Collision in Port River Adelaide Several Vessels Lose Moorings
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 8
ADELAIDE, Monday.--In order to clear a lighter attached to a tugboat, the steamer Karoola, outward bound for Vest Australia, on Saturday afternoon steamed past No. 1 Quay…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Villepreux Collision. Engine Driver Sentenced. Paris, Feb. 5
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 9
The driver of the Paris-Glanville express, which came into collision with a slow train at Villepreux in June last, has been sentenced t[?] two years' imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Hung by the Neck. Machinist Severely Injured
The Sun · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 6
To be hung by the neck, entangled in rapidly-moving belting, and to escape alive was the experience this morning of George Puff, a youthful machinist of 17 years of age…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stage Realism. Actor Nearly Drowned. Caught Like a Rat in a Trap
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 7
MELBOURNE, Monday.--The performance of "The Gay Grisette" by Clarke and Meynell's Comic Opera Company at the Theatre Royal tonight was invested with an amount of stage…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mexican Revolt. Big Engagement Imminent. Rebels Derail Federal Train. Many Soldiers Killed and Injured
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 7
VANCOUVER, Sunday Afternoon.--The insurgent force which was despatched yesterday to lay an ambush for the Federal troops advancing towards Juarez, pulled up…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Accident to a Mine Labourer. Broken Hill
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 7
A. Murphy, a labouror on the Central mine, had one of his legs broken last night through a tank falling off a truck His mate in endeavouring to rescue Murphy was bruised…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shooting Accident. Brisbane
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 7
A shooting accident occurred near Roma on Saturday. It appears that William Clark, aged 19 years, who, with his mother and sister, aged 11, was living seven miles down the Bungil…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Peculiar Accident. Moorings Parted. Five Vessels Affecte[?] Adelaide
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 9
A curious effect of the displacement of water by a deeply-laden vessel passing down the Port Adelaide River was instanced on Saturday afternoon. The Karoola, bound for…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fatalities and Accidents. Ratal Fall From a Chair
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 8
James Gildea, aged 33, a blacksmith, died in the North Share Hospital yesterday in peculiar circumstances. On January 29 he was sitting on a chair in the kitchen at his home in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Accident in France. Express Driver Sent to Gaol
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 7
PARIS, Sunday Afternoon.--The driver of the Paris-Greville express, which, on June 18 collided with a slow, train at Ville Preux, causing great loss of life, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Machinist Injured
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 10
About 8 a.m. yesterday Georgo Puff a machinist, aged 17, was working at Birdsall Bros.' leather dressing' works in Beresford-street, "North Botany, when he got jammed…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Boy Drowned. Fremantle
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 11
Wh[?]st swimming in the river at North Fremantle yesterday, a boy named Hubert Kerwood was caught in the current and drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Drowned in the Floods
Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 58
Over city and suburbs of Melbourne (Vic.), on February 5 a monsooual thunderstorm raged, and during the 65 minutes the downpour lasted the official guage registered 137 points. The…
Continued on Trove, page 58 →Railway Collision. Six Persons Killed. Passenger Roasted to Death
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 9
VANCOUVER, Tuesday.--A passenger train on the Grand Trunk Railway, struck a light engine near Paris, Ontario. The train was derailed, some of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Two Children Poisoned. Shocking Fatality on a Farm. Inverell
The Sun · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 7
A sad poisoning accident occurred at William Cameron's farm, near Wallangra, yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Cameron was at home with three children, who found strychnine in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At Broken Hill Many Sheep Drowned. Mail Coach Carried Away
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 10
BROKEN-HILL, Tuesday.--A heavy thunderstorm broke over the city at 1.30 p.m. to-day. The rain poured down in torrents. Three-quarters of an inch fell in 20 minutes. The…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Grazier Killed. Tram Accident at Paddington. the Cost of Politeness
Evening News · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 7
The [?] the tram scc[?] donald [?] into…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shot in the Eye. Pea Rifle Accident. Corowa
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 11
During Monday afternoon a boy named Davis, aged about 10 years, was shot in the eye with a bullet from a pea rifle, with which he and his brother, about 20 years of age, and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fatalities and Accidents. Lysol Drunk by Mistake
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 10
James Macquarie Gaul, compositor (34) died in the Balmain Hospital yesterday afternoon as the result of drinking lysoi in mistake for whisky.. Deceased lived at 78 Phillip-street…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Brickworks Accident
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 10
Charles Hadley, a laborer at the Astral Brick Works, St. Peters, was pushing a truck of bricks yesterday afternoon, when the truck capsized and fell on him. His head was struck…
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