Major Wardill Injured. Fell From a Team Car
Evening News · Monday 9 March 1908 · page 6
A serious accident befell Major B. J. Wardill, secretary of the Melbourne Cricket Club, on Friday evening, and he is lying at the Alfred Hospital suffering, from a severe injury to the head…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Fatality Palings As an Ambulance Stretcher. Comments by the Coroner
The Australian Star · Monday 9 March 1908 · page 1
This morning, at the Coroner's Court, Mr. Brown, Relieving Coroner, held an inquest on the body of Margaret Julia Jones, 55 a widow, who was run over by a railway train…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An Injured Hand. Application to Set Aside a Verdict
The Australian Star · Monday 9 March 1908 · page 1
The attention of the Full Court was occupied this morning with an application made on behalf of Robert Luke Watson to make absolute a rule nisi to set aside a verdict for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Second Edition. Fatal Gas Explosion. a Boy Killes--his Mate Injured
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 March 1908 · page 7
ADELAIDE, Sunday.--The explosion of an acetylene gas generator at Moonta yesterday resulted in the death of Thomas Penrose, 16 years old. He and a companion, Rutter, lit the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Stanwell Park Accident
Evening News · Monday 9 March 1908 · page 2
Mr. A. R. Angus writes:—In criticising my break of gauge invention, Mr. Thow, the Chief Mechanical Engineer, stated (in his report, dated February 18, 1907):—"In Mr. Angus'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →'Bus Accident
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 March 1908 · page 8
A 'bus accident occurred in Scott-street this morning, which resulted in one man sustaining severe injuries. The 'bus was returning from the Newcastle beach to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Accidentally Shot. Getting Through a Fence. Murrurundi
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 March 1908 · page 8
Mr. William James Duffy, a retired railway stationmaster, was accidentally shot dead on the common. Deceased was getting through a wire fonce, when the trigger caught…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Drayman's Bad Luck. Peculiar Fatal Accident. Perth
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 March 1908 · page 8
At Wyndham, William Haydon, when drunk, fell from a dray and was injured. The police were putting him in nnother vehicle, when the horse bolted, and Hayden was again…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Peculiar Accident to a Bather
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 March 1908 · page 8
Arthur Gospel, 13, was bathing in a waterhole at Lindfield yesterday, when he slipped off the bank into the water. His companions noticed him floating helplessly, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Bus Accident
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 March 1908 · page 8
NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--Shortly after noon to-day an omnibus, . which was being driven along Scott-street, capsized opposite the Great Northern Hotel, owing to the axle-tree breaking…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Sulky Accident
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 March 1908 · page 8
WOLLONGONG, Sunday.--Mrs. Barbara Gardiner, an elderly lady, was run over by a sulky in Crown-street last night. She was badly bruised about the body and also received a deep…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fatalities and Accidents. Burned to Death
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 March 1908 · page 8
LOCKHART, Saturday.--At the inquest held on the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Turner, who were burnt to death at their homo on Brookong on Monday night, an open verdict was returned…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Crane Fatality
The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 1
The circumstances surrounding the death of Daniel Dennehy, at Balmain, on Friday last, were inquired into by Mr. Brown, relieving city coroner, at the coroner's Court,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fireman Injured
The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 2
A fireman named Frank Castlemaine (37), employed on board the R.M.S. Asturias, was walking along the deck of the steamer last night, when he slipped and fell, sustaining…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowned in a Dam
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 8
ORANGE, Monday. -- On Saturday morning a daughter of Mrs. D. Blowes, jun., a child of 7, was drowned in a dam while cray fishing…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Drowned in a Dam. Orange
The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 7
A sad drowning fatality occurred on Saturday in a dam near the residence of Mr. D. Blowes, in Lucknow-road, the victim being the 7 years old daughter of D, Blowes, jun…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Washed Off the Rocks. a Kiama Fatality. Kiama
The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 7
A most unfortunate case of drowning occurred here yesterday morning, and which, owing to the universal popularity of the young man, has cast a complete gloom over…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Broken Link. Fatality at a Balmain Iron Yard
Evening News · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 3
An inquest was held this morning into the circumstances connected with the death, which took place at the Balmain Hospital on Friday last, of Daniel Dennehy, 27, lately…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Gas Explosion. a Boy Killed -- His Mate Injured
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 5
ADELAIDE, Sunday. -- The explosion of an acetylene gas generator at Moonta yesterday resulted in the death of Thomas Penrose, 16 years old. He and a companion, Rutter, lit the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Incautious Step. and a Peculiar Accident. Gundagai
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 7
Yesterday a lad named Albert Morley was walking along the bank of the Tumut River when his foot touched a loaded rifle which exploded. The bullet entered his left leg,…
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