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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Accidents

Accidents, 1907

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Sad Burning Fatality

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 20 July 1907 · page 5

Mr. James Merriman, a resident of Lower Fort street, Sydney, died on Tuesday, as the result of a burning accident. Mr. Merriman, who for some time past has been in…

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Motor Accidents. How to Avoid Them

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 10 August 1907 · page 6

The Editor of "The Car" writes as fellows in the "Daily Mail" of 14th June- There is no doubt that many of the…

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Terrible Fatality

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 14 August 1907 · page 2

A terrible death befel Mr. Albert Reed, aged, 23 years, well-known in Bowral. The deceased was working in Temora at the time, having left Bowral about seven…

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Shocking Fatality. at Temora Railway Station. Was There Neglect? Finding of Accidental Death

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 17 August 1907 · page 5

The Temora railway station was the scene of a shocking accident on Saturday afternoon (reports the "Temora Star"), when a young man named Albert Thomas Read,…

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Motor Boat Accident. a Lady Drowned

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 24 August 1907 · page 6

Dr Rawson, director of education for the county of Worcester, recently purchased a now motor-boat, and took it for its first spin on the Severn yesterday…

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Drowning. How It Feels. by a Resuscitated Doctor

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 24 August 1907 · page 6

It falls to the lot of few medical, men to be claimed by Davy Jones and yet to slip through his fingers. Such an experience is never to be forgotten…

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Accident at Joadja Creek

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 25 September 1907 · page 3

A correspondent writes:—"An accident occurred oil Saturday that had a remarkable feature, that might be worth noting by the no license advocates. A truck loaded,…

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Railway Accident at Bowral

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 28 September 1907 · page 4

On Monday evening last a number of residents returned from Moss Vale by the mixed train which arrived at Bowral about a quarter to 8 o'clock. Just as the train…

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Accident Near Liverpool. a Child Shot

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 2 October 1907 · page 2

A LITTLE girl named Mary Kelsey, the daughter of a woodcutter at Hoxton Park, was seriously wounded on Monday through the accidental explosion…

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Shocking Railway Fatality at Moss Vale. Man Run Down by the 6.15 Passenger Train

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 23 October 1907 · page 2

Residents of Moss Vale were horrified on learning the news yesterday (Tuesday) morning that Mr. John Day, ganger in charge of the Moss Vale length of railway,…

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The Moss Vale Railway Fatality. Inquiry Resumed. Driver and Firemen Give Evidence

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 26 October 1907 · page 4

The inquiry which was opened on Tuesday last touching the death of Ganger John Day, who met a terrible death by being run over and killed by the 6.15 a.m. train on…

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Motor Char-a-bancs Capsized. Four Killed—many Injured

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 2 November 1907 · page 4

A large motor char-a-honcs with a party of some thirty excursionists returning to Sheffield from a trip to Ashopton, a favorite holiday resort…

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Train Collides with Itself. Curious Accident in Scotland

The Picton Post · Wednesday 13 November 1907 · page 7

An alarming accident occurred on Saturday night, 31st August, on a branch line of the North British Railway near Mannel Junction, in which twenty…

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Painful Accident

The Picton Post · Wednesday 13 November 1907 · page 4

Richard Stapleton, a wood-carter, met with a painful accident on Saturday last. It appears that Stapleton, who was Bitting on the front of his…

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Drowned in the Rhine. a Dusseldorf Tragedy

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 6

An extraordinary accident (writes the correspondent of the "Daily Mail" of 4th September), has occurred on the Rhine, just above Dusseldorf. The steam…

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Train Collides with Itself. Curious Accident in Scotland

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 7

An alarming accident occurred on Saturday night, 31st August, on a branch line of the North British Railway near Mannel Junction, in which twenty…

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Drowned in the Rhine. a Dusseldorf Tragedy

The Picton Post · Wednesday 27 November 1907 · page 3

An extraordinary accident (writes the correspondent of the "Daily Mail" of 4th September), has occurred on the Rhine, just above Dusell[?]of. The stram…

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The Wollondilly Press (Late "Bowral Free Press.") 27.ll 07. Thrown from His Cart. Mr. William Gough Seriosly Injured

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 27 November 1907 · page 2

An accident of a serious nature befel Mr. William Gough at Bowral on Saturday afternoon. Mr. Gough is engaged as Caretaker by Mr. Cooper, who recently,…

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Accident

The Picton Post · Wednesday 4 December 1907 · page 4

Reginald Hill, son of Mr. H. Hill, met with a serious accident on Saturday last. Hill and two other boys were out shooting birds with a…

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Drowning the Drum. City Man's Counterblast" to Salvation Army

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 7 December 1907 · page 3

Mr James Stacey, a liveryman of the City of London and a member of the National Liberal Club, residing at Crescent Grove, Clapham Common, was…

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