Lighthouse Accidents. Keepers' Adventures. One Shot, Another Burnt. Sydney
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 28 November 1908 · page 7
While Webbing, the second keeper of the Althorpe lighthouse, of Investigation Straits, South Australia, was out shooting on Tuesday he slipped on the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →View of Japanese Press. Interview Not Discredited. Separation of Accident and Orient. London, Nov, 27
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 28 November 1908 · page 2
The Japanese newspapers do not discredit the report of Mr. Hale's interview with the German Emperor, and interpret that it was an attempt to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lighthouse Accidents. Extraordinary Occurrences Rifle and Rocket Explode. a Keeper's Predicament. Adelaide
Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 November 1908 · page 2
Two serious accidents have occurred at Althorpe's lighthouse, in Investigator Straits The second keeper, named Webbing,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Peculiar Fatality
The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 1 December 1908 · page 3
Clande Doyle, 13, was found hanging by a rope in an o[?]ouse of the yard of his mother's residence, Princes-street All efforts to restore…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News From the Capital Sydney, Monday 8 p.m. a Harbor Collision
The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 1 December 1908 · page 3
A sailing boat was accidentally ran down by the steamer Drummoyne off Goat Island yesterday She was cut in halves, but the occupants were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Accident
Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 1 December 1908 · page 2
A little girl named Norah Ryan was cut to pieces by a train at a level crossing near Blayney station yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mitchell Shire Troubles Accident on Gundagai Road
Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 December 1908 · page 3
As Mr James Hurst was driving out of town on Saturday night last, he had the misfortune to drive over a low stump on the Gundagai Road about 7½ miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Cycling Fatality
The Worker · Thursday 3 December 1908 · page 31
An inquest concerning the death of Mrs. Neil who, as reported in last week's Worker, was killed in Centennial Park, Sydney, by being run into by a bicycle,…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Sad Drowning at Hobart Brother and Sister Go Down Together. Hobart
Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 December 1908 · page 3
A sad fatality took place at Plenty to-day. A Mrs. Watkins and three children, aged respectively 7, 12 and 19. who were "travelling," encamped…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Attempted Murder. a Chinese Seriously Injured Sydney
Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 December 1908 · page 3
Fie Kie Jaug. aged 45, a Chinese storekeeper was found unconscious this morning on the floor of a shop in Globe-street, city in a pool of blood and under…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Railway Accident. Body Shockingly Mutilated. Sydney
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 3 December 1908 · page 2
John Harvey, aged 18, night officer in charge of the railway gates on the Sydney-road at Liverpool, was run over last night by the outward-bound…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocking Railway Accident. Night Officer Cut to Pieces. Sydney
Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 December 1908 · page 2
John Harvey, aged 18, night officer in charge of the railway gates on the Sydney road at Liverpool was cut to pieces by the Melbourne Express last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents at a Lighthouse
The Worker · Thursday 3 December 1908 · page 31
By a curious coincidence two serious accidents from different causes happened at the Althorpe's Lighthouse, S.A., last week. The second keeper, Webbing, was…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Disastrous Typhoon. 350 Japanese Drowned. London, Dec. 4
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 5 December 1908 · page 2
A typhoon at Hatua Island, wrecked 35 boats, 350 Japanese fisherman being drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lost at Sea. Believed All Hands Drowned Fremantle
Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 December 1908 · page 5
Word has been received here of the lose of the barque Isle of Erin off Orkney Island on October 26. When sighted the vessel was almost…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Shipping Collision Marine Court's Decision. Engineer's Unblemished Record. Sydney
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 5 December 1908 · page 2
The Marine Court gave judgment to-day in respect of the recent collision between the steamer Newcastle and the hulk Josepha. The Court decided…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident at Coolamon
Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 December 1908 · page 2
Lindsay Smith, the eleven year old son of Mr. Smith, Station master at Coolamon, met with a very painful accident on Thursday last. Whilst…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Remarkable Accident. Schoolboy Runs Against Pointed Stick. Chest and Lungs Pierced. Sydney
Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 December 1908 · page 5
At 4 o'clock this afternoon a lad named Lewis Raymond (15), was taken to the Sydney Hospital suffering from a severe punctured wound in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sensational Fatality. Tasmanian Agent-general. Drowned at Sea. London, Dec. 7
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 8 December 1908 · page 2
Mr. Alfred Dobson, Tasmanian Agent-General, was travelling alone on a flying visit to Paris and returning on Saturday, via Boulogne. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AGENT - General Drowned. Accidental Fall Over-board. the Body Not Found. London
Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 December 1908 · page 2
Hon. Alfred Dobson, Agent-General for Tasmania, was drowned while crossing the Channel from Boulogne, France, on Saturday…
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