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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1894

125 stories in Riverina's papers · page 1 of 7

A Peculiar Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 2 January 1894 · page 3

A PECULIAR fatal accident occurred on Boxing Day to a boy named James Carrio, aged 11, who died at Wangenderry, near Mittagong, from the rebound of an…

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Extraordinary Double Drowing Fatality. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 4 January 1894 · page 2

AN extraordinary double drowing fatality occurred to-night at about half-past 10 o'clock at Albert Park. A band was playing on the Esplanade, and it being a hot…

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Fatal Accident at Deniliquin. a Farmer Struck Dead by Lightning. Deniliquin

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 6 January 1894 · page 2

TWO fatal accidents occurred here yesterday. in the first case the victim was a boy named Willie White, adopted son of Mr. William White, the proprietor of the Bendigo Hotel…

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Fatal Accidents at Deniliquin. Deniliquin

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 6 January 1894 · page 5

Two fatal accidents occurred here yesterday. In the first case the victim was a boy named Willie White, the adopted son of Mr. Wm. While, the proprietor of the Bendigo Hotel…

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The St. Kilda Drowning Fatality. the Coroner and the Seducer

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1894 · page 3

AN inquiry was held into the death of Annie M'Lennan, who jumped into the bay from the Albert Park Pier on Tuesday night. Evidence was given to the effect that the…

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Strange Shooting Fatality. Sad Death of Mr. H. J. Dunscombe

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 13 January 1894 · page 4

About half-past six o'clock yesterday morning Constable Frank Hansen, the lockup-keeper, received information that a fatality had occurred at Messrs. Rae and…

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Shocking Fatality. a Sportsman Shot Dead by a Companion

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1894 · page 2

A PARTY of three who went to the neighborhood of Craigieburn on Saturday for a day's sport shooting rabbits experienced during the afternoon (the Argus says) a…

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Sad Affair at Perth. a Little Girl Drowned by Her Brother. Perth

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1894 · page 2

ON Friday evening three children, Charles Clipper, aged 15, William Clipper, aged nine, and Hilda Clipper, aged about six, went out to catch crabs at the…

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Fatal Accident near Beniliquin. Mr Lachlan M'bean, the Squatter, Killed. Deniliquin

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1894 · page 2

A FATAL accident occurred about 10 miles from Deniliquin this afternoon, resulting in the immediate death of Mr.Lachlan M'Bean, the owner Woorooma and other stations…

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Startling Railway Accident. an Engine's Boiler Bursts

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 January 1894 · page 3

A accident occurred to the train which left Healesville for Melbourne at 7.30 p.m. on Saturday. The engine a small one of class B, made by the Phoenix Foundry Company…

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Fatal Accident Near Deniliquin Mr. Lachlan M'bean Killed

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 January 1894 · page 2

A fatal accident occurred about 10 miles from Deniliquin on Friday, resulting in the immediate death of Mr. Ladhlan M'Bean, the owner of Woorooma and other stations…

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Serious Gun Accident at Henty. a Boy Terribly Injured

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 January 1894 · page 2

A SERIOUS gun accident, which may terminate fatally, occurred (the Albury Daily News says) at Henty on Saturday morning. Two boys named Shemer, aged 12 and 14 years…

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Serious Buggy Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 January 1894 · page 2

A YARRAWONGA telegram of Sunday says: —A serious buggy accident occurred here yesterday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Carley, of Bundalong, accompanied by Mrs. William…

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Serious Buggy Accident

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 27 January 1894 · page 3

A Yarrawongs telegram of Sunday says:-- A serious buggy accident occured here on Wednesday morning. Mr and Mrs. Carley of Bundalong, accompanied…

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A Sensational Drowning Case. a Gallant Woman

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1894 · page 2

A SAD drowning accident, attended with highly sensational circumstances, happened on the Murrumbidgee, in the Narrandera district, on Tuesday last, when a girl…

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Shocking Fire Fatality. a Stationmistress's Two Children Burned to Death. Launceston

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 1 February 1894 · page 2

WHILST Mrs. Roberts, in charge of a small station on the Apsley railway line, was attending to a train, her cottage was burnt to the ground, two children, aged six and three…

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Railway Accidents in the United States. Significant Statistics

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 1 February 1894 · page 3

MR. Eddy, the chief Railway Commissioner, has received from a railway official who has been travelling in America a communicatoin in which the writer states that the number…

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Desperate Affray with Five Constables Injured. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 2

A MURDEROUS affray occurred a little after 2 o'clock this morning in Bridge-street, between three constables and three burglars. Constables M'Court, Bell, and Lyons saw…

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The Affray with Burglars in Sydney. Condition of the Injured Constables. Recognition of Their Services. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 6 February 1894 · page 2

THE police are skill pursuing their investigations of the records of Thos. Millidge and Thos. Carroll, the supposed names of the two men apprehended in connection with the…

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A Schoolboy Killed Whilst Fighting. Verdict of Accidental Death

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 8 February 1894 · page 4

THE circumstances attending the death of a schoolboy named Frank Futchere, aged 13, at Wall-street Richmond, were (the Age says) investigated by Dr. Youl on Saturday…

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