Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Accidents, all years

New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1909

226 stories in New England's papers · page 3 of 12

Motor-car Mystery. Accident on a Welsh Cliff

Guyra Argus · Thursday 18 March 1909 · page 3

Mystery surrounds the story of a motor-car accident in North Wales on Saturday night (said the "Daily Mail" on Wednesday, January 6) when Miss…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Large Hat Question. Some Accidents

Guyra Argus · Thursday 18 March 1909 · page 6

The London correspondent of the "Manchester Guardian" draws attention to a feature of the festive season. He says the distinctive…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Drowning Fatalities

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 3

Two drowning fatalities have occurred in the river at Murwillumbah. While George Howard was returning from Tweed Heads in a sailing boat…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Railway Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 4

A railway acoident has occurred at Montreal, the boiler plug of the engine blew out, throwing the driver and fireman from the train, which dasbed,…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

An Injured Jockey

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 March 1909 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday Night—The jockey, Thomas Clayton, who was injured at Rosehill on Saturday, was in much the Same condition this afternoon as when…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Fatal Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 March 1909 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday Night.—Three men have been killed and 40 injured by the breaking of a gangway from the battleship "Vanguard," which is being…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Drowned

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 24 March 1909 · page 4

Mr. Patrick Fitzgerald, a commercial traveller was drowned in, Newcastle Harbor to-day…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Drowned Gold. Search for Sunken Treasure. Myth of Kruger's Gold

Guyra Argus · Thursday 25 March 1909 · page 5

The first full and complete story of the gold that was smuggled out of the Transvaal just before the Boer war is forthcoming this week from the diary…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Drowned. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 6 April 1909 · page 4

A young man named Alexander Grimmond. a resident of Hobart, was drowned by the capsizing of a sailing boat in the Derwent River…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

[?] Results of Tram Accident. The Case of Mrs. Mackie

Guyra Argus · Thursday 8 April 1909 · page 7

Nothing but good can result in giving to the public some hint as to the [?]ous incidents in which Mrs. Kate [?]ackle, of No. 2 Stanley-street,…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Tasmanian Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 10 April 1909 · page 4

Alfred Otter, a passenger on a rirer steamer at Hobart, fell into the engine-room, and became-entangled in the machinery. He was terribly…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Cricket Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 10 April 1909 · page 4

Frank Everson, aged 11, sustained injuries while playing in a cricket match, which caused his death…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Dynamite Fatality. SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 16 April 1909 · page 4

A miner named Richard Walsh, whilst working at Hebbura Colliery yesterday, was killed by the firing of a blasting of a shot close by Walsh…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Disaster at Geelong. Two Men Killed, Twelve Others Injured

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 17 April 1909 · page 7

The most disastrous accident which has ever occurred at Geelong (Vic.) on Tuesday afternoon, at the northern part of the town, where a large…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Driving Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 17 April 1909 · page 4

Several persons were seriously injured at Wangarratta (Vic.), through the horse of a buggy in which they were driving dashing the vehicle…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Drowning Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 21 April 1909 · page 4

The Rev Father Murray was drowned while surf bathing at Wollongong. Amateur Footballers' Tour. The tour of the amateur footballers…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

A Priest Drowned

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 6

A drowning fatality occurred at Wollongong on Tuesday morning, whereby Rev. Father Murray lost his life. He left the presbytery at 9…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Cycling Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 27 April 1909 · page 5

Just beyond the Butter Factory, on the Inverell road, a terrible accident occurred on Thursday evening at about 6.30. Young Searle Grant, in…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Local and General. Serious Cycling Accident

Guyra Argus · Thursday 29 April 1909 · page 2

At Glen Innes on Thursday last, Searle Grant, son of Mr. Grant, maintenance man in the employ of the Guyra Shire Council, met with a…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Lost in the Fog. Seroic Captain Goes Down with His Ship. Thrilling Story of Collision in Cardigan Bay

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 30 April 1909 · page 4

How the captain of the steamer City of Dundee, the second officer, and the quarter-master sacrificed their lives during a collision in…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →