Late News by Wire. Sydney, Wednesday afternoon. Shocking Accident
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 December 1908 · page 5
John Donovan(22), employed at a wheelwright's establishment in Redfern, met with a shocking accident this afternoon. He was walking across a plank placed over a lift well, when it is alleged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Smash. Collision on Zig-zag. Four Persons Injured
Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 December 1908 · page 3
A serious railway collison took place on Tuesday night on the Zig-Zaz, and although no lives were lost there were several minor casualties, and the smash…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Death of Mr Alfred Dobson. Drowned in the Channel. London
Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 December 1908 · page 4
Mr Alfred Dobson, Agent-General for Tasmania, was drowned on Saturday while on a voyage from Boulogne to Folkestone…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Collision on Zig-Zag. Four Persons Injured
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 December 1908 · page 3
A serious railway collision took place last night on the Zig Zag, and although no lives were lost there were several minor casulaties, and the smash was such that the line was blocked for some…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drowned at Dungog
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 December 1908 · page 4
Gus. Cluley, son of Mr. W. Cluley, of Thalaba, was found drowned in the river about a mile above Dungog. It appears the deceased, who was subject to fits, went fishing in the morning, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drowned in a Fit
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 December 1908 · page 5
The Coroner held an inquest into the death of Arthur Edward Such, aged 18, an artist, who was found drowned with his head in a bath of water at his lodgings,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drowned in the Harbour
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 December 1908 · page 14
At about 10.30 on Saturday night the dead body of Clement Corrigan, single, 34, a labourer, and a native of Queensland, was recovered from the water near Cowper Wharf, in…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Death of Mr. Alfred Dobson. Drowned in the Channel. London, Dec. 7
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 December 1908 · page 2
Mr. A[?]red Dobson, Agent-General for Tasmania, was drowned on Saturday while on a voyage from Boulogne to Folkestone. Mr. Dobson was travelling alone, returning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ziz-zag Railway Smasah. How the Accident Happened
Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 December 1908 · page 3
The first news at Lithgow at the collision which occurred on Tuesday night at Clarence Siding was the arrival of Guard James Costelle at Eskbank…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Comedian Injured
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 December 1908 · page 5
A fire occurred at an hotel at Aberavon, Wales, and Arthur Roberts, the famous comedian, was badly injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shot with a Revoives. Injured Man's Strange Story
Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 December 1908 · page 2
Leslie Butler ager is living in Upping was brought on Sunday to the sydney Hospital. where he was admited suffering from a bullet wound in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and General News. Effects of a Blasting Accident
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 December 1908 · page 4
The unfortunate navvy James Butchard, who was seriously injured in a blasting accident on the North Coast railway works about two months ago, has completely lost…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Recent Railway Fatality
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 December 1908 · page 5
An inquest into the cause of the death of Guard Costello, who was killed in the recent railway accident at the Zig Zag, was concluded at Lithgow to-day. The court found the driver…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shocking Fatality. Walcha
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 December 1908 · page 5
A shocking fatality occurred at Walcha yesterday. Vera Hogan, a child aged 2 years, during her mother's absence from the home, fell into the fire, and died the same afternoon in terrible agony…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Faction Fight on the Mongolia. Two Men Severely Injured. Sydney
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 December 1908 · page 5
A faction fight occurred on board the mail steamer Mongolia this morning, during which two coloured men were severely injured. At one time about fifty firemen and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Narrow Escape of Travellers. Accident at the Washpool
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 December 1908 · page 4
An accident of an alarming nature occurred (it a place called the Washpool, between Tarce and Gloucester, on Monday evening, to a numbre of travellers, and it was at first feared that one of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →M.l.a.'s Tongue Injured. Assault on Mr E. ML Clark
Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 December 1908 · page 4
The member for St. Leonards, Mr E. M. Clark, attended at the North Sydney Police Court on Monday, to prosecute Nat Williams for assaulting him on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Zig-Zag Railway Fatality. Guard Costello's Death. Driver, fireman, and Guard Committed, for Trial. (By Telegraph). Sydney
Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 December 1908 · page 2
The inquest into the cause of the death of Guard Costello in connection with the recent railway collision at Clarence Siding, at the Zig-Zag, has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident at Lorn
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 December 1908 · page 2
An accident of a rather serious nature occurred on the Belmore Road at Lorn on Tuesday afternoon. It appears that Mrs. Richands, wife of Mrs. Frank Richards, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tasmania-kirkwall Collision
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 December 1908 · page 4
In a case mining out of the collision between the barque Tasmania and the steamer Kirkwall in the North Sea in August last, whereby the Kirkwall was sunk, the Admiralty Court has found…
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