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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1897

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Intercolonial. (From Our Correspondent.) [By Telegraph.] Sydney. Wednesday. a Tram Fatality

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 13 May 1897 · page 2

A verdict of accidental death wag returned at the inquest on the body of a boy, Samuel George who was shockingly mangled by a tram motor yesterday, whilst returning from…

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Strange Shooting Fatality

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 22 May 1897 · page 2

Melbourne, Wednesday.-- An accident happened last night at St. Vincent's- place, Albert Park, the well-known journalist, Mr Hamilton M'Kinnon,…

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Accident at the Lands Office. a Clerk Killed

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 22 May 1897 · page 4

A sad accident occurred at the Sydney Lands Office on Thursday morning shortly after 9 o'clock, by whish a clerk named Frederick Wiley was killed. Mr Wiley, who…

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Fatality on Gundagai Road

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 1 June 1897 · page 2

YESTERDAY forenoon news was received in town of a fatal accident on the Gundagal Road, about five miles from town, at Glenfield, the property of Mr. Robert M'Intyre,…

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Adelong Day by Day. Serious Accident

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 1 June 1897 · page 3

A LITTLE boy named Petey Witte, youngest son of our respected townsman T. Mr. W. Witte, Proprietor of the Royal hotel, met with a severe and probably fatal accident on Friday through…

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A Chapter of Accidents. a Case of Camphor Poisoning

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 4 June 1897 · page 2

QUITE a chapter of accidents was reported this week. At the mines on the Kimo hills, two men were disabled and it is not likely that they will to unable to resume work for some time…

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Intercolonial. (From Our Correspondent.) [By Telegraph.] Sydney. Friday. a Fatal Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 19 June 1897 · page 2

Winifred M'Minn, who was knocked down by a horse driven by a man at Bandwick last Wednesday, succumbed to her injuries to-day. The cause of death was…

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Accident to Mrs. Kingston. London, 16Th June

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 June 1897 · page 4

Mrs. Kingston, wile of Mr C. C. Kingston, Premier of South Australia, met with a somewhat painful accident during the visit of the colonial Premiers to…

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Railway Accident at Mitta gong

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 19 June 1897 · page 2

Wednesday's Bowral Tret Press says: About 11 o'clock on Saturday night lust Mr James Alt, stationmaster at Hilltop for the past 14 years, was found on tire railway lino…

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Adelong Day by Day. ACCIDENT

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 22 June 1897 · page 3

Mr. John Leary, while at work at the Great Gibraltar Mine, received a very hasty scalp wound. It appears he was talking down the shaft to some men lower down and while doing…

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Fatal Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 26 June 1897 · page 2

AN accident occurred on Thursday afternoon to Mr. Adam C. Muller selector, residing at Marrar, which terminated fatally yesterday morning. It appeared that Mr…

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Fatal Accident at Wagga. As Old Man Killed

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 June 1897 · page 2

An accident occurred to an old man named Adam Muller, a farmer, resident on Marrarrun, in the yard of Messrs Wm. Shaw and Son, Fitzmaurice-street, shortly after 4 o'clock on…

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A Cycling Fatality

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 6 July 1897 · page 2

THE already long list of victims to bicycle road racing was added to in Melbourne on Saturday (says the "Age") when a young man named William L. Robinson received…

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Fatal Accident. Man Killed on the Railway Line

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 7 July 1897 · page 4

IT is to be feared that the railway in this district will earn the title of a Juggernaut of Destruction of human life. The sad and painful circumstances of the loss of young…

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Another Fatal Accident Killed a Few Minutes After Arrival in Cootamundra

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 7 July 1897 · page 2

ON Saturday morning a painful sensation was caused by report that another fatality had occuried upon tho railway line, close to the residence ol Mr W. H…

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Adelaide. Friday. Boating Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 10 July 1897 · page 2

Harry Russell, a blind man, with his son, along with John Fisher, who was over 70 years old, were crossing the Murray in a boat below Swan Hill Reach to-day, when…

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Sydney Tram Accident.!

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 13 July 1897 · page 2

A TRAM accident occurred on Sunday night in a street at Paddington, at the foot of Barrack Hill. One tram consisting of six cars, three of which were well filled with…

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Albury. Monday. Sad Shooting Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 13 July 1897 · page 2

Three youths, one named Paton and two cousins named Dyring, went out duck shooting on Saturday on the Mitta Mitta River. Firing at a duck, Dyring shot through a…

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Terrible Tram Collision

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 14 July 1897 · page 2

The tampering of some person or persons with the brakes of two trams, was responsible last Sunday night for one of the biggest accidents on record…

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Our Telegrams. Sydney, Tuesday. Shooting Fatality

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 21 July 1897 · page 4

A telegram from Guyra states that a man named J. Cameron accidently shot his arm off below the elbow at Wandsworth and bled to death…

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