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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1898

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A Tram Accident. a Girl Injured. Leaves the Car Whilst in Motion. Sydney, Monday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 14 June 1898 · page 2

A girl named Gladale, aged 16, stepped out of a Paddington tram whilst in motion and sustained concussion of the brain and other…

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Queensland. Lighters in Collision. One Sinks Immediately. Brisbane, Monday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 14 June 1898 · page 2

Two lighters came into collision at Rockhampton to-day. One named Kessenga, sank immediately…

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Serious Railway Accident. to the Paper Train Near Harden. Six Trucks Fall Into a Creek. Passenger Carriage and Brake Van Overturned. Narrow Esoape of Passengers. Much Damage to Rolling Stock. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Harden

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 14 June 1898 · page 2

A serious railway Accident occurred to the down newspaper train to-day about seven miles on the Sydney side of Harden. The accident was caused by the axle breaking on…

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Intercolonial. Sydney. Monday. a Tram Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 14 June 1898 · page 2

While a young lady, named Gluddle, was endeavouring to alight from a tram in motion, in Oxford-street, this morning, she was flung violently on to the roadway, and was…

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A Coogee Fatality. Chloroform Poisoning. Sydney, Wednesday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 16 June 1898 · page 2

Yesterday morning a man whose name has now been proved to be Susman Lavin was found dead in bis bed at the Coogee Bay Hotel, where…

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Fatal Burning Accident. a Swagman's Untimely End. a Magisterial Inquiry

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 16 June 1898 · page 3

Mr G. H. Tempest District Coroner, held a magisterial inquiry at his street, Gurwood-street, yesterday forenoon, into the death of a man supposed to be James Hunt, whose…

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Rocky Ponds Bail Way Accident

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 June 1898 · page 6

A departmental investigation concerning the accident to the paper train on Monday last was held at Rocky Ponds. The accident was due to the cracking of an agle of a…

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Telegraphic. New South Wales a Singular Accident. Drowned in a Water Hole. Broken Hill

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 21 June 1898 · page 2

Thomas Ivery, aged 23, a resident of West Broken Hill, men his death last night in a singular manner. During the afternoon a brother…

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Grong. (From Our Correspondent.) a Mining Fatality

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 21 June 1898 · page 2

An accident which terminated fatally, occurred on Friday evening at the Kangaroo Reefs, about 12 miles from here, a young man named Thomas Arthur being the…

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A Fatal Fall. Accident at Grong Grong. a Man's Neck Broken. Junee

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 21 June 1898 · page 2

News of a shocking fatality came to band to-day. A man named Thomas Arthur, a resident of Junee for many years, fell down a mining shaft near…

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Through Reuter's Agency. a Launching Accident. at Blackwall Docks. Many Persons Submerged. Several Drowned. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 23 June 1898 · page 2

Whilst the worship Albion was being launched at Blackwall to-day the staging collapsed and a large number of spectators and others were…

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Victoria. a Gunfowder Explosion at St. Kilda Barracks an Artilleryman Killed. Another Seriously Injured. Melbourne, Wednesday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 23 June 1898 · page 3

A.quantity of gunpowder exploded at the Artillery Barracks on the St. Kilda Road to-day resulting in the death of one member of the Permanent…

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Appalling Disaster on the Themes. 200 Person's Swept Into the River. 36 Persons Drowned. London, June 22

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1898 · page 5

THE particulars of the appalling disaster which occurred yesterday at the yards of the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, at Blackwall,…

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Bombardment of Fort La Socapa. the Texas Hit by a Shell. One Man Killed and Eight Injured

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 June 1898 · page 2

Before the landing of the American forces under Brigadier-General Shafter the battleship Texas, 6,315 tons, 22 guns, silenced the battery at the…

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A Cycling Disaster. Quintet Pacer Breaks Down Platt-betts Severly Injured

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 July 1898 · page 3

A sensational bicycle accident occurred on the Crystal Palace track this afternoon, by which J. Platt-Betts, the crack English cyclist, who lately…

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Mistaken for a Wallaby. a Boy Shot. Accidental Death. Sydney, Friday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 July 1898 · page 3

The inquest on the boy named Parron, of Heathcote, who was shot by his companion in mistake for a wallaby, resulted in a verdict of…

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General Cables. Fire on a Steamer. the Cycling Accident. the Colliery Strike. Italian Troubles. Storms in Hungary

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 July 1898 · page 2

As a result of a fire on board the P. and O. steamer Ganges, lying at Bombay, the vessel was entirely destroyed…

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Panic on a Sydney Tram. Inquest on the Victim. Verdict of Accidental Death. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 July 1898 · page 2

An inquest was held to-day on Mrs. Fanny Hall, a resident of Glebe, who died from injuries received during the panic which was caused on a Newtown…

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Cervera's Report. Reaches Madrid. Men Not Captured Were Drowned. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 7 July 1898 · page 3

Admiral Cervera, who was in command of the Spanish fleet at Santiago, which recently caine out of the harbor and were promptly tackled…

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Gas Again. Accident to Two Ladies. a Leaky Pipe. Sydney, Wednesday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 7 July 1898 · page 3

Two ladies, a mother and daughter, named Kelly, residing at Paddington, have been taken to the St. Vincent Hospital in a critical condition…

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