The Railway Disaster. Injured List Swelling. Sympathy From Transvaal. and Flowers From Lady Northcote. Porters Break Down
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 April 1908 · page 7
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Each day, brings a fresh list of injured people to swell the already large total of sufferers through the awful railway disaster of Easter Monday night. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Latest Edition. "Evening News" Office, 4.50 P.m. Ferry Steamer and Skiff. That Fatal Harbor Collision. Inquest on a Waterman
Evening News · Monday 27 April 1908 · page 5
Ad inquest was held this afternoon at the City Coroner's Court into the circumstances surrounding the death of a waterman. Jan Mooreen, 42, who was drowned on April 10, as the result…
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Evening News · Monday 27 April 1908 · page 4
Since the public mind has been sensitised by the recent big railway smashes, no day passes Without small mishaps being reported, and there are, in addition, plenty of rumors of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Melbourne. Accident to Brigade Chief. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 April 1908 · page 7
On Saturday morning a fire, which caused considerable damage, was reported from the premises of the Australian Paper Mills Proprietary, Ltd., on the Yarra bank, south, near…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Foot Severed by Tram. Shocking Accident to Child
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 April 1908 · page 8
On Saturday afternoon Herbert Tonks, aged 9, fell from a Leichhardt tram opposite Church-street, Camperdown. A wheel ran over his right foot, cutting it off at the ankle. He…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 April 1908 · page 8
Herbert Tonks, a lad of nine years of age, fell off a Leichhardt tram In Church-street, Camperdown, on Saturday afternoon and the wheel passed over his right foot. He was taken to the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Pyrmont Bridge Fatality. How the Accident Happened
Evening News · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 5
Although Mr. W. A. Smith, who was killed by falling from Pyrmont Bridge this morning (as reported on page 4), was seen to fall, how the accident exactly occurred is somewhat of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Foundry Man Injured
The Australian Star · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 5
While working at Messrs. Hodkinson's [?]ror foundry in King- street, Newtown, this morning John Goodson, aged 74 years, living in Lord- street Newtown, was struck on the head…
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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 8
GOULBURN. Monday.âAlbert Barnes (42), employed at Baxter's -Boot Factory, had a hand caught in the machine he was engaged at, sustaining injuries necessitating the amputation of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Another Railway Collision. Twenty-eight Pilgrims Killed
Evening News · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 4
LONDON, Monday Evening.—By a railway collision at Gargantua, Mexico, 28 pilgrims returning from the Shrine at Guadalupe, were killed…
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The Australian Star · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 7
The circumstances surrounding the collision between the Watson's Bay ferry steamer Vaucluse and the rowing boat near Fort Macquarie on the evening of the 10th inst., which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Late Gable News. Received To-day. The Channel Collision. Twenty-three Men Still Missing
Evening News · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 4
LONDON, Monday Evening.—Twenty-three of the crew of the cruiser Gladiator are still missing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Hearts of Oak." the Collision in the Solent. Heavy Death–roll, British Sailors' Heroism
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 7
LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.—Captain .Lumsden was the last to leave the cruiser Gladiator, after the collision with the American liner Saint Paul in the Solent…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gladiator Collision. Forty Lives Lost. Cruiser Cut to Centre. Saved by Bulkheads. London, April 26
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 7
Details of the beaching of the cruiser Gladiator following upon collision with the Atlantic liner Saint Paul in a blinding snowstorm off the Isle of Wight show…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Smash Up in Broadway. Narrow Escape of Two Men. Horses Killed and Injured
Evening News · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 5
A sensational runaway took place in City-road, city, shortly before 2 o'clock this afternoon, which resulted in the destruction of two horses, while one man was injured, although…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Channel Collision How It Occurred Twenty- Three Bands Missing London, Monday, 3.5 p.m
The Australian Star · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 1
There are still missing 23 hands belonging to the cruiser Gladiator, which had to be beached, as a result of the collision with the Atlantic liner Saint Paul, off the Isle of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accident at Prospect
Evening News · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 3
William Woods, 45, of Wood-street, Arncliffe, had a fall from a horse at Prospect this morning, and was taken to the Parramatta Hospital, where he was found to be suffering from a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Scalded to Death. Child's Shocking Accident
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 7
The Acting City Coroner was informed yesterday afternoon of the death of Mabel Lavina Land, aged 1 year and 9 months, who lived with her parents at 7 Catherine-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Peculiar Accident. Bathurst
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 8
Last week two young men, Frederick Peter Winslett and James Joseph Kean, were working together digging post-holes, the former using a shovel and the latter a pick, when Kean…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Our Railways Accidents and Their Causes the Theory of Airbrakes
The Australian Star · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 1
It is a noteworthy fact that the coastal steamers leaving Sydney now usually carry much larger complements of passengers than has been customary. This may to…
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