The Queenscliff Gun Accident. an Inquiry to Be Held. Melbourne
The Minister of Defence (Mr. Joseph Cook) has appointed Colonel Wallace, the officer commanding the R.A.N. (New South Wales) to inquire into the…
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Accidents, 1910
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Accidents and Fatalities
A man about 35 years of ago was found drowned in the Avon River, near Gloucester (N.S.W.), the body being caught in the reeds. It is thought…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Railway Fatality. Guard Falls From Train. Succumbs to Injuries. Adelaide
A guard named J. M'Donnell, who resides at North Adelaide, fell from the van of an up goods train yesterday afternoon, just after passing…
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The Victoria Ambulance received a call to the North mine this afternoon, at 1.50 p.m. J. Martin, a single man, who had been working on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Railway Accident. Number of Trucks Damaged. Sydney
Twenty-one 10-ton, railway, trucks, loaded with metal, bolted during shunting operations early this morning and crashed with terrific force into…
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Dr. Sangster, sen., of Burra, South Australia, whilst taking a trip to Robertstown, had his trap badly broken up, but neither he himself nor the lad…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Accident to a Butcher. Will Probably Lose His Eye. Melbourne
A. J. Gibb, butcher at Bunyip, was walking through his back yard last night when a hook on a cart caught him between the eye and nose. He…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Railway Accident. Seven People Killed and 20 INJURED. [Reuter's Message.] London
The Brighton to London express, while travelling 40 miles an hour, broke a coupling near Stoorts West station to-day, and one carriage was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Guard's Death. the Gawler Fatality. Adelaide
An inquest was held at Gawler yesterday on the body of John M'Donnell, the railway guard who was killed through falling from a goods train…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Boating Fatality. Inquest on Victims. Sydney
At the inquest yesterday on the victims of the boating fatality at Wee Waa, a verdict of accidental death whilst crossing the Wee Waa lagoon…
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Two miners, named John Lamb and James Hamilton, who recently came from Scotland, received an unpleasant surprise when seeking a night's lodging…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Shocking Fatality. a Man Run Over Ry Ore Train. Two Legs and One Arm Cut Off. a Gruesome Spectacles
Shortly after 10 o'olock on Saturday night a man named Richard John Trevarrow, 46, met his deaths in a terrible manner by being…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident to a Boy. Dust Storm Causes a Vehicle to Overturn
On Saturday evening two lads named Dyer and James, sons of Messrs. Dyer and James, bakers, of Railway Town, were taking a load of bread…
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On Saturday a lad named Glasson, aged 7 years, while walking over the hill at the back of the tramway sheds, had the misfortune to fall over a stone…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident to Aviator. London
Mr. Hubert Latham, the well-known aviator, fell 150ft. at Cairo to-day whilst experimenting in his monoplane. He escaped without serious injury, but…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Accident to Driver. Thrown Out of Vehicle. Succumbs to Injuries. Sydney
George Thomas Shannon (52), residing at Carrington-road, Randwick, was driving a pair of horses on Saturday evening when the horses bolted,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Shunting Accident. Truck Gets Away and Derailed. Two Bullocks Killed. Sydney
Whilst shunting a stock train near the saleyards at Bathurst on Saturday, a truck containing 10 bullocks got away from the train, and travelling towards…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Saturday Night's Fatality. the Inquest. Verdict of Accidental Death
Mr. W. N. Dove, S.M., opened an inquest at the Courthouse at 10.30 this morning, into the circumstance of the accident by which the deceased,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Railway Accident. the Cause Explained. [Reuter's Message.] London
The cause of the accident to the Brighton to London express, resulting in the death of seven people and the injury of 20, is explained by the fact…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident to Steamer. Her Propeller Damaged. Adelaide
The coastal steamer. Investigator, which reached Port Adelaide to-day, reports that her propeller was damaged last Thursday through striking some…
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