Railway Accidents. What Would You Do?
In a party of commercial travellers the question was recently propounded. "what would you do in case of a railway coll[?]on at fall spped?"…
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Accidents, 1916
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Accident to a Troop Train. Sydney
A serious accident befel an empty south-bound troop train near Shell[?] harbor yesterday. A tender and four carriages left the rails; and three of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New South Wales. Fatal Lift Accident. Sydney
Gordon Marr ([?]), a recent arrival from Scotland, employed as packer at J. Taylor and sons sanitary engineerning works, Bridge-street, sustained a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →French Airship Falls Into the Sea. Crew of Six Drowned. Paris
A French airship fell into the sea off Sardinia, in the Mediterranean Sea. The crew of six men were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Central Fatality. Opening of the Inquest
Mr. Thomas Hall (City Coroner) this morning conducted an inquiiy into the circumstances surrounding the death, of Michael Ryan, who was killed as the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Five Men Injured in a Motor Smash
The Stdney correspondent of the "Advertiser"'says:- A motor-car, in which there were five passengers, overturned at Attunga late…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Shooting Fatality. Bullet Pierces a Fl00r and Kills a Man. Melbourne
As the result of a peculiar accident, Alfred William Alcock, of 'Alcock and Pierce, gunsmiths, Little Collins-street, died in the Melbourne Hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident at Central Mine
This aftrnoon Mr. William West, a surface laborer employed at the Central mine, was jammed in the door of a truck and sustained severe lacerations…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Enemy Submarines. the Sunken Batavier. Submarined or Mined? American Passenger Drowned. London
The Dutch steamer Batavier No.5, which was sunk, as cabled yesterday,, was either mined or torpedoed in the North Sea. Two explosion wrecked…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Enemy Submarines. a French Vessel Sunk. Thirty Men Believed to Have Been Drowned. Philadelphia
The Norweigian steamer Falkland, from London, on arrival here reported rescuing four of the crew of the French barque[?]ne Bernadotte, bound for the…
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This afternoon Mr. William West, a surface laborer employed at the Central mine, was jammed in the door of a truck and sustained severe lacerations…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fight with a Lunatic. Clergyman Fatally Injured. Sydney
The Rev. G. P. Metcalfe, Church of England minister at Burrowa, was found in an unconscious state in Lang's Creek, on the Yass-road, on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Collision in Sydney. Two Soldiers Injured. Sydney
A collision occurred between two trains at the Newtown (Sydney) station last night. Two passengers were slightly injured. Fonr carriages were seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Accident
Last night Mr. Charles Anderson, who was injured in the Central mine on Wednesday, was removed from his residence to the Hospital suffering…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →West Australian Mine Accident. Two Men Killed. at the Great Boulder. Kalgoorlie
Yesterday, at the Great Boulden mine, N. Nicklcss and F. Jenkins were killed by a fall of rock. Both men were single and were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Accident at Wallaroo Mines
On Wednesday morning (reports "The Plain Dealer") an accident which proved fatal happened to Williams Rowse, of Wallaroo Mines (S.A.). It appears…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miner Found Drowned
Denis Callaghan, who waa a West Coast (Tasmania) miner for about 25 years, was reported as missing at Zeehan on Saturday night. As…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aeroplane Accident, One Officer Killed, Another Injured. London
While Captain Grime Jones and Lieutenant Henry Tennant, the eldest son of Mr. H. J. Tennant (the Undersecretary for War) were biplaning in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Accident at Wallaroo Mines
On Wednesday morning (reports "The Plain Dealer") an accident which proved fatal happened to Williams Rowse, of Wallaroc Mines (S.A.). It appears…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatality at Iron Knob
Mr. A. W. Lacey, president of the A.M.A. at Port Pirie, received a telegram on Friday (says "The Recorder") that an accident had occurred at Iron…
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