Fatality at Bungarby. Child Incinerated
At 7 a.m. on Thursday a fire broke out at Banda, Bungarby, in a house occupied by Mr. Thomas Murdock and family…
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Accidents, 1914
62 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers · page 2 of 4
Appalling Railway Disaster Heavy Death Roll. Fourteen Hilled. Many injured. Telegram to "Mercury." SYDNEY
A shocking railway accident occurred at midnight at Exeter, near Moss Vale. The Tamers mail train (No. 5)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burning Fatality. Child Burned to Death
At about 7 o'clock on Thursday morning a fire broke out at Banda, Bungarby, i a house occupied by Mr. Thomas Murdock and family…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Exeter Railway Search Injured Progressing
A visit was raid to the Bowal hospital by the Governor, Sir. Gerald Strickland. He was accompained by Lady Edeline…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rescuing the Injured. Sawing Through Wreckage
"I've seen a few smashes of the kind in different parts of the world, and I don't want to see anything more gruesome," exclaimed a passenger on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Accident at Eurobodalla
Mr. Joseph Reed, one of the partners of Messrs. Reed Bros., saw millers at Eurobodalla, met his death on Saturday last whilst…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →How the Accident Happened. Later
The accident occurred in a rather simple manner. The goods train, officially known as the "No. 12," was due at Moss Vale at about 20 minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hearse Driver Drowned
Patrick Murphy. aged 50. a well-known cab-driver, of Goilburn, was drowned between 12 and 1 o'clock on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hearse Driver Drowned
Patrick Murphy, aged 50, a wellknown cab driver, of Goulburn, was drowned between 12 and 1 o'clock on Saturday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Smash in Rosehill Cup. Eight Horses Fall. Jockey W. H. Smith Seriously Injured
One of those big smashes which occur at long intervals on racecourses was associated with Rosehill Cup, a stake of the value of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lamentable Accident at Orbost. Loss of Three Lives
The residents of Orbost were greatly shocked on Friday, 13th inst., when it became known that three men employed on the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WELLINGTON. N.Z., Monday. Terrible Explosion Fatality
While assisting to remove goods from a store on fire at Upper Hut yesterday a terrific explosion occurred. Six men…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Live Boer Shell Fired by Accident
May pacifically acting as a door weight for ten years. a "live" Boer shell has exploded at the Chantry Crediton…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nearly an Accident
An amusing motor cyclist story comes from Liverpool. A gentleman was returning to Liverpool after a country run one evening recently when in front of him he noticed a bright light. It came rapidly nearer and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamship Collision
A collision occurred near the Sydney Heads at one 0'clock this morning between two coasting steamers the kiama and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Orange Driving Fatality
White Mr. Peter Quirk and family were driving home to Store Creek, near Orange, the horse bolted. All were thrown…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidental Inventions. Origin of the Bayonet, the Lamp Chimney, the Telescope, and the Art of Lithography
The bayonet is said to have derived its name from the fact that it was first made at Bayonne, and its origin illustrates the proverb,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Accident. Thrown From a Horse
On Monday afternoon, 30th March, Mr. James Binnie, of Burragate, was thrown from a horse, and died on Tuesday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Year's Street Accidents
A White Paper issued by the Home Office shows that during last year there were 1,151 fatal and [?] non-fatal accidents due to vehicular traffic is the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motoring Fatality. Tasmania
At Bioadmarsh, Tasmania, a motor car in which John Qua [?]by a miner, aged 19. G. New - bury. 27, and John Swan were…
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