Axes As Playthings. Two Children Seriously Injured
Evening News · Thursday 15 March 1906 · page 5
A child of Mr. Joseph Bracksley, aged 2 years, named Norman Stephen, living at Gordon (Victoria), was struck on the head with an axe by another boy, named Edward Woodman, aged 5…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Divorce Court. Baptismal Infelicities. Names with a Fatality About Them
Evening News · Thursday 15 March 1906 · page 5
Mr. Justice Simpson to-day continued the hearing of causes. John Packham, a farmer and grazier, of Canowindra, petitioned for a dissolution of his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General Cable News. Mr. Asquith Injured. London, March 13
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 March 1906 · page 7
While Mr. H. H. Asquith, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was riding in a cab the vehicle was upset Mr. Asquith received slight injuries, which prevented him from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Long Bay Tram Accident. Inquest Concluded
Evening News · Thursday 15 March 1906 · page 6
The inquest into the death of George Henley, which occurred on Saturday as the result of being run over by a tramcar at Long Bay on that night, was continued before the City…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tram Accident at Coogee
Evening News · Thursday 15 March 1906 · page 4
Mr. Hyland, residing at the Coogee Hotel, was the victim of a tram accident last evening, whereby his right foot was badly crushed. How the occurrence happened is not quite clear, but…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Tramway Accidents. Knocked Down in George-street
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 March 1906 · page 4
An inquest was held yesterday into the circumstances of the death of Henry Hanley, who was knocked down by an electric train in George-street on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Killed by a Tram. Verdict of Accidental Death
The Australian Star · Thursday 15 March 1906 · page 6
The City Coroner yesterday held an inquest on the body of Henry Hanley, aged 59, who was knocked down by a tram in George- street on Saturday night, and died shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Accident to Mr. Asquith
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 March 1906 · page 5
LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Mr. Asquith, Chancellor of the Exchequer, was slightly injured yesterday by the upsetting of his cab, with the result that he was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Casualties. Serious Tram Accident
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 8
On Wednesday evening Mr. Frank Penfold Hyland, who resides at the Coogee Bay Hotel, was found lying on the roadway near the hotel with his right foot badly crushed. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Peculiar Burning Accident. Kurri Kurri
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 6
William Fenn, driver of the dyname at Stanford-Merthyr colliery, was feeding the furnace with some packing which had been used in a case newly arrived with machinery…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Boating Accident. Six Men in Danger
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 7
Shortly before midnight a sensational report was received by the Water Police to the affect that a boat had capsized off Mosman Bay, and that two men had been drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fatal Fall. Verdict of Accidental Death
The Australian Star · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 6
The circumstances attending the death of the man David Boles, who fell downstairs on Wednesday morning; and died at the Sydney Hospital in the afternoon, were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatalities and Accidents. Burnt to Death. Fate of Two Children
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 6
MELBOURNE, Thursday.--An outbreak of fire occurred at Ruthergien this morning in Reid street, where two wooden houses, occupied by Arthur Warren and Joseph Pitcher, with their…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Boating Fatality. Man Drowned in the Harbor
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 10
The boating accident off Mosman's Bay late on Thursday night, resulted in a steward of the R. M. S. Marmora, named Edward John Scarfe, losing his life…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Girl Drowned
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 10
HOBART, Friday.--The body of a girl named Olive Coulson, aged 17. has been found floating in the water near Government House…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Farmer Injured
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 10
BERRY, Friday.--William Fletcher, farmer, of Jasper's Brush, met with an accident early in the week. He was taking a horse out of a dray, when a strap caught on some part of the shaft…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sydney Express Driver Injured
Evening News · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 6
MELBOURNE, Friday.—At Cootamundra, the driver of the Sydney express was knocked off the engine by some wood which was projecting from a passing train. He sustained a scalp…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Engine-driver Injured. Albury
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 14
An accident occurred on Cook's excursion I train reaching Albury to-day from Sydney. Stephen Bailey, driver of the train, had to step from the cab to the footplate in order to…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Capsize of a Boat. a Man Drowned
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 14
The occupants of the rowing boat which capsized in the harbour on Thursday night did not all have so providential au escape as was at first supposed. The men in the craft,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Seaman Drowned. in Mosman Bay. Boat Capsizes
The Australian Star · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 7
Mr. A. N. Barnett, City Coroner, held an inquest at the Lower George-street Court today on the body of Edward John Scarfe, a seaman of the R.M.S. Marmora, who lost his…
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