Fatality at Sydenham. Man Cut to Pieces by Train. Sydney
John Gleeson, 52 years of age, a ticket-collector on the Railway, was out to pieces on the railway line near Sydenham station this morning…
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Accidents, 1913
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Fatality at Broken Hill. Broken Hill
James Pittman, a carpentor, was fatally injured at the Government tramway sheds yesterday. After doing some repairs to an engine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatality at Pelaw-main. Head Wheeler Killed. Kurri Kurri
A fatal accident happened at the Pelaw-Main Colliery on Saturday night directly after crib time, to John William Henry, the head wheeler, who lived at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sensational Accident. Launceston
A sensational accident occurred at Burnic wharf. Frank Porter, of Wynyard, drove on to the wharf in a jiuker, on which were seated a young lady named…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kaiser's Motor Car Accidentally Kills a Boy. Berlin
A motor car in which the Kaisor was riding at Wiesbadon, in trying to avoid a cyclist, ran over a boy. The lad was killed instantancously…
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Mr. G. Brown, the district coretier, conducted an inquest at the Kurri Kurri Courthouse yesterday morning into the circumstances surrounding the death of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Fatality. One Hundred Killed. London
Two Bulgarian military trains collided near Drana at night. A hundred men were killed, and 300 injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident to a Racehorse. Adelaide
The two-year-old colt Myriea, while on the way to the annual meeting of the South Australian Jockey Club at Morphevilles this morning, was run into by a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Riot at a Funeral. Several Persons Injured. Ohio
A riot occurred at the Linwood Cemetery during the funeral of a miner. Two persons were seriously shot, one fatally heaten, and many injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Waratah. Fatal Accident
A fatal accident occurred to an aged man named Thomas Donohue, a resident of the railway camp near Wallsend junction, yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Drowning Fatality
Mr. Joseph Egan, a well known resident of Thoraton, was drowned yesterday morning, at about a mile from Morpeth, He was driving in a sulky with Mr, John…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident at Richmond Main. Engine-driver Injured. Maitland
Albert Worthington, an engine-driver, employed at Richmond Main shaft, was lowering five men down a shaft 400 feet deep…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burning Fatality
An inquest was held by Mr. C. Hibble, the district coroner, at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday, into the death of a little girl, Agnes, Eisle Bartle, aged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Naval Accident. Seven Sailors Drowned. London
A naval boat with twenty bluejackets of the torpedo flotilla was swamped off Grafton by a heavy sea. Seven men belonging to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lorry and Tramcar. Collision in Sydney. Sydney
A sensational collision between a tram car and a lorry occurred near Centennial Park this evening, as a result of which Alfred Green, the driver of the lorry, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Narrow Escape. Railway Collision Averted. Sydney
A disastrous railway collision was narrowly averted last night by the officer in charge of the Como railway station. A guard's van, which had been standing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Football Fatality. Auckland (N.z.)
An accident, which subsequently proved fatal, happened on Saturday afternoon in a football match under Rugby League rules…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Accident. Fall From a Chimney
Henry Lucas, 40 years of age, fell from a chimney stack at Mr. S. Hewson's laundry at Havelock-street, Mayfield, yesterday, and died at the Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Tainui. Collision at Sea. Wireless Calls Answered. London
The steamer Tainui, 9057 tons, hound for London, collided with the steamer Inca, during a dense fog, 50 miles north of Capo Finisterre, Spain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aviation Fatality. Fall of 2000 Feet. London
Lieutenant Desmond Arthur was bi-planing at Montrose, Scotland, when ha fall from a height of 2000 feet, and was killed…
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