Miner Suffocated Accident at Broken Hill Broken Hill
A miner named George Austin Pearce was killed in Block 10 early this morning. The deceased and a mate named James M'Ivor were at work in a stope…
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Shocking Mining Accident Two Men Killed MELBOURNE
A shocking fatality occurred at the Victoria Proprietary Mine, Diamond Hall, near Bendigo this morning. Two man around Charles Percell, (45) and Thomas Sranlaa…
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A finding of suicide was recorded at an inquiry held by the City Coroner yesterday concerning the death of a married woman, Frances Elizabeth Grose. The deceased was arrested on…
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The steamer Heliopolis, en route to Cardiff, and the steamer Orianda, from Penarth, came into collision in the Bristol Channel. The Orianda sank, and 14, including the…
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The Water Police were engaged yesterday dragging for the body of a boy who was supposed to be drowned in Leichhardt Baths. The clothes of a boy of about nine…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →An Exciting Accident in a City Restaurant. Brick Partition Collapses and Causes Panic
A great sensation was caused in Pitt-street yesterday morning by an accident at the A.D.C. (late Shadler's). The excitement at the time was great inside and…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.--On Saturday a boy, Frank Moloney, 18 years, while bathing in the Yarra, near Power-street, Hawthorn, with several companions, was drowned…
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YAMBA, Sunday.--Yesterday a young man, Joseph Carr, met with an accident which terminated fatally, while poling a trolly over the viaduct, being injured internally. He died…
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Mrs. Ann Whalen, widow, who was dreadfully burnt whilst extinguishing a grass fire last Sunday morning, near her dwelling, died last night…
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Charles Purcell and Thomas Scanlon, miners, were killed at the Victoria Proprietary mine, Diamond Hill, near Bendigo, yesterday. While at work in the slopes below the 1070ft level,…
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H. Wright, about 60, was cut to pieces by a train near Fremantle to-day. He was crossing the line when he was run down by the train. Deceased, who was a native of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Heroic Life-saving. the Wrecked Berlin. Work of the Lifeboatmen. Scores Drowned in the Saloon. Many Thrilling Scenes
LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The Great Eastern Railway Company's steamer Clacton arrived at Rotterdam an hour and a half after the Berlin struck, and stood by for…
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GRENFELL, Monday.—Miss Nellie M'Cue, who some ten days ago accidentally shot herself with a pea rifle, and has since undergone a painful operation, including the removal of an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shocking Accident in New Zealand. Three Men Killed. Wellington
Three men were killed by a fall of earth in a tunnel, through the hill connecting Wellington with Kilburnie. Their names were Harry Barrett (ganger), Alfred Harrington,…
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The City Coroner, Mr. A. N. Barnett, held an inquest on Friday on the circumstances surrounding the death of Charles Ritching, 20, which occurred at the Sydney…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Saturday.--A fall of earth in the Kilbirnie tramway tunnel buried Harry Barrett, the shift boss; Alfred Harrington, a married man; and John Eli, a single man…
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MOREE, Monday.--A narrow escape drowning occurred yesterday. A boy, Alt. Weston, was seized with cramps in the middle of the river, which had a fresh in it, and he sank…
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While walking yesterday afternoon down stops loading into Wentworth Park, a lad, George Dawes, living at Pyrmont, fell heavily, sustaining internal injuries, and concussion of…
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Miss Nellie M'Cue, who was accidentally shot with a pea rifle on the 9th inst., died in the hospital this morning…
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An inquest was held yesterday touching the death of Horace Selwyn Baker, 40, who died in the hospital on Saturday night. From the evidence it appears that Baker, was driving…
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