Drowning Fatalities. Among Boys Bathing. Melbourne
Drawning fatalities among boys who have been bathing during the holidays include Hector Colley (9) drowned in the Saltwater River; Clanee Curtis (12) of Ballarat,…
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Accidents, 1908
1,205 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 61
Mr. E. M'laughlin Injured
Mr. E. M'Laughlin, late licensee of the Royal Exchange Hotel met with a painful accident at Port Victor the other day. He was walking on the jetty with his little…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Engine-room Tragedy. Wheel Bursts. One Man Killed. Another Injured. Kalgoorlie
Particulars are to hand of an accident resulting in the death of a young man named Thomas Elder and in serious injury to another man named J. Cook. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident to a Ketch. Damage not Regarded as Very Serious. Adelaide
This morning the ketch Lurline, a wellknown trader in and out of Port Adelaide, had her hull pierced by a sunken pile in the Port Adelaide canal and sunk. The ketch…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Plague Fatality. Brisbane
A fatal case of plague is reported in Brisbane, the victim being a man who worked on a coal hulk in the Brisbane River…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Found Drowned. Adelaide
Mrs. Caroline Green (60) was found drowned in the Onkaparinga River. She had been in failing health of late, and had recently been in the Adelaide…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Railway Accident. Ganger Badly Hurt. Zedhan
Michael Davern, an elderly ganger, was yesterday engaged sighting rails on the Strahan-Zeehan railway line when a special train ran into the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drowned at a Picnic. Little Girl Falls off a Log. Melbourne
Whilst at a picnic held yesterday on the banks of the Ovens River, Wangaratta, a girl named Christine O'Brien (10), whilst walking along a log, [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New South Wales. Pea Rifle Fatality. Sydney
Raymond Element (9) was fatally shot by a poa rifle at the Glebe on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Accident
At the Central mine this morning Hoare sustained a broken [?] [?] a stone falling on it while [?] was working on the 700ft. level. He…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Mine Accident. At the Great Cobar. Sydney
A fatal accident occurred at the Great Cobar mine on Saturday evening. When a young married man named John William Pascoe was in a bucket tho rope…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowning Fatalities. Brisbane
At Mount Morgan yesterday a number of boys were swimming in the Company's dams, when Patrick Henry (14) cried out that he was drowning,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Bicycle Accident. Collision with a Cab. Sydney
Edward Stride was riding a bicycle into the city, and was coming at a swift pace with his head bent down, when a cab approached from an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →West Hampstead Collision. London
Hollis, the signalman, has been acquitted of the charge of mansl[?]ughter in connection with the West Hampstead railway cdllision, which occurred on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Seaman Drowned. Adelaide
Albert Andorson (25), a native of Norway, was drowned in the Port Adelaide River about; a quarter-past seven last hight. Anderson was a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Barnsley Calamity. Children Killed and Injured. King Edward's Sympathy with Parents. [Reuter's Message.] London
At a cinematograph matinee in Harvey's Hall, Barnsley, on Saturday 16 children were killed and 40 injured, as the result of a stampede. Learning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Franchise Processions. Berlin Socialists on the March. Collisions with Police and People. Hundred Persons Injured. [Reuter's Message.] London
Thirty thousand Socialist's marched in 10 franchise processions in Berlin yesterday. The prosessions' were orderly, but at several points of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident to a Fireman. Adelaide
Shortly after midnight on Saturday a fireman named D. Maloney got his arm caught between the buffers of the engine and the carriage of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mine Accident
At the Central mine this morning J. Hoare sustained a broken toe through a stone falling on it while he was working on the 700ft. level. He…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Train Collision. Nine Persons Seriously Injured. [Reuter's Message.] London
The Lancashire to Yorkshire express collided with the North-Western express at Huddersfield yesterday, nine persons being seriously injured…
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