Pea Rifle Fatality. Sydney
Edward Roberts (3½, living at Moralben, was yesterday accidentally shot dead with a pea rifle by his brother Frederick (10). The children were playing in a room and…
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Accidents, 1908
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A Railway Accident. Guard and Enginedriver Injured. Melbourne
From what meagre particulars are available with regard to the accident at Ringwood station it appears that the train for Melbourne was hoing shunted ready for…
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The engine which dropped over the embankment at Ringwood was in charge of Driver Sheehan and Fireman M'Keown, who had charge of the trian concerned in…
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Charles Irving was riding a racehorse on the Werribee racecourse yesterday, when a cow jumped in front of the horse, which rolled on the rider, who…
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The ambulance was summoned to the Proprietary mine this morning. A miner named R. Nelson, a single man, sged 25, was at work at the 1200ft…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gemville Burning Accident. Girl's Clothes Catch Alight. White Cliffs
A 9-year-old girl named Evelyn Harding, living with her parents at Gemville, received terrible burns yesterday through her clothes catching…
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Andrew Roberts (20) was seized with cramn whilst bathing in Lnke Hindmarsh yesterday, and was drowned in the presence of his parents and other…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Mining Fatality. At Mount Lyell. Hobart
Whilst working at the Mount Lyell mine yesterday, two men fell a distance of 100ft. One of them named Atkinson was killed, and the other…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Victoria. a Buggy Fatality. Melbourne
Mr. J. D. Morrissey, shire engineer at Nagambie, was driving from Murchison yesterday when the buggy capsized over a log. Mr. Morrissey, who…
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On Saturday evening the ambulance received two calls, the first about 6.45 o'clock to the South mine, where J. Berry, a trucker working on the 800ft…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowned on His Birthday. Melbourne
Charles Cameron on his 16th birthday drove to the Waranga Dam and swam in after a man's hat. He took cramp when he had nearly reached the…
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Lilian Mand Pearse (13), the second daughter of Mr. J. E. Pearse, of Woodfort Farm, Woodside, was accidentally shot on Saturday, and died four [?]…
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A fatal accident occurred, last night at about 6.35 at the Proprietary mine. A miner named John Maloney and a party of three others had for an hour…
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An accident occurred on the 800ft. level of Block 12 (Proprietary mine) at 11.50 to-day. A miner named J. Casey, a single man, was working in…
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The miner, J. Casey, who was injured this morning by a fall of earth at Block 12, Proprietary m[?]ne, died later on in the Hospital. Deceased was a single…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Stoker Injured. Melbourne, Tu[?]sday
The steamer Ulimava was proceeding to sea to-day wh[?]n a stoker named James Duncan fell headlong into the stokehold and was badly injured. The…
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Henry Brough, a prospector, was working in a shaft 20ft. in depth at Ballarat yesterday, when the ground broke away. Edward Mintell, Brough[?]…
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An accident occurred just before [?] o'clock this morning on the 900ft. level of Block 11. Proprietary mine. A miner, named T. Hayes, aged 40,…
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An accident occurred on the 800ft. level of Block 12 (Proprietary mine) at 11.50 to-day. A miner named J. Casey, a single man, was working in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Bicycle Fatality. Assistant at Observatory Killed. A Young Man Injured. Adelaide
Mr. S. W. Chettle, who is over 50 years of ago, was killed while riding a free-wheel bicycle over Victoria Bridge last night. He collided with a…
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