Shocking Machinery Accident
Melbourne, Monday. — A shocking machinery accident happened at Jambunna Gollier to-day. Reginald S. Fonkin, an engine-driver, had mounted to the…
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Accidents, 1904
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An Extraordinary Accident
What must be regarded as an extraordinary accident occurred recently to a widow woman residing at Oakleigh, Victoria. While working a sewing machine the needle…
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Mr. W. Griffiths, of Glenquarry, met with a singular but painful accident recently. He received a bump from the head of his horse, with the result that his…
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A shocking accident occurred on Friday morning at the Parkes railway station. A ganger named George Maxwell was engaged cleaning the points some 20 yards to the rear…
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Mr. James Scobie, proprietor of the famous racing stables at Miner's Rest (Vic.), met with a serious accident on Saturday evening. He vas driving…
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Melbourne, Monday.—A sad case of drowning occurred on Sunday afternoon in Sandy Creek, Barwidgee. Two little girls, one Pearlie de Piazzi, the other a…
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Queenstown (Tas.), Sunday. —A shocking fatality occurred at the North Lyell mine at about 6 p.m. on Friday, resulting in the death of…
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A peculiar coincidence happened at Waverley yesterday. A girl named Amelia Denison, while at little Coogee with a younger brother, slipped and fell…
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Mr. James Brown, a visitor to Mittagong, met with a painful accident on Wed He was cutting down a tree, when the axe slipped, and gashed his right foot,…
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White taking part in a leaping competition at the Masterton Agricultural Show, New Zealand, a horse fell at the jump, breaking its own neck, and crushing its…
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While riding home on Saturday night from Goulburn, a resident of Gundary named George Winter was thrown from his horse and killed. It…
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A fatal accident occurred on Saturday afternoon at the corner of College and Oxford streets. Aa young woman wag knocked down by a tram travelling…
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On Thursday evening. the 3rd inst., a Painful…
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A sad fatality occurred at Gisborne (N.Z.) on the 29th ult. when the Rev Ernes H. Easer was drowned whilst bathing in the surf The rev…
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Tumut, Wednesday.—Mr. R. Donaldson, M.L.A., and his wife, met with a serious accident yesterday whilst on their way to Tumberumba…
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A sensational coaching accident occurred at Cooper's Greek, Melbourne, on Sunday afternoon. The Walhalla and Traralgon coach, driven by W…
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We regret to have record the death of a young man named James Taylor, a son of Mr. Charles Taylor, of Holt's Flat, Monaro, and nephew of Mrs. H. W. Taylor, of Moss…
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A shocking accident happened on Sunday night near Eveleigh, when a crane-driver named William Blackburn was run over by a train and cut…
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Port Macquarie, Wednesday.—The bodies of Samuel Strutt and the little girl Jacqueline Stewart, daughter of Alderman J. T. Stewart, have been…
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On Wednesday a collision occurred between two Coogee trams, travelling in opposite directions, by which a bookmaker named Snelling was killed and…
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