Mining Fatality. Beings Forth Heroes
ZEEMAN, Wednesday. -- This afternoon a Maltese workman named Pule Vella, employed in the Mount Lyell mine, fell down the pass from 4A [?] to No. 5 stope, a distance of 35ft., and…
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Harbour Collision. Master Fined £20
The collision of the ferry steamers Kangaroo and Balgowlah recently, near Bennelong Point, was the subject of a case in the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Clarke, S.M. W. G. Rodgers,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Alexandria Drowning. Coroner Writes to Council
The Alexandria Council received the following letter from the City Coroner (Mr. H. C. Hawkins):—"I have to inform you that Frederick Claude Hardis was accidentally drown…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A Big Fatality List. Auckland
The present week has been marked by many fatal accidents. A Maori woman living alone was burned to death in her dwelling at Kaibu. A well-known farmer named…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Harbor Collision. Ferry Captain Fined £20
A collision which occurred off Benelong Point about 9.30 on the night of Boxing Day, between the Manly berry steamer Balgowiah and the Cremorne ferry stcamer Kangaroo,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fall of Fifty Feet. Accident at Mortlake. Three Men Seriously Injured
A sensational accident [?] at a building in course of erection for the Australian Gaslight Company, close to the works at Mortlake, about half-past three this afternoon. As…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bump! Collision of Waistcoats. Politician Breaks Mirror
There is in Sydney a stout and solid politician. His supporters, think that all men should get out of his way. The inadvertent removal of an opponent at the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tragic Love Affair. Girl's Throat Out and Han Drowned. Brisbane
The body of Albert Home, a widower, who was suspected of baring wounded Florence Johnson in the throat with a ragor at O'Connell Town, was found this morning in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Attacked by a Bullock. Contractor Severely Injured. Wentworth
A painful accident happened to Mr. John Thompson. contrcetor. about seven miles from Wentworth. It seems he bullocks he was driving were yoked up in the team, and stopped…
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Sydney George Devine, eleven years old. of 9 Morehead-street, Waterloo, was while olying his calling as a newsboy at the corner of Cleveland and E[?]ale streets,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fatalities and Accidents Deaths From Burns
Alfred Norman Brett, a lad of four years and nine months, was admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital on January 14, suffering from burns about the body. He died the same day…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Como Fatality
At the City Coroner's Court on Tuesday an enquiry was held concerning the death of William Smith, engine driver, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatality on the Persic
On January 16 Leimuth A. Newton, 40, married, a wharf-labourer, was admitted at Sydney Hospital suffering from paralysis of the arms and legs, as well us injury to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Death by Drowning. Mr. C. H. Stemsen's Young Son
Word comes from Narromine of a drowning fatality in the Macquarie River on Friday last, when the 15-year-old son of Mr. C. H. Siemsen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Men Killed. a Third Injured. Scaffolding Collapses
Two men were killed, and a third was seriously injured by the collapse of scaffolding at Mortlake gas works yesterday. At 2.30 p.m., John M'Lolland, James…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Two Workmen Killed. Another Injured. Three Men Fall 40 Feet
An accident at the new portion of the Australian Gaslight Company's works at Mortlake late yesterday afternoon resulted in James M'Lean, a laborer, of Cheltenham-road…
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(Q.)—(1) Wages Board Award (Shires) clause 6, with reference to this matter, would it be illegal for the council to create an accident…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Accident While in Employ
"Goulburn" asks for advice on the following:—A.B. broke his leg under the following circumstances:—He got hurt hooking the engine on to a water…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →288.—Council's Accident Reserve Fund
(Q.)(1) Wage Board Award (Shires) clause 6, with reference to this matter, would it be illegal for the council to create an accident…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Mortlake Accident
Owing to the collapse of scaffolding at the Mortlake Gas Works on Thursday afternoon. two men were killed and a third [?] injured. The men were working on a report…
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