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Accidents, 1898

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Broken Hill. Friday. Shocking Mine Accident—one Killed— Several Injured

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 9 July 1898 · page 2

An accident in which the loss of several lives was narrowly avoided occurred in the British mine last night. Jas. Tonkin, a shift boss, was issuing pay tickets to the…

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A Scorching Cyclist. Heavily Fined. Injured a Nurse. Melbourne, Friday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 July 1898 · page 4

At the Criminal Court to-day Samuel Newton, a cyclist, was fined £20 in default 4 months imprisonment, for running down and injuring…

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A Terrible Maritime Disaster. Collision in the North Atlantic. 520 Lives Lost. London, July 7

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 9 July 1898 · page 2

A TERRIBLE disaster has taken place in the Atlantic, resulting in appalling loss of life. The French liner La Bourgogne bound from New York to Havre, came into…

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Cable News. Collision at Sea. a French Liner Lost. Great Loss of Life. Cowardice of the Crew. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 July 1898 · page 4

News is cabled from America of a lamentable marine disaster in the North Atlantic. The French steam liner La…

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At Broken Hill Serious Mining Accident. Shift Boss Killed. Broken Hill

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 July 1898 · page 4

A fall of ore at the British Broken Hill mine to-day killed the shift boss, James Tonkin, instantly. A man named Butler, who was working close…

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The Proposed Miners' Accident Fund

The Worker · Saturday 9 July 1898 · page 6

Mr. Black: A project for a national fund, for the benefit of the families of miners killed or permanently disabled has been formulated. I have no…

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Intercolonial. Sydney. Monday. Shocking Railway Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 12 July 1898 · page 2

An unknown man was run over and mangled beyond recognition by a train near Parramatta to day. He was apparently endeavouring to cross the line to catch the…

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Nasty Accident to a Child

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 12 July 1898 · page 2

A very dangerous accident happened to a little girl named Elsie Spaul a three-year old daughter of Mr and Mrs James Spaul of Cross Roads, yesterday morning. The…

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The Accident to Elsie Spaul

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 14 July 1898 · page 2

Elsie Spaul, the little girl who met with a nasty accident at Cross Roads, details of which appeared appeared in the last issue of the Express, is making satisfactory progress…

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Sad Drowning Accident. Two Lives Lost. Nyngan

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 July 1898 · page 3

Two members of the scrub cutting gang which arrived here on Wednesday, named W. J. Prescott and William Dunn, were drowned in the…

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A Carriage Accident. Miss Donaldson Injured. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 July 1898 · page 3

Miss Donaldson, of Melbourne, has bad her spine injured in a carriage accident…

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South Australia. Accident at Sea a Sailor Falls Overboard. Adelaide

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 July 1898 · page 3

When the ship Kate Troop, from New York, was passing Kangaroo Island, a seaman named March fell from the topsail yard. In falling he…

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An Elevator Accident. a Chinaman Mangled. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 July 1898 · page 3

An Kye, a Omnaman, was dreadfully mangled to-day by being jambed under a lift at the Royal Exchange Collins-street. He is in a hopeless…

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A Watchman's End. Drowned in the Harbor. Sydney, Monday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 19 July 1898 · page 2

The body of a man named H'Guffie, a night watchman on board a vessel in port, was found floating in the harbor this morning…

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Between Two Trucks. a Colliery Manager Injured. Sydney, Wednesday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 21 July 1898 · page 2

Mr Richardson, the traffic manager of the Seaham, West Wallsend colliery, was crushed between two coal trucks to-day and seriously injured…

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FELL 200 YARDS. 24 Miners Killed. a Cage Accident. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 21 July 1898 · page 2

A terrible mining disaster has occurred in Silesia, Austria. A cage containing 24 miners was descending into a pit, when by some…

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Accident to the Prince of Wales. a Fractured Knee Cap. Passes a Restless Night. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 21 July 1898 · page 2

The Prince of Wales, who was on a visit to Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild, M.P. for the Aylesbury division of Buckinghamshire, at Waddesdon…

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An Engineer Drowned. Knocked Overboard. Newcastle

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 28 July 1898 · page 3

When the tug Awlima arrived at Newcastle to-day she reported that whilst she was towing a ship towards port, a sudden gale caused the hawser…

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Intercolonial. Sydney. Wednesday. a Man Knocked Overboard and Drowned

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 28 July 1898 · page 2

While the tug Awhins was towing the barque Kylemore to Newcastle yesterday the stopper on the haw[?]er partel and struck an engineer named Martin Kane on…

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A Young Woman Found Drowned. Sydney, Monday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 2 August 1898 · page 3

The body of a woman, still un-identified, but believed to be that of Mabel Hamilton, aged 28, was found floating in Woolloomooloo Bay this…

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