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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1902

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Fatal Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 February 1902 · page 29

A. fatal Shooting accident happened on Saturday at Lake Rowan. Mr. Jake Symes, son of Mr. Symes, farmer, left the house of his parents at about 9 o'clock in…

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Fatal Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 February 1902 · page 29

Mr. F. S. E. Holt, who was knocked down and killed by a train between Katoomba and Wentworth Falls, on Friday, was a son of the late Mr. Thomas Holt,…

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Terrible Gun Accident at Wangaratta

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 February 1902 · page 35

Donald Barnes, aged 19, son of Mr. W. E. Barnes, photographer, was fearfully injured by gunshot wounds early on Tuesday morning, as the result of an accident. Shortly after…

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Serious Burning Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 February 1902 · page 17

On Tuesday afternoon a laundress, named Sarah Sutherland, employed at the Rutherglen Hotel, was engaged in the laundry ironing when her clothes became ignited…

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Serious Accident

The Independent · Friday 21 February 1902 · page 2

On Saturday night Mr Frederick Masters, accountant for the Messrs Falkiner, at Perricoota station, met with an accident of a rather serious…

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Shooting Affray in Sydney. Two Persons Badly Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 February 1902 · page 34

Ab about midnight on Tuesday a shooting case of a sensational character occurred at' Dulwich Hill, when a married woman named Balkie was dangerously wounded, and a man…

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Drowning Case

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 March 1902 · page 29

A little girl named Alma Josephine Davis, 10 years of age, was drowned in George's River, not far from Casula platform, a few days since. It appears that…

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Sad Fatality

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 March 1902 · page 28

A fatality of an exceedingly distressing nature took place last week at Broadford, which resulted in the death of Mrs. W. Hammett and her little girl. Mr…

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Sad Drowning Case. Four Boys Lost. Launceston

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 March 1902 · page 15

The steam Moonah, which arrived from King Island to-day, brought news of a sad drowning case which occurred at Surprise Bay on Saturday week. Three boys named…

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Falls in the Newmarket Handicap. One Jockey Killed. Others Slightly Injured. Melbourne

The Independent · Friday 7 March 1902 · page 2

One of those accidents insepar[?] from racing occurred at Flemington on Saturday during the race for the New market Handicap, by which Robert…

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Fatal Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 March 1902 · page 28

A painful sensation was occasioned at Horsham on Friday, when it became known that the dead body of Mr. John M'Qaillan, a councillor of the Wimmera shire, a water…

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Serious Buggy Accident at Chiltern

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 March 1902 · page 39

As two residents, Mrs A. Martell and Mrs A. Williams, and a young daughter of the latter, were returning from Christmas Town on Saturday the buggy in which they were…

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Fatal Coach Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 March 1902 · page 24

A serious accident, attended by fatal results, occurred to the mail coach, which loft Murwillumbah for Nerang, on the Queensland border, on Wednesday morning. At Redhill there is a…

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No Accident

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 March 1902 · page 1

Foreman (coroner's jury): Wal. we brought in a verdict that Bill come to his death from natural causes! Citizen: I thought he blew down a…

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Sad Boating Fatality. Mr. Frederick Fitts Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 36

A sad accident happened ab Nagambie on Saturday morning, resulting in the drowning of Mr. Frederick Fitts, of the firm of Lloyd Tayler and Fitts, architects, of Melbourne…

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Coach Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 29

A serious coaching accident occurred at Bega on Saturday night. The coach arrived from Moruya at half-past 7 o'clock, with five passengers, and stopped…

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Mining Fatality

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 March 1902 · page 29

A terrible fatality occurred on the 4th at the British Queen mine, at Magpie, Ballarat East. Three man named Felton Griggs, Henry Geddes, and David Davis…

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Railway Fatality. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 March 1902 · page 2

An engine driver named Walter Hess was run over by a locomotive to-day and killed. The body was horribly mutilated…

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Extraordinary Fatality. Sequel to Horse-play

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 21 March 1902 · page 3

A tragic occurrence is reported from Balmain. A youth named John Taylor, employed at the Lucasia soap works, was on Friday last instructed to steam a tar brush…

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Extraordinary Fatality. Sequel to Horse Play

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 March 1902 · page 15

A tragic occurrence in reported from Balmain. A youth named John Taylor, employed at the Lucasia Soap Works, was on Friday last instructed to steam a tar brush…

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