Revolver Accidents
A tinsmith named Jas. Coll, residing at Pyrmont, was examining a revlver yesterday afternoon when the weapon exploded, the bullet entering his forehead. He was…
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Accidents, 1909
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Shooting Fatality
A terrible case of accidental shooting comes from Nymagce. It appears that on Thursday morning last Mr. George Jacobs, lessee of the Priory…
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While Mrs. Fred. Bath was busy attending to her household duties at Walcha yesterday, her son, three and a half years of age, pulled over a bucket of boiling…
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Owing to a collision with a tram car three motorists were killed at Manchester. Numerous accidents occurred owing to motors driving through crowds who attended a flying machine…
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A tram car in Manchester collided with a motor 'bus, in which five persons were driving. All the occupants were thrown out, and three killed…
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Rolf Hansen, aged 16. when attempting to board a train at Rockdale, fell between the platform and the train wheels. The train passed over him, severing both legs below the…
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The very remarkable story of a miner's death caused by a splinter of rock so small that it could not be found subsequently was told (says…
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A Terrible accident occurred at Cootamundra on Friday morning. A German named Albert Keller, 30, a shearer, attempted to jump on the Gundagai train when passing…
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A child of three, named Lee, was brought to the Dubbo Hospital from Narromine on Friday, having met with a terrible mishap resulting in the loss of its left foot. It appears that the…
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Walter Cross, 16 yaars of age, employed at Wellington Railway Station as a porter, was knocked down by the mail train this morning. The train struck him on the left…
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A two-year-old boy, named Mervyn Lea, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lea, of Mayfield, Narromine, met with a very painful accident at his home on Friday. He was…
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A serious accident occurred at the Wellington railway station on Tuesday morning in which a lad named Walter Cross, son of Mr. H. Cross, of…
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Twenty.five workmen have been drowned by the bursting of a dam at Constantinople…
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GREAT sorrow and regret were felt at the Dubbo school on Tuesday when word came through that Walter Cross (formerly a scholar at the school), son of Mr. H. Cross, of Wellington, had…
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REFERRING to the accident to the little boy, Mervyn Lea, mentioned in last issue, we learn from Mrs. Lea that thorn was no blame attachable to anyone, and we did not anticipate…
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A frightiul burning accident occurred on Friday last at Dapville, near Wrightville, to a woman named Mrs Fullerlove. It appears…
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A drover named Albert Wilson, aged 17, was run over by the Adelaide express near Pimpinio on Sunday night week and killed. It is stated that the deceased, in…
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ON Thursday, Mr. Charles Stewart M'Coll was riding King of Arms in the Novice High Jump at Bendigo Show, when the horse struck the raila and came down, throwing Mr. M'Coll on…
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Mrs. John Fox, of Wingewarra-street, received a telegram on Thursday morning to the effect that her son, Mr. Ambrose Fox, had been seriously hurt at the Cobar…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collision on the Danube. London, Thursday night
A Russian mail steamer and a Roomanian vessel collided on the Dubbo. The latter sank, the crew of 21 being drowned. Two boats, with four corpses, were washed…
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