Mysterious Disappearance Young Man Missing Supposed to Be Drowned Penrith
The Australian Star · Friday 7 February 1908 · page 1
On Monday morning last a young man, named Walter Walsh, disappeared in a rather mysterious manner, and has not since been seen or heard of. Walsh was a man…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sensational Voyage. Steamer Moeraki Damaged. Passenger Injured. Wellington (N.z.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1908 · page 7
The Union Steamship Company's Moeraki had a very rough passage from Sydney On Monday heavy seas broke on board the vessel, carried away part of the deck cargo, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Free Fight at Pitt Town. Fifty Men Engaged. Many Injured. All About a Horse. Windsor
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1908 · page 4
On Tuesday the peaceful little village of Pitt Town, on the Hawkesbury River, was the scene of a riot seldom equalled in a country town. As is the case with most wars it owed its start…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Perils of Mining. [Accidents at Broken Hill
Evening News · Friday 7 February 1908 · page 8
BROKEN HILL, Friday.—George Sylvester M'Nally, who was injured on the Proprietary Mine, on February 1, through falling: 30 feet down a winze, died In hospital this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Barren Jack Accident. M'namara's Terrible Death
Evening News · Friday 7 February 1908 · page 7
YASS, Friday Afternoon.—The young man M'Namara, who was killed at Barren Jack yesterday afternoon, met with a terribie death. He was undermining some rocks, when…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Peril of High Speed. Extraordinary Accident
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1908 · page 10
Lates files to hand give particulars of a sensational accident that occurred last month on the Brooklands track in England. It appears that Mr H. C. Tryon was driving Mr. S. F. Edge's 60 h.p. Napier car in [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Accidents at Helensburgh
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1908 · page 8
The Civil Ambulance met the 6.5 train from Helensburgh, at the Central Railway Station last evening, and conveyed two casualty cases to the Royal Prince Alfred…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fatalities and Accidents. Scalded to Death
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 February 1908 · page 8
An inquiry was held yesterday into the death of Thomas Massey, the little boy who was scalded to death at his home at Petersham on January 31. A verdict of accidental death was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Remarkable Fatality
Evening News · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 5
AUCKLAND, Saturday Afternoon.—A most extraordinary fatality is reported from [?] Frederick Greaves, 10 years of age, was crossing the river on horseback, when he dismounted to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storekeeper Drowned
Evening News · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 5
WOLLONGONG, Friday.—Last night, Mr. Henry Middleton, storekeeper, Port Kembla, fell off the southern jetty. A boat was lowered and recovered him, but he was dead when…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Schoolmistress Drowned
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 14
HOBART, Friday.--A shocking drowning accident has occurred at Eaglehawk Neck. The schoolmistress, Miss. Dora Green, aged 19, was washed off the rocks into the waters of the Blow…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Woman Badly Injured
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 14
Alice Mullins, a widow, residing at Bourke street, Redfern, was getting out of bed yesterday morning, when her nightdress caught fire from a lighted candle. Her screams soon brought…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A Girl Injured
The Australian Star · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 15
Kate Mordardy, aged 12 years, living in Kogarah, was yesterday afternoon walking across Queen's Hall, in Pitt-street, when she slipped and fell, breaking her right arm…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Fatality at [?] Jack. Crushed B[?]
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 13
The first serious accident happ[?] r[?]n Jack yesterday afternoon. A young man, Patrick M'Namara, who only a few days ago started working there, was undermining a…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A Storekeeper Drowned Wollongong
The Australian Star · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 2
A sad accident occurred at Port Kembla last night about 11.30 o'clock. Henry Middleton, a storekeeper, was walking along the Southern Coal Co.'s jettly on his return from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fairfield Fatality. Were the Lamps Lighted?
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 12
The adjourned inquest touching the death of John Gentleman was continued at the Parramatta Courthouse, before the District Coroner, Mr. Wm. Clark, A.S.M…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Was Not Drowned a Pyrmont Bridge Mystery the Case of Joseph Williams
The Australian Star · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 15
Detective John Q'Suillvan, attached to No. 1 Police Station, had a strange story to tell at the Central Police Court yesterday. A man named Joseph Williams was before the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Stanwell Park Accident. to the Editor of the Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 6
Sir,—Will you kindly allow me a small space in your valuable paper to call attention to the absence of what—humanly speaking—might have averted the recent accident, or sad…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining Accidents. Broken Hill
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 13
George Sylvester M'Nal[?]y, the miner injured in the Proprietary mine on the 1st inst. by falling down a winze, supposedly while in a fit, died at the hospital this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fatalities and Accidents. a Fatal Fall
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 14
At the adjourned inquest at Parramatta touching the death of John Gentleman, who fell over a railway Biding near Fairfield station whilst hurrying to catch a train on Saturday night last…
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