Floods in Asia Minor. Appalling Loss of Life. 0Vers Two Thousand Drowned. London
Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 21 July 1908 · page 2
Terrible floods have occurred at Tokat, a town in the province of Sivas. Asia Minor, situated about 70 miles inland from the Black Sea, and two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Irani Accident. Grazier Injured. Sydney
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 23 July 1908 · page 2
William Scull, a grazier, of Eulowrie, near Barraba, was knocked down by a tram in George-street this morning, and sustained several confusions on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Remarkable Railway Accident. Woman and Infant Injured. Sydney
Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 23 July 1908 · page 3
As the Albury express was running into Benalla station last night, Mrs. Meadows, with a grandson, aged 18 months, and a baby in her arms, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shocking Railway Fatality. a Woman Killed. Child's Narrow Escape. Albury
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 23 July 1908 · page 2
As the Albury express was running into Benalla station Mrs. Meadows, with a grandson, aged 18 mouths, was standing near the carriage door, when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murrurunid Collision Dwyer and Gibson on Trial. Murrurundi
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 30 July 1908 · page 2
At the Murrurundi Quarter Sessions to-day, before Acting-Judge Edmunds, in the first case against J. B. Dwyer and W. Gibson for alleged negligent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Typhoon. Many People Drowned. Hundreds Missing. London, July 29
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 30 July 1908 · page 2
During a typhoon at Hong Kong a torpedoer went ashore and a passenger steamer foundered, twelve aboard being drowned. Three hundred others…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Customs Launch Sunk. Run Down by Steamer. Four Officers Drowned. London, July 29
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 30 July 1908 · page 2
While the steamer Chingtu, from Australia, was entering Manilla harbor on the 12th inst., she cut down and sank a Customs launch…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wounded in a Duel. Fencer Injured by a Novice
Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 31 July 1908 · page 3
A fierce duel (says “Lloyd’s Weekly”) was fought on the 14th May in the grounds of the Big Wheel in Paris between a young man named…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident Near Henty
Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 1 August 1908 · page 2
On Tuesday Mr Crawford, one of the settlers in the Urangeline district, met with a rather serious accident about two miles from Henty. He was riding to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Horrible Motor Accident London
Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 1 August 1908 · page 2
Mr. Winthrop Sands, a step-son Of Mr. W. K. Vauderbilt, has been killed, and his body virtually incinerated iu a motor accident at Paissy,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Body in the River. Magisterial Inquiry. Verdict of Found Drowned
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 3
An inquiry concerning the death of the man Henry Dawson, whose body was found in the river on Friday, was held at the Court House, Wagga, on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Military Barracks Burnt Magazines Explode. Three Soldiers Killed and 20 INJURED
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 2
The German military barracks at Peking were burnt, and the small arms magazine exploded. The artillery magazine was saved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tram Collision
Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 5 August 1908 · page 2
A tram collided with a waggon in Botany Road last night and killed one of the four horses attached to it. The front ef the tram was damaged. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Some Curious Accidents
The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 5 August 1908 · page 4
Collisions between all sorts and varieties of vehicles are on record, but a collision between a vessel and a railway train is probably unique. As…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Child Accidentally Shot. MELBOURNE
Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 5 August 1908 · page 2
Percy William Bryant, aged three, was accidentally shot by his father, an engine driver at Rover mine. Bryant was engaged repairing a gun, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motoring Fatality. Car Topples Over an Enbankment. Four People Killed. London
Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 6 August 1908 · page 2
A terrible motoring accident, attended with fatal consequences, is reported from San Francisco. Whilst descending a hill the emergency…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Bush Fire. a Town Destroyed. Many Killed and Injured; Thousands Homeless. London, Monday. Afternoon
Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 6 August 1908 · page 2
A bush are has destroyed the down of Fernie, British Columbia. Seventy of the residents were killed, and 100 injured, and 3000 are homeless. Other…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Remarkable Accident. Motorist Thrown Across a River. London
Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 6 August 1908 · page 2
A 90 horse-power Mercedes car, which was running at the rate of 119 miles an hour, at Brooklands, left the track, and shot the occupants 100 feet across the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →First Aid to the Injured
Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 7 August 1908 · page 6
Accidents are common in evey household and it is necessary to be ready for such emergencies. A bottle of Dr Sheldons Magnetic Emiment and a roll of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Suicide by Drowning
Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 8 August 1908 · page 2
The body of Alfred Brooker, contractor, who was missing from hit home at Alexandria eleven days ago, was found this morning in a water…
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