Terrible Fatality
A borning tree fell across a vehicle at Pyengans (Tasmania), killing Miss Cro[?] and a child, Jessie Nesbitt, and severely injuring four others…
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Fire at Sea. Twenty People Drowned. London
The President E. Roca, a steamer running between Southern Argentina and Buenos Ayres, caught fire while at sea and sank…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer on Fire Twenty Drowned. London, Feb. 22
The steamer President Roka, while running from Southern Argentina to Buenos A[?] fire and sank. Twenty of those aboard were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sensational Experience Five Horses Drowned. Drivers Narrow Escape
A sensational experience befell Frederick Irvine' in the employ of A. H, Garling, storekeeper, of Tooaaweenahe in the Gilgandra district, during the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sealdina Accident
Herbert Mascord, 23, fitter employed at the tramway power house, Ultimo, accidentally tumbled into a vat of boiling water this morning, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nasty Bicycle Accident
A young man named Herbert Smith, aged 18 years, of Humula, met with a nasty bicycle accident on Saturday last. In company with a friend, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Deadly Pea Rifle Tumbarumba Youth's Sad End Accidentally Shoots Himself. Tumbarumba
A sad death, caused by a pea rifle, occurred on Saturday afternoon at Pleasant Flat, Wolseley Park. Albert Hille, aged 18 years, son of Mr. C…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Remarkable Accident. Two Perrons Killed. Burning Tree Falls From Hillside. Launceston
A terrible accident, canting the death of two persons and serious injuries to several more, occurred at Pyengama, on the East coast, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drowned Daughter. Mother’s Pathetic Story
On a charge of murdering her infant daughter, Alice Kathleen, by drowning her in a garden cesspool, at Girton, on November 19, the young married…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Repualic—florida Collision
Under the limited liability proceedings that have been instituted, the owners of the steamer Republic who recently collided with the steamer Florida, near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Coaching Accident. Driver Severely Injured. Passengers' Narrow Escape. Sydney
A coach containing several passengers met with a serious accident at Ballina, N.S.W., last night. The pole broke, and the horses bolted. John…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowned in a Drain. the Third Fatality. Sydney
Another fatality, the third within at many months, through the victim being swept into a drain, occurred at Leich-hardt on Saturday night. Mrs. Sarah…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Well Fatality
The body of the man Knox, the victim of the well accident at Narroi, was recovered to-day much decomposed. Death mast have been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Boating Accident. Sydney
At Milton yesterday a young sailor belonging to the ketch Arab was drowned owing to the upsetting of a boat…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A School Boy Drowned a Sad Occurrence. Sydney
Horace Donald Sholda, aged 10, whilst bathing at Clifton Gardens baths this afternoon, unwittingly jumped into water eight feet deep. His struggles…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Strange Fatality. Nicotine Poisoning. Cigar in Woman's Mouth. Sydney
At the adjourned inquest concerning the strange death of Jessie Macintosh, evidence was given by Gregory Macintosh, her brother, to the effect that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →N.s.w. Miners' Accident Relief Fund. Last Year's Figures
The report of the New South Wales Miners' Accident Relief Fund for 1908, just issued, states that during the year 185 distinct mines had been subject to the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Victorian & Tasmanian A.m.a. Annual Conference. Presidents Address. Question of Political Affiliation Affirmed.—ventilation and Tributing.—accident and Worn-out Miners' Fund Refuting the Gold Stealing Libel
The 17th Annual Conference of delegates of the Amalgamated Miners' Association of Victoria and Tasmania opened at the Bcndigo Trades Hall on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Terrible Disaster. on the Midland Railway. Expresses in Collision. Wreckage Ablaze. [?]Lled, 20 Injured. Terrible Scenes
Not since the Bullhouse accident near Penistone, in 1884, when 24 persons were killed and 60 injured by the breaking of a clank-axle of a fast…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shocking Dual Fatality. at Batlow. Two Boys Found Dead
YESTERDAY the news reached us from Batlow that a terrible tragedy had taken place, pointing to an accidental fatality, and a resultant suicide. From…
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