Fatal Motoring Accident
A motor, containing A. Z. Clarke a mining engineer, and his driver, Archibald Hull, whilst on the road from Macedon to Melbourne, on…
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Accidents, 1908
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A Belgian Braybrook. Collision Near Antwerp. London
A railway collision occurred near Antwerp, and there were 26 killed. Many bodies have been extricated, but others are pinned under the wreckage…
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Mr. George Brown, of Washpool, near Copmanhurst, was thrown from his horse on Tuesday morning. Dr. Diethelm, who was summoned, found…
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A terrible shooting tragedy happened at Murrurundi on Saturday afternoon, when the youngest daughter of Senior-Sergeant Oldfield was shot dead. It appears that the…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—A shocking railway accident occurred at the Central Railway Station this morning. A shunter named Bertie Elliott, 25 years…
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News of a terrible shooting fatallty reached Murwillumbah. It appears that three boys named Jno. Smith, 12 years, Leslie Smith (his brother), aged 11 years, and Tommy Craig,…
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SYDENY, Thursday.—Hert Elliott met with a terrible accident at the Comtral Railway Station this morning, which it is thought will result in his, death. He had…
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Mr. Bert. Elliott, aged 25, a single man residing at Leichhardt, met with a terrible accident at the Central Railway Station, Sydney, on Thursday…
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An accident of a most serious nature happened at St. Mary's on Monday evening, which resulted in the loss of life of two brothers, George and William Logan. They,…
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LONDON Sunday.—A boiler tube on the United States uruiser Tennessee burst, killing four seamen and injuring ten others, Rear-Admiral Sebree narrowly escaped…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—A valve of the warship Irresistible was left open, while lying in Portland Roads. The cruiser filled rapidly and listed…
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TAREE, Friday.—A young woman named Charlotte M'Hugh, employed by Mr. C. R. Collins, of High-street, was dreadiully burnt about the body yesterday through…
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LONDON, Wednesday—The Kingston valve, forming the outlet of the blow-off pipe of the marine engine, was blown off H.M.S. Irresistible while lying at Portland Ronds…
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An accident happened to the Tenterfield-Casino coach on Friday morning, which might have been attended with serious results. The coach carried two passengers—…
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James Black, an, old resident of Collarenebri has been killed through the horse he was riding bolting and running against a tree. His back was…
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An electric tramcar in the Fremantle (W.A.) municipal service was destroyed by fire, caused by a flash of lightning…
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A team of eight horses, attached to a waggon loaded with butter, bolted while going down the Cambewarra Mountain (between Nowra and…
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Mr. John Burns, President of the Local Government Board, while trying to release a man from between two motors that were in collision, strained himself by lifting one…
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An action instituted by Claus Slvertsen against the N. Cain coastal Co-op. Steamship Co., Ltd., claiming £300 damages for injuries suffered by him through an accident which occurred…
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While Mr. W. Hughes, a tea merchant, was driving along Hunter-street, Newcastle, his vehicle collided with another and lie was thrown violently…
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