Baby Drowned. Left Playing in a Bath. Perth
An eleven-months-old infant was yesterday left playing in a bath by its mother (Mrs. George Nicholls) while she went to dress. The plug was out…
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Accidents, 1915
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Workers' Accidents. Zam-buk Needed to Prevent Blood-poison and Skin Disease
Every worker should always keep a pot of Zam-Buk within easy reach. Cuts and bruises are a daily occurrence, and unless they are dressed with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Blasting Accident. Explosion in a Ballarat Shaft
A serious blasting accident occurred at the reserve of the Ballarat Water Commission on Saturday night (says the "Age"). Four men were engaged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Killed at Condobolin. Fatality at Potter's Mine. Condobolin
George Atkins, a middle-aged man and married, was killed at Potters wine, Condobolin, yesterday. He got jammed between the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Brake Van Accident. Four Men's Deaths. the Inquest. Kalgoorlie
At the inquest on the bodies of the victims of the brakevan accident, the jury decided that James M'Keown, Thomas Broderick. Thomas Kearney,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In Railway Accidents What Would You Do?
In a porty of commercial travell[?] the question was recently propounded. "What would you do in case [?] a railway collision at full speed?"…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Australia. Collision in the Street. Adelaide
Edward William Hillson (24), a traveller, of Bridge-street, Kensington, was driving along the East Parade, when he collided with an electric tram…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Accident. Adelaide
As a result of being thrown out of a dray on January 23. James Peter Dynan, a contractor, of Blythwood, died yesterday in a private hospital at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drowning Fatality at Moonta
A drowning fatality occurred at Cross Roads, Moonta, last Wednesday afternoon, whereby Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bargwanna lost a lad of 5 years of age…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Melbourne Fatality. Run Over by a Motor Pump
Dr. Cole. city coroner, on Friday conducted an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death on January 15 of Ernest Maltravers Alderman,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Injured Brazilian Trader. Saved From Sinking. Paris
The ship Caria, from B[?]mster (Brazil), with coffee, sugar, and hides, suffered a violent explosion below the water line and hoisted distress signals…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident at Nuntherungie. Kick From a Horse. White Cliffs
A man named Hughie Gilbert sustained a broken leg at Nuntherungie Station to-day through being kicked by a horse…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boy Drowned in River. a Brave Little Rescuer
George William Erickson, 13 years of age, who resided at 26 Combemere-street, Moonee Ponds, was drowned in the Maribyrnong River on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Melbourne Fatality. Run Over by a Motor Pump
Dr. Cole, city coroner, on Friday conducted an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death on January 15 of Ernest Maltravers Alderman,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman Accidentally Shot
Tragic results followed on a joke played at Essendon on Saturday last (says "The Argus"), when a married woman, Elsie Martin, 22 years of age,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Injured Foot
While at work at the Proprietary mine this afternoon Mr. T. Perkins had his foot badly bruised by a wheel which fell upon it in the fitting shop…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Child Saved From Drowning. a Plucky Clerk. Adelaide
A child about 4 years of age was saved from drowning at Port Adelaide yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon by the heroic act of B. Jeanes, a young…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Windpipe Injured
Early this morning, the Victoria ambulance removed Harry Rice from the South Blocks mine to the Hospital for treatment for injuries to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mishap at a Colliery. Fifteen Men Injured
A serious accident occurred on Wednesday (says the Brisbane correspondend of the "Advertiser") at the Noble Vale Colliery No. 1. Fifteen men were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Boys Drowned. Raft Capsizes on a Lagoon. Melbourne
A rart made of banana cases capsized on a lagoon at Box Hill on Saturday morning, and two boys, Leslie Thomas and Douglas Anderson, who…
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