Run Oves by a Train. Young Man Fatally Injured. Sydney
A young man named Sidney Oxenbridge, whilst working on one of the Mount Pleasant Coal Company's locomotives, was in the act of oiling part…
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Accidents, 1915
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Miner Office. Miner Office, 3 p.m. the War. (Reuter's Messages.) Princess Itene Disaster Verdict at Inquest. Believed to Be Accidental. London
A verdict was given by the jury to-day on the bodies of the victims of the Princess Irene disaster at Sheerness. The verdict was that death was due to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →2nd Edition. Miner Office. 3 p.m. the War. (Reuter's Messages.) Germany and Merchant Shipping. Trawler Sunk Without Warning. Seven of the Crew Drowned. London
The trawler Argyll has been torpedoed without warning on the east coast. She sank in two minutes. Seven of the crew have been drowned and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Figures of Killed. and Injured. Germans Call It a "Senseless Procedure." Berlin
A German communique states:- "Nineteen persons were killed and 14 seriously injured in the Karlsruhe air raid. The population is embittered on…
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James M'Faddan (50), who has a homestead lease at Rowena, was admitted to the Broken Hill Hospital yesterday suffering from a severe…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Gun That Went Off. Accepted As an Accident. Adelaide
Samuel Barker was charged in the Police Court to-day with having on May 29 fired a loaded gun at William Frederick Davey. Mr. Owen appeared…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Germany and Merchant Shipping. a Collier Torpedoed. Captain and 22 of the Crew Believed to Be Drowned. London
The steamer Straithnairn, bound from Cardiff to Archangel with a cargo of coal, has been torpedoed off Milford Haven…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →How the Accident Happened. Paris
The "Journal" says that Flightlieutenant Warneford described several large circles in the air and made several rapid descents. When at an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Fatality List. Killed and Died of Wounds
Appended are further names and addresses of the next of kin of officers and men of the South Auatralian contingent, who have been killed in action…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shot Four Times. Nurse and Delivery Carter. Man's Throat Cut. Condition of the Injured. Sydney
Two people were removed in an injured condition from Nurse J. M. Craser's residence. Bridge-road, Glebe, this morning. They were Nurse Craser" who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accidents at White Cliffs. Three Occurrences in One Day. a Young Woman's Heroism. (From "The Miner's" Correspondent.)
A serious accident befel Mr. John Perry while returning to Glenhope homestead, near White Cliffs, on Thursday last. Mr. Perry left White Cliffs…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →South Australia. Fatal Accident in Timber Mill. Adelaide
Hurtle J. Stephens, an employee at Cowell Brothers', timber merchants, at Port Adelaide, was the victim of a fatal accident yesterday. The heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gun Accident. Man Wounded in the Leg. at South Broken Hill
A shooting accident, resulting in injury to a man and slight injuries to a horse, occurred at South Broken Hill this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Nurse Drowned. Blown Into Sea at St. Kilda. Melbourne
During the strong, gusty wind that prevailed yesterday morning, Nurse E. Hegarty, a visiter from Beechworth, aged 36 years, was blown off the St…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Two Trains Collide. at Flinders-street Station. Three Passengers Slightly Injured. Melbourne
Yesterday morning as an Oakleigh railway train was standing beside the platform at Flinders-street station, an empty train drew up and struck the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Swept by Tornado. Great Damage in Western Canada. People Killed and Injured. a Township Obliterated. Calgary
A severe torado swept the district near Medicine Hat (Assiriboia, Canada). Tw[?] people are known to have been killed, and many injured…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bombs Dropped on Arras. Fires Started, Many People Injured. Paris
German aeroplanes dropped 100 incendiary asphyxiating bombs at Arras. Fires were started at several places. Many persons were injured. One…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Would-be Soldier Injured. Hurt by a Motor Car. Melbourne
A soldier, who was injured by a motor car yesterday in Melbourne, said he had travelled on foot 350 miles to enlist. It took him a month to do this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Desperate Attempts to Escape. Checked by a Shell in Engine Room. Passengers and Crew Ordered to the Boats. Steamer Then Destroyed by Bombs. Thirty Persons Reported Drowned. London
Many of the survivors of the Armenian disaster have arrived at Cardiff. They say they sighted a German submarine 200 miles off the S[?]illys. The li[?]er put on full speed, and made a desperate effort to escape. The captain of the steamer defied the U38's orders to stop until a shell…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Damages for a Railway Accident. Sydney
A passenger, who was injured by a North Shore train running into a dead end was awarded £1700 damages yesterday…
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