Breatest Local Explosion on Record. Cobar Vibrates. Three Quarters of a Ton of Gelatine on Fire. a Magnificent Spectacle. Considerable Damage to Buildings. marvellous Immunity from accidents. Stones Hurled a Mile. Report Heard 22 Miles Away
The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 2
What a wonderful little town we live in—quite a record, breaker. We have the bun in the State for the production of gold and copper…
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The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 1
A sensational railway accident occurred at Stanwell Park on Saturday afternoon. When passing the Park station a carriage of the 340 train from Wollongong to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Accident Near Sydney. One person killed, others injured
Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 2
A SERIOUS railway smash occurred on Saturday afternoon at Stanwell Park on the Illawarra line 32 miles from Sydney. A train laden with three or four bundred passengers left…
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Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 2
AN accident occurred at the Wellington railway station on Friday night, three trucks being thrown off the line. They were being pulled out by an engine preparatory to starling out,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Accidents in Brussels. a Countess Seriously Injured
The Cobar Herald · Friday 31 January 1908 · page 7
Brussels, 10th November.—Two serious motor-car Occidents occurred in Brussels to-day, one already having proved fatal, and the other…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Accidents in Brussels. a Countess Seriously Injured
The Western Herald · Saturday 1 February 1908 · page 7
Brussels, 10th November. — Two serious motor-car accidents occurred in Brussels to-day, one already having proved fatal, and the other,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Invalidity and Accidents Pensions Act
Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 1 February 1908 · page 4
IN another column we refer to the fact that the regulations under the recently passed Invalidity and Accidents Pensions Act have been gazetted…
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The Wellington Times · Monday 3 February 1908 · page 2
While duck shooting at Horsham, Victoria, Sydney and Allison Guest were drowned in the presence of their brother…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sad Case of Drowning. the Bell River Claims Another Victim
The Wellington Times · Monday 3 February 1908 · page 2
A very sad drowning accident occurred on Saturday. Mr. Alexander Spilsbury, aged 22, left town about 11 o'clock on Saturday…
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The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 4 February 1908 · page 2
As we go to press we are informed that M r. William Simpson, a young Coonabarabran native, lately residing an Tambar Springs, met his death at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Accident at a Chaff-cutter
Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 5 February 1908 · page 3
Yesterday, Thomas Mortimer Riding, of Pyramid Hill, Victoris, had his right arm caught in a chaff cutting machine, and severed to the elbow piece by piece…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Found Drowned. Inquiry Concerning A. Spilsbury, Junr's., Death
The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 February 1908 · page 5
The inquest touching the death of Alexander Spilsbury, junr., whose dead body was found in the Bell River last Monday morning, was opened at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Bulli Collision. Peculiar Sequel to a Railway Accident
Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 4
ON Wednesday a serious collision occurred between two engines on the South Bulli Colliery railway line. It appears that both got the road clear, the one from the jetty and the other…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drowning the Drum. City Man's "Counterblast" to Salvation Army
The Western Herald · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 6
Mr James Stacey, a liveryman of the City of London and a member of the National Liberal Club, residing at Crescent Grove, Clapham Common, wan…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Burning Accident
Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 5
Mrs. Mullins. residing at Redfern, was shockingly burned this morning, through the flames of a candle igniting her nightdress. Her condition is critical…
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The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 4
Arthur Furney, son of Mr. John Furney, of Bunglegumbie, met with a nasty accident on Sunday morning. He was jumping a horse over an obstacle, when the animal…
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The Wellington Times · Monday 10 February 1908 · page 2
The adjourned inquest touching the death of Alexander John Spilsbury, whose dead body was found in the Bell River last Monday morning, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowned in Sydney Harbour
The Wellington Times · Monday 10 February 1908 · page 2
A man named Arthur Aldos, while fishing off the rocks at the Gap, Watson's Bay, yesterday, was washed off and drowned…
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Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 3
This morning the second offer of the steamer Noorebar wr[?]truck at Byron Bay by a case of iron weighing a ton, and sustained shocking injuries, which will probably prove fatal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Accident. Little Girl Run Over
The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 February 1908 · page 4
A very sad accident occurred on Monday afternoon, when a little girl named Violet May Hinch, living in Montefiores-street, was run over by a…
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