Sad Drowning Fatality
A youth named Albert W. Dawking, about 17 years of age, who was formerly a telegraph messenger at the Cooma office, and had latterly been acting as telephone attendant, met with his death by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents
Accidents, 1908
87 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 5
Overhead Collision. Panic in New York's Busiest Street
A railway collision in full view of thousands of bystanders, on 11th November, sent Broadway into hysterics. At the busiest hour of the day, when…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Accidents in Brussels. a Countess Seriously Injured
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 4 →Drowned Boy Mystery. Mother Charged with Murder
A strange story, the outcome of which was that a woman named Louisa Tiffin was charged with the wilful murder of her six-year-old son william, was told at a Hackney…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sensational Motor Accident. BOWRAL
A sensational motor car accident occurred near Bong Bong Bridge, two miles from Moss Vale, at about 6 o'clock last evening, as a result of which one of the occupants of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Accidents in Brussels. a Countess Seriously Injured
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 3 →In Collision. French Submarines. Men at Heir Posts
Some Interesting particulars are published in Paris of the collision under, water of two French submarines of the Mediterranean flotilla, the Souffleur and,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Playground of Europe. It Becomes a Graveyard. Alpine Accidents
“The Playground of Europe,” as Sir Leslie Stephen called the Swiss Alps, has for many been a graveyard—in fact, the “Lancet” points out, which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drowned on Horseback. Tragic Fate of a Doctor. a Flood Incident
Dr. G. J. Sealy, of Oak Hill House. Weybridge, was drowned near Sheeperton yesterday afternoon 24th December trough falling into the Thames with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Chemistry Explosion. Girl Students Injured
An explosion which occurred at the secondary school at Clay Cross, near Chesterfield, yesterday (reports the "Daily Mail" of the 8th…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drowned on Horseback. Tragic Fate of a Doctor. a Flood Incident
Dr. G. J. Sealy, of Oak Hill House, Weybridge, was drowned near Shepperton yesterday afternoon, 24th December, through falling into the Thames with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Painful Accident. Injuries Caused by Circular Saw Quickly Healed by Zam-buk Balm
No matter the cause or extent of your injury—whether it be the cut of a clean knife or the jag of a rusty nail—ZamBuk is equally capable of clean and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Little Accidents. What to Do in Emergencies. Serious Sprains
One of the commonest accidents is a sprain. Almost any man or woman who goes in for violent exercise may sprain a wrist or an ankle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Captain's Flat. Fatal Mining Accident
ON Saturday afternoon last, Mr. District Coroner Gale, received a telegram from Senior-Constable Canning, Captain's Flat, to the effect that at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Accident at Captain's Flat
John Byrne, a miner, accidentally fell down a shaft at Captain's Flat on Saturday morning last, and was killed almost immediately. The following is a report of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wharf Accidents at Eden. Rescue of Two Ladies
Owing largely to the congested state of the Eden wharf, due to the accumulation of railway sleepers for export, two of the large number of passengers for Sydney per…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Accidents
A TERRIBLE railway accident occurred at Braybrook (Victoria) platform on Monday night, when a Bendigo train crashed into a train which had arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →More Railway Accidents
THE list of accidents on the railways in this State and Victoria was added to on Friday last. At Junee, while the down mail was being shunted in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drowned in Sydney Harbour
Our "beautiful harbour" has its history of the sorrowful as well as of the joyous and beautiful in the many victims which are found. The body of Mr. Thomas D. Boyd…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Tragic Accident
After facing death scores of times and thrilling vast audiences twice daily by looping the loop in a motor-car, Mrs. Mitzel Morok, a pretty woman of 19…
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