Sad Drowning Fatality
A youth named Albert W. Dawking, about 17 years of age, who was formerly a telegraph messenger at the Cooma office,…
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Accidents, 1908
41 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers · page 1 of 3
An old N.Z. Footballer Drowned
Mr. John Naiarces aged 40, the famous Ni[?]ori footballer; has been drowned at Oiazo. He was a member of the first New Zealand…
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Richard Whale, a young man, a resident of Hornsby, was on a visit to Chalsbury, and was admitted to the hospital at Goulburn, suffering…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Drowning Days at Cooma Magisterial Enquiry
A magisterial enquiry was held by Mr. James H. Mostague, J.P. Deputy Coroner, at the Cooma Court Hosts on friday evening, touching the…
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A disaster causing the deaths of 16 children, and injuries to 40 others, occured at a cinematograph matinee at Barnsley, Yorskshire…
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TILBA TILBA, Thursday.—A sad fatality happened late yesterday evening at Woodlands, the residence of Mr. Henry Wright, by…
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The missing boat, with 21 passengers and seven of the crew from the Great Eastern Railway Company's steamer…
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A serious railway accident occurred to a special passenger train which left Wolongong Sydney at about 340 on Saturday…
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Mr. S. W Shettle second in command on the staff of the Adeicide Observatory, was cycling home last night and an going…
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A man umpiring at a cricket match at Morning was struck with a ballon on the jew, which was broken…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Foundering of the s.s. Bega. Death of a Passenger. Valuable Cattle and Horses Drowned Gold and Butter Lost
THE I.S.N. Company's steamer, Bega, which left Pathra on her return trip to Sydney at 7 p.m. on Sunday, sank a couple of hours…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Painful Accident. Injuries C[?] by Cir[?] Saw Quick[?] Healkd by Zam-buk Balm
No matter the cause or extent of your injury—whether it [?] out of a xlear knife or the [?] of a rosty [?]—Zam bok is equally capable of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Railway Accident. Collision of Two Heavily Loaded Trains Near Melbourne, Nearly 1,000 Passengers on Board. an Awful Scene. Numbers Killed and Injured
A RAILWAY disaster, which is without parallel in the history of Australian railway lines, occurred on Monday night last at…
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The staging at the Buck-jumping Show collapsed. Seven-hundred persons were precipitated to the ground. A few people were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Intercolonial News. Terrible train accident in Victoria. Melbourne
At eleven o'clock last night a crowded passenger tran was [?] Braybrook Station, near Melbourne, when another…
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The American steamer St. Paul, outward bound from Southampton, crushed into the cruiser Gladiator off Yarmouth. The…
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The claims agent of the railway department (Mr. H. W. Hawker wood) was on Thursday [?] of 10 additional persons who receive…
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An engine running empty hoppers on the South [?] train line at Bellambi [?] into a coach, which it carried along the line,…
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A terrible railway collision in Belgium occurred at Contich, [?] miles from Antwerp, on the Antwerp, Lierre, and Turnhout…
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Mr. George Cottell, parliamentary candidate for Morton at the last elections, and a man named Nichol, were drowned in the…
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