Oil Ship Wrecked. Many Persons Injured, Port Darwin
Eastern files state that the oilship Tanoarville was wrecked by a terrific explosion as she lay in the dry dook at Kennel Harbor, Singapore, on April…
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Accidents, 1908
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A Railway Fatality. Melbourne
Margaret Joule (35), a State school teacher at Ballarat, was run over [?] the Adelaide express on Saturday night and killed…
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Eastorn files state that the oilship Taucarville was wrecked by a terrific explosion as she lay in the dry d[?]k at K[?] Harbor, Singapore, on April…
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At the Fremantle Hunt Club's meet on Saturday James Henry Taylor's horse fell whilst jumping a fence. The rider's leg was broken…
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The elderly man who died as a result of a fall from a New Thebarton tram last week has been identified as Alfred John Battle, who for some years resided…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New South Wales. Boating Fatality. Sydney
The steamer Moresby arrived at Sydney yesterday from New Guinea and the Solomons. The steamer ivports tho drowning of a settler named P. N…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident to Airship. Falls Three Hundred Feet. Seven Persons Severely Injured. [Router's Message.] London
Morrell, the inventor of the airship which fell during a trial trip at Berkeley (California) on Saturday, claimed that he had discovered a successful…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Second Edition. Late Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] Accident to an Airship. London
The Morrell airship, 450ft. long, propolled by live 40-horsepower ongines, fell 300ft. during a trial trip in the presence of thousands of spectators at…
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A full of ground occurred in a shaft at the South Blocks mine, a little after 1 o'clock this morning, and Thomas Redda, a minor working in the shaft,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Shooting Accident. Sydney
A shooting accident at [?] Creek, near Murwillumbah, on Sunday resulted in the death of one lad and the wounding of another…
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A Hindmarsh tramcar ran away while proceeding down a steep hill lending from,West-torraco to Mile End yesterday, and collided with a car near the…
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A collision occurred yesterday at Eudlo station (Queensland), between two goods trains during shunting operations. Not much damage was done…
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Late last night Bertie Elliott, who was engaged shunting at the Sydney station, fell under the wheels of a train, both legs being severed. He…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Third Edition. New South Wales. a Railway Fatality. Sydney
Victor M'Garrigte, railway cleaner at Werris Creek, was run over by a[?] engine last night and killed…
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Shortly after the inspection of the Port Pirie Light Horse by the Military Commandant yesterday afternoon Private Baker (19), assistant marker,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Kalgoorlie Mining Accident. Man's Wrist Torn Off. Kalgoorlie
A miner named Stephen Johns had his right hand torn off below the wrist through a fall of earth at the Great Boulder Proprietary Mine yesterday…
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Augustus Price, a tram conductor, residing at Redfern, whilst walking in his sleep early this morning fell 30 steps downstairs, fracturing his skull…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Car Fatality. Melbourne
Duke Ema[?] Doyle (7) was run over yesterday and killed by a motor, driven by Arthur Holmes, at Warrandyte. Deceased, who was swinging on…
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A motor car driven by Cedrino skidded and turned over on the Baltimore track yesterday. Cedrino's, back was broken…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Football Fatality. Sydney
William Blair and walter Barthelson were playing in a football match at To[?]umwal on Saturday, and both went simultaneously for a mark. The…
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