Fatalities and Accidents. a Dangerous Spot
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 April 1908 · page 8
Mr. Stephen Murphy, Acting-City Coroner, held an inquiry yesterday into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr. Sutton Row, keeper of the Great Western Hotel at Bathurst, while on…
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The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 April 1908 · page 6
Near the Epping Recreation Ground, about 3 p.m. yesterday a collision occurred between a steam tram and a milk cart. Little or no damage was done, but the incident might…
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The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 April 1908 · page 4
The body of the waterman Jan Moreen, who was drowned through the Watson's Bay boat Vaucluse running down his rowing boat near Fort Macquarie on Friday evening last,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The May's Hill Fatality. The Inquest
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 15 April 1908 · page 2
Mr. F. G. Adrian, D.S.M., Coroner, held an inquiry at the Parramatta Court-house on Friday afternoon with respect to the death of the unfortunate girl…
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Evening News · Wednesday 15 April 1908 · page 6
The body of the waterman, Jan Mooren, who was drowned through, a collision between his boat and the Watson's Bay ferry steamer Vaucluse, off Fort Macquarie, on Friday night last…
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The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 April 1908 · page 6
A four-year-old child, named John Blair, living with its parents in Edward-street, Balmain, rolled 10 feet down an embankment on Monday and sustained a severe…
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The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 April 1908 · page 6
The body of the waterman Jan Moreen, was was drowned through his rowing boat being run down by the Watson's Bay ferry steamer Vaucluse on Friday evening last, Is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Collision in Newcastle Harbor. a Barque Damaged
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 April 1908 · page 12
NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. -- While the steam collier Derwent, belonging to the Howard Smith Proprietary line, was manoeuvring to got alongside the four-masted barque Metropolis, lying at…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Collision in the Harbour. Barque Metropolis Damaged
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 April 1908 · page 13
A collision occurred this morning between the steamer Derwent and the barque Metropolis, the latter vessel being slightly damaged. The Metropolis waa lying moored at…
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The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 April 1908 · page 1
A plumber named Arthur Wilkinson, aged 30 years, living in Miller-street, North Sydney, was working on the root of a new building in M'Loughlin-avenue, Rushcutters Bay,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods in China. Thousands Drowned. London, April 14
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 April 1908 · page 10
Disastrous floods have been caused by the overflow of the Han Klang; a tributary of the Yang-tsze-Kiang, in the Hupeh province of China…
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Evening News · Wednesday 15 April 1908 · page 7
Connie Riley, a middle-aged woman, who fell and was seriously injured while boarding a train for Guildford at the Central Railway Station on Saturday afternoon, died at the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shocking Accident. Aged Woman Crushed by Train. Found Crawling, Below Bridge
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 April 1908 · page 14
On Monday night Selina Campbell, an inmate of Newington Asylum, 70 years of age, met with a shocking experience, which resulted in the loss of her arm…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Peculiar Motor Accident. Wellington (N.z.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 April 1908 · page 9
A peculiar motor car accident occurred in the Rangitikel district. A car with seven occupants was returning from a stock sale when a horse jumping over a fence collided with…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fatalities and Accidents. Suicide at Warrawee
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 April 1908 · page 12
Thomas Walsh, a gardener (67), lately living in a tent at Warrawee, was found dead in his tent yesterday afternoon. There was a bullet wound in his head and a revolver close…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Railway Accident. An Old Woman's Sad Plight
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 15 April 1908 · page 2
Selina Cameron,64, an inmate of the Newington Asylum, was brought into the Parramatta District Hospital about 3 o' clock on Tuesday morning, suffering…
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The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 15 April 1908 · page 2
Connie Riley, a woman of about 49 years of age, was seriously injured at the Central Railway Station on Saturday night. When about to board the 5.20…
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Evening News · Thursday 16 April 1908 · page 2
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald
Thomas Ryan, 51, a dairyman, lately residing in Botany-street, Hurstville, died at his residence on Monday evening from injuries received a couple of days before…
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The Australian Star · Thursday 16 April 1908 · page 7
Yesterday the woman Connie Riley, who sustained shocking injuries through being crushed between the platform and a moving train at the Central Railway Station on the…
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