the main street being totally destroyed. In the majority of cases the stock and…
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A child, aged 3 years, son of Mr. William Wooden, of Old Junee, has been accidentally burned to death…
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Six workmen were killed on Saturday through an accident whilst blasting operations were in progress in the Jungfrau Tunnel, in the Alps…
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Mrs. Freeman-Thomas, of Raiton, Sussex, daughter of Lord Brassey, the Governor of Victoria, had an exciting adventure in the hunting field at Eastbourne, Sussex…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident to Hired Horses. Burslem V. Hardwick
An action was heard in the District Court yesterday, in which Nellie Alberte Burslem, of 3 Short-street, Sydney, [?]ought to recover £30 from George Hardwick, of Sydney, is compensation for injuries done to a horse. It appeared…
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GUNDAGAI, Monday. -- A serious coach accident happened on Saturday. Whilst Mr. John Collier, coach proprietor, was driving three passengers -- Messrs. Isaac Mobbs, John Hopper, and John…
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In view of the fact that recently a lad named Williamson lost his life by drowning in a water-hole at Marrickville, the Mayor (Alderman W. W. Clarke) submitted at Monday's meeting of the…
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STEWART'S BROOK, Tuesday.—Mr. W. L. Adams, mining manager, met with a nasty accident a few day ago. He and his son were crosscutting a log, which lay so that the part they…
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A shotking fatsl buggy accident is reported from Camperdown A dairyman named John M'Arthur was returning home in a buggy drawn by two ponies, and while going down a steep inclin…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hunting Accident. Narrow Escape of Mrs. Freeman-thomas. London, Feb. 27
While hunting at Eastbourne, Mrs. Freeman-Thomas had a narrow escape from being seriously hurt. Her horse refused to take a fence and fell, breaking…
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A little chap of 3½years, named Ernest Pratt, whose parents reside in Agar-street, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital this afternoon suffering from a fractured thigh,…
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While at work this morning on the s.s. Nineveh, lying at Dalgety's wharf, two men were injured by being struck by a portion of the cargo which was being taken aboard…
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Albert Gibson (34), residing at 192 Wilson-street, Newtown, was admitted to Prince Alfred Hospital last night, for treatment for injuries sustained by being thrown out of a cart near a gateway, opposite Holdsworth-street, Newtown…
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Ernest Wilson (25), residing at 13 Walker-street, North Sydney, was admitted to the North Shore Cottage Hospital last night, suffering from burning injuries to the face and legs. He…
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LONDON, Monday Afternoon. -- The Hon. Mrs. Freeman Thomas (youngest daughter of Lord Brassey, and niece by marriage of Lord Hampden) has been the victim of an accident in the hunting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Accident. A Bankstown Resident killed in the City
On Saturday morning a fatal accident occurred near the railway station, Sydney, a young man, named James Austin McHugh being killed by a passing dray whilst…
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Mr. John M'Arthur, dairyman, was returning from Terang in a buggy, when, it is surmised, his foot slipped and he fell between the body of the buggy and the front wheel, his foot being…
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