Explosion in a Sewer. Workman Badly Injured. Candle Falls Into a Box of Blasting Powder. Sydney
Jack Ellis, 30 years of age, was the vietim of a sensational accident yesterday. Ellis was employed on the new…
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Accidents, 1909
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Porter Francis's Death. the Result of the Inquest. Accidentally Killed. Adelaide
At the inquest yesterday on the body of John Francis, the railway porter who was killed through being squeezed between the buffers of some trucks…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Double Fatality. Two Men Drowned. Perth
Yesterday morning two young Irishmen, named respectively William Cranlie and Patrick Dwyer, employed as barmen at a city hotel, went for a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car Accident. Occupant Seriously Injured. Hobart
A motor car accident occurred last night outside the Maypole Hotel, at the intersection of Main and Risdon roads, Newton, Garnet Hope, the sole…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowned at Bellambi. Sydney
Joseph Hawken, a member of the Bellambi Surf Life Saving Club, was drowned at Bellambi Beach on Wednesday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Shooting Accident. Lad Injured in Face and Neck. His Condition Serious. Melbourne
A serious shooting accident yesterday occurred at Diamond Creek in the orchard of Thomas Collins, whereby his son, Percy (15), was struck in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train and Buggy. Young Woman Injured. Melbourne
Whilst Miss Ruby Garner was driving over a level crossing at Maryborough to-day a train collided with the vehicle. Miss Garner was thrown…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrible Mining Fatality. Man's Head Severed From His Body. Cairns
News has been received in Cairns of a terrible accident at the Mount Molloy mine. It is stated that an enginedriver named James Lang fell…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storms in West Australia. Washway on a Railway Line. Trains Held Up. Serious Accident Narrowly Averted. Perth
Thunderstorms occurred in various parts of the eastern districts yesterday. Last night the railway line was, after a heavy deluge of rain, washed away,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident at the Central. Man Falls Into Grinding Pan
At about 8 o'clock this morning the ambulance received a call to the Central mine, where a man named A. Ball had fallen into a grinding pan. Ball,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident at a Mine. Sydney
The main tunnel mouth of the Mount Pleasant mine, Wollongong, fell in yesterday. A great quantity of stone blocked the travelling way, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Railway Fatality. Melbourne
James Mann (51), a train examiner, whilst getting out of the road of one engine yesterday, was run over and killed by another…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Boiler Fatality. Melbourne
A boiler exploded at the irrigation plant at Kerang yesterday, Clarke, the driver (23) being killed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Steamer on Fire. Twenty Persons Drowned. [Reuter's Message.] London
The President Roka, a steamer running to Southern Argentina from Buenos Ayres, caught fire yesterday, and sank. Twenty persons were drowned,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An Awful Explosion. Baby Boy Decapitated and Others Injured. Wild Scenes of Panic
A series of gas explosions (says "Lloyd's" of January 3) occurred in quick succession on Wednesday evening in Grange[?]road, Bermondsey, with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Tragic Occurrence. Fall of a Tree. Kills Two Ladies. Other Persons Injured. Hobart
A terrible accident occurred on Saturday on the road between Pyengana and Stoolumbia Falls, Tasmania. Mr. Anderson, of Goshen, was driving a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pea Rifle Fatality. Sydney
Albert Woodhouse (15), was shot yesterday with a pea riflle by a lad named Kenneth Harris. The latter, it is stated, fired at a bird, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Osborne Well Fatality. the Death Explained
Mounted-constable Ferris and Mr. T. Hall (coroner) yesterday afternoon returned from Osborne Well, about seven miles from Albion Town, where they…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident to a Widow. Adelaide
[?] Eliza Davis, a widow, residing at Port Adelaide was having her brokfast to-day when she took a [?] A up she held in her hand at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accident to a Farmer. Adelaide
[?] L. Cranwell Young a larmer of Mat Bav. met with a seriou aceide to-day through a waggon load of what passing over his arm and leg…
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