South Australia. Painful Burning Accident. Adelaide
A terrible burning accident occurred at Petersburg yesterday. The victims of the accident, Miss Adeline Schnaars, laundress, and Miss…
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Accidents, 1911
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A Boy Injured. Shot in the Thigh. Sydney
George Allwood (12), residing with his parents at Alexandria, was shot in the thigh yesterday. According to statements made to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Brisbane Sensation. Three Steamer's Firemen Drowned. the Occurrence a Mystery. Brisbane
Three firemen on board the Waipara, named James Hill, Ernest Saddler, and William Martin, were drowned at Brisbane yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victorian Turf Notes. Next Spring Programme of the V.A.T.C. an Injured Jockey Recovering. Melbourne
In framing its next Spring programme the V.A.T.C. has decided to increase the Debutant Stakes to 1950 sovs. The Toorak Handicap and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Railway Collision. in the Rhondda Valley of Wales. Passenger Train Runs Into a Coal Train. Several Carriages Wrecked. Eleven Bodies Recovered. [Reuter's Message.] London, Monday Night
A disastrous collision occurred in the Rhondda Valley to-day near Pontypridd, Glamorganshire (Wales), where a train with 300 passengers overtook…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Accident Near Newcastle. Brakes Refuse to Act. Miraculous Escape of Driver Fireman and Guard. Locomotive Topples Over a Fence. Into Adjoining Ditch. Sydney
An accident, having a remarkable resemblance to that which occurred at the Central Railway Station, Sydney, on Saturday morning, took place yesterday…
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On Friday afternoon the South Australian Commissioner of Police received a telegram from Constable Litchfield; stationed at Murat [?]ay, on the West…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Drowning Fatality. Victim's Body Recovered. Sydney
The body of Joseph Element, a young glassworker, lately living at Arncliffe, who was drowned in the Woronora River on Sunday, was recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hotel Destroyed by Fire. One Man Loses His Life. Five Seriously Injured. [Reuter's Message.] Vancouver
The Millard Hotel, Omaha, Nebraska, was destroyed by fire yesterday. One man lost his life and five were seriously injured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident on a Racing Track. Contrite and Ethel May Collide. Adelaide
At Victoria Park this morning Contrito collided with Ethel May, who ran across the track in front of her. Both foll. At first it was thought that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cab Proprietor's Death. Injured in a Collision. Verdict of Manslaughter Against Tramdriver. Sydney
The coroner yesterday concluded his inquiry into the circumstances of the cab and tram collision, which occurred in Pitt-street, near the School of Arts,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Bathing Tragedy. Five Girls in a Waterhole. Two Drowned
About 6.30 on Monday evening, live girls. Vera Teague, Linda Penree, Ida Blake, Clarice Berry, and Violet Gordon, were bathing in a hole in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A N.Z. Railway Fatality. Victim's Body Horribly Mutilated. Falls Between Platform and Passing Train. Wellington
H. M. Lyon for many years secretary of the Wellington Racing Club, and latterly secretary of the Fire Underwriters' Association, was killed yes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Railway Accident. Fencer Receives Shocking Injuries. Sydney
Frank Bogg (58), a fencer in the employ of the Railway Department, received shocking injuries as the result of being run over by an engine near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident at the Central Mine
Whilst two men, W. Murphy and T. Price, were engaged trucking at the Central mine about 6.30 this morning, the truck ran over the feet of both…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Remarkable Cloud Burst. Three Creeks Flo[?]ed. Narrow Escape F[?] Drowning
At [?]len Innes, New South Wales, on Saturday a cloud burst and flooded Furracabad, Clarvaulz, and Beaufort creeks, turning them into great seas of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Richmond Railway Collision. Finding of the Board. Driver Melville Dismissed. a Driver and Fireman Fined
The departmental Board of Inquiry appointed to elucidate the cause of the Richmond railway collision delivered its finding on Wednesday…
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Frederick R[?]eve, a night fireman at a glassworks at Hindmarsh (Adelaide), retired to rest at 7.30 a.m. on Saturday, and when relatives went to his…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Accident at the Bullfrog Mine. Southern Cross
It is reported that an accident occurred yesterday at the Bullfrog mine, south of the Bullfinch Proprietary, whereby a miner was seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Strange Fatality. Perth
James Hickmott, who was the victim of a fatality at Mertondale (W.A.), on Saturday, was killed in an extraordinary manner. His horse reared and…
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