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Accidents, 1891

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The Shooting Fatality near Albury. Albury

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 30 July 1891 · page 3

JOHN SHAIN, an old resident of Albury Flat, was the victim of a shooting misadventure yesterday afternoon. Earlier in tho day he paid a neighborly visit to the…

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Terrible Railway Disaster near Paris. 50 Persons Killed and 100 Injured. London, July 27

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 30 July 1891 · page 2

A terrible railway accident has occurred at St. Maud, an one of the lines of railway leading to Paris. Two excursion trains collided and the carriages, which were crowded with…

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Fatal Accident to a Public School Teacher. Taree

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 30 July 1891 · page 3

YESTERDAY morning at about 11 o'clock, as Mr. William Newton Cox, Public school teacher at Landsdowne, and second son of Mr. Robert Cox, J P, of Dumare[?]q Island,…

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Shocking Mining Fatality. a Man Drawn Into a Water-pipe

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 13 August 1891 · page 4

A SHOCKING fatal accident occurred at the mine of the Grand Duke Company, Timor, Maryborough (Vic.), last Saturday evening. It was found necessary to stop pumping at 1…

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Railway Accident. Great Destruction of Cattle Adelaide

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 18 August 1891 · page 2

A CATTLE train from the north ran off the line at Blackfellow'a Crock on Friday night, through the axle of one of the trucks breaking. The train consisted of two engines,…

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Latest Telegrams. SYDNEY, Friday. Terrible Collision

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 29 August 1891 · page 2

A dreadful collision occurred at the Melbourne Heads this morning, between the steamers Easby and Gam bier; the latter sank in 7 minutes, and over 20…

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Fearful Railway Accident. an Old Lady Killed

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 29 August 1891 · page 2

MRS. Warne, aged 72, a resident of View-street, Bendigo, was killed at the Albert Park Railway Station on Thursday, about noon, by being run over by a train. She…

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Dreadful Accident to a young Man. Numurkah

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 29 August 1891 · page 2

A FEARFUL accident occurred on Tuesday at Tallygaroopna to a young man named James Sandilant, who suffered the loss of his left arm up to a short distance…

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Serious Railway Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 1 September 1891 · page 4

A serious accident happened on the railway near Harden at 5 o'clock on Friday afternoon, when an engine ran into a trolly, on which were five men. Inspector…

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Fatal Accident on the RAILWAY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 2 September 1891 · page 6

READERS who have known for years Mr. Thomas Cornthwaite, railway inspector, will have been terribly grieved to hear of the fearful accident which befel him and others…

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Another Marine Catastrophe. Wreck Op the Barque Figi. One Survivor Reaches Land. One Man Drowned in the Breakers. Twenty-four Seamen Clinging to the Wreck. 260 Tons of Dynamite on Board

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 8 September 1891 · page 2

NEWS reached Melbourne on Sunday of another startling marine disaster on the iron-bound coast which stretches from Warnambool to Cape Otway with hardly a…

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Railway Fatality at Murrumburrah. Murrumburrah

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 12 September 1891 · page 8

THE adjourned inquest touching the death of William Jones, a fettler, took place at the courthouse yesterday, and was not concluded until a late hour. Mr. John Russell,…

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Fatal Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 19 September 1891 · page 8

AN inquiry was held on Thursday morning at Muttama before the Coroner, Mr. E. P. Barnes, J.P., on the death of John William Clarke, aged 12 years the son of William…

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Fatal Boating Accident at Albury. Albury

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 8 October 1891 · page 2

A BOATING fatality, in connection with which a young man named Edward Saunders was drowned, and three other men named Peter Robinson, James Pierce and David…

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Extraordinary Shooting Accident. a Ramrod Driven Theough a Man's Brain. the Supperer Still Living

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 10 October 1891 · page 3

A MOST extraordinary gun accident happened to a young man named Robert Campbell, an embloyee of the Melbourne Telegraph office, on Thursday (the Argus says)…

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Railway Accident in the Blue Mountains. Four Men Injured

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 13 October 1891 · page 2

AN accident, which resulted in injuries, to four men, happened between 10 and 11 o'clock on Friday.Eight on the Great Zigzag, on the Biuo Mountains, just beyond…

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Accident on Mount Blanc. Two Men Dashed to Pieces

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 15 October 1891 · page 2

A disaster occurred on Mount Blanc on August 21, when M. Rothe, a visitor from the Grand Duchy of Bruuswick, and Michel Simond, a guide lost their lives Two parties…

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Terrible Accident to a Teamster

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 21 October 1891 · page 3

A terrible accident bofel a teamster named Andrew Buxier on Friday afternoon. It appears that Baxter was, with a dray and team of bullocks, conveying…

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Fatal Coach Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 22 October 1891 · page 2

A FATAL accident happened near Grenfell on Tuesday afternoon. The ctach for Young left with a number of passengers, and about three miles off met the incoming coach, when…

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Fatal Coach Accident near Grenfell

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 24 October 1891 · page 3

A lamentable occurrence took place near Grenfell on Tuesday afternoon. The coach for Young loft with a number of passengers, and about three miles out met the incoming…

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