TOWNSVILLE – The Town Band, which usually played in the street every Monday night, took a break the week John Henry George Stokes died in 1918. He was one of the band’s leading cornet players, the Townsville Daily Bulletin reported. Known as Jack, the 22-year old, was a train conductor, and had left Charters Towers on the passengerContinue reading “Conductor takes a fatal fall”
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Death advised by letter after remote car accident
It must be immeasurably sad to learn of your only son’s death by letter, but in the early days of Australian history, it was the way it was sometimes done. It’s hard to imagine in these days of instant telecommunications. This is the only account I could find of Charlie Buswell’s death in the QueenslandContinue reading “Death advised by letter after remote car accident”
Cyclone kills grandma, while child survives
“I am afraid I am going. Good-bye.” Marion Currie, 84 years old, and her young grandson, age unknown, were pinned under a piece of timber in the midst of the worst cyclone Townsville had known. It was March 9, 1903 and as Cyclone Leonta intensified, Marion had made two attempts to reach her daughter’s homeContinue reading “Cyclone kills grandma, while child survives”
Way to go Australia 