B.n. Ferry Sick and Accident Fund
A meeting of the members of the Balmain New Ferry Sick and Accident Fund was held at the Bald Rock Hotel on Friday evening. The president, Mr. W. Ryan, occupied the…
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Fatal Team Accident
Another death has to be added to the, already lengthy list caused by the dangerous practice of Jumping on trams while in motion. Shortly before 10 o'clock on Saturday night William…
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Tho steamer Ouraka, while being taken out of the Victoria Dock on Saturday afternoon, crashed into Hie abutment on the eastern side of the entrance. Two plates were forced, and a number…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Accident at Woolwich Dock
Whilst working at the Woolwich Dock on Saturday morning," Robert Rutter (17), residing in Goodsir-steet, Balmain, fell a distance of 30ft., receiving a severe fracture of the base of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Another Diving Accident
Whilst Mr. S. J. Harte, organist at St. Patrick's Church, was bathing at Farmers Baths, Woolloomooloo Bay. on Saturday, he dived into shallow water, and struck his head with great…
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A mysterious drowning case occurred at Fremantle at an early hour on Saturday morning, Soon after midnight a fireman engaged on the steamer New York was awakened by a piercing…
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BROKEN HILL, Monday.-Reginald W. Hall, aged 15 years, residing with his parents at Broken Hill, was fatally shot at Purnamoota yesterday, He and three other lads were oat shooting, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Tram Fatality
At an inquest held yesterday touching the death of the engineer. William F. Brigham, who was run over by a tram in Harris street, Ultimo, on Saturday evening, a verdict…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shooting Fatality. Orange
A fatal shooting accident occurred near Lewis Ponds on Saturday afternoon. A man named W. Rusden was shooting rabbits when he saw an object not far in front of [?]m which he took lo be a rabbit,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Child Drowned. Wagga
A report from Henty states that a child, 3½ years of age, daughter of a farmer named W[?]nyke, at Pleasant Hills, was drowned in a waterhole near her par[?]ts residence on Thursday. The child in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Old Woman Injured
Eliza Wilborn, over 70 years of age, fell down stairs at her home at 53 London-street, Enmore, yesterday morning, and fractured her right thigh. She was taken to St. Vincent's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Blue Jackets Drowned. London, March 3
Owing to the capsizing of a boat in Bantry Bay seven of the blue jackets belonging to H.M.S. Resolution were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Disaster. In a City Sewer. Escape of Deadly Gas. One Man Killed and Three Injured
It is some time since Sydney has been startled by a sewerage accident, despite the extensive works in progress but the happy record was broken…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Accident to the Tambo. How It Occurred
HOBART (TAS.), Monday.-Great consternation was displayed in the vicinity of the wharves last evening when it became known that the steamer Tambo, which left here at 5 o'clock on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Accident. in Erskine-street a Man Killed. Three Others Partially Suffocated
A shocking accident occurred shortly after noon yesterday in a sewer shaft in Erskine-st, whereby one man was fatally injured, and three others were partially suffocated. The shaft is one…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Accident to Mr. Cook
A telegram from Singleton last Monday said: Mr. Thomas Cook, of Turanville, had a most miraculous escape at Werris Creek on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Accidents and Fatalities
The Commissioner of Police was Informed by telegraph on Saturday that a man named Thomas M'Tutosh [?]ad received a serious gunshot wound in the right breast at the New England mine, Lawlers,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatal Accident in a Sewer. Asphyxiated by Foul Air. Men Rescued in a Semi-conscious State. Gallantry on the Past of Bystanders. Some Interesting Interviews
Shertly before 12 o'clock yesterday a shocking accident occurred in a sewer shaft in Day-street, off Erakine-street, by which a man named J. Stevens residing at North Sydney, lost his life, and three…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Peculiar Shooting Accident. Penrith
A peculiar shooting occurred at Cra[?]ebrook yesterday. James Mills, a farmer in the locality, being much troubled with rats in his bar[?] began to shoot them with a pea-rifle. He had several shots when,…
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