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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1899

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A Strange Accident. a Tree Falls Across a Coach. Kendall

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 2 February 1899 · page 4

A terrible accident occured to the mail coach, between Camden Haven and Port Macqnarie to-day. A tree fell across the coach killing the driver, Louis, and breaking…

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A Train Fatality. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 7 February 1899 · page 2

At an inquest held to-day on the body of a woman who was supposed to have been struck down by a train at Oatley, the evidence showed that the woman…

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Telegraphic. New South Wales. a Railway Fatality. a Plate Layer Killed. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 7 February 1899 · page 2

A platelayer named Reddan, who was on duty this afternoon at the Redfern yards, fell in front of a passing goods train. Several trucks, laden with metal…

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Serious Scalding Accident.'

The Junee Democrat · Tuesday 7 February 1899 · page 2

ABOUT 6.30 p.m. yesterday an accident of a serious nature happened to a little girl aged three and a half years, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Blatch…

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Fatality in the Cricket Field. a Player Killed by a Ball

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 11 February 1899 · page 5

A member of the Ballarat Cricket Club, Mr. Charles Fraser clark at Messrs Cuthbert and Wynne's solicitors sustained fatal injuries while practising at the Eastern Oval on…

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Coach Accident

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1899 · page 2

An accident happened to the Tumut mail coach on Saturday last (says the TUMUT TIMES.) When descending the Kilimicat Hill, on the Brungle…

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A Buggy Accident. Remarkable Escape of Passengers. Narrandera

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 11 February 1899 · page 3

Mr. Frank Rudd proprieter of the local carriage works met with a peculiar accident last night whilst driving from the racecourse into town. Near a railway crossing a bolt of…

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Late Telegrams. SYDNEY, Friday. Shocking Accident

The Temora Star · Saturday 11 February 1899 · page 3

A shocking accident occurred on the whaf at Wellington, New Zealand, yesterday, While the steamer…

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A Fatal Accident

The Temora Star · Saturday 11 February 1899 · page 2

A SAD and fatal accident befell Mr. J. Rodgers a very old resident of this district, between Friday morning last and Saturday, Mr. Rodgers was…

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A Mining Accident. in Colorado. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 14 February 1899 · page 2

An avalanche in Charokie Gulch, Colorado, has overwhelmed 26 miners the majority of whom were killed…

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Saved by an Accident

The Junee Democrat · Tuesday 14 February 1899 · page 4

The Judge, had dined, and was enjoying an after dinner cigar before turning to a pile of papers, on the table at his elbow. Yet eyen as he watched the flickering fire…

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The Barrack Room Fatality. Military Funeral. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 16 February 1899 · page 3

Gunner Briner, of the Permanent Artillery, who was shot in the Queensland barracks on Friday night, by a comrade named Pollock, and who died last night…

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A Pitt Street Bolt. Sulkies Smashed. a Woman Injured. Sydney Wednesday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 16 February 1899 · page 3

A horse attached to a sulky bolted down Pitt-street to-day, and collided with another stationary sulky, containing a lady, who was thrown out, and…

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A Street Accident. an Old Man Killed. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 16 February 1899 · page 3

An old man named Schroder was waiting across the corner of Collins and Elizabeth streets this morning when he suddenly lurched forward and fell. The…

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A Gun Accident. a Mans Band Shattered. Temora

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 16 February 1899 · page 3

A man named John Wilson met with a serious accident to-day A gun burst and completely shattered his left hand…

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A Jockey Injured

Coolamon Echo · Friday 17 February 1899 · page 3

At Junee races on Wednesday the well-known and popular horseman, William Curran, while riding Trienid, had the bad luck to burst his…

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Accident at Brewarring. a Well-known Resident Injured. Engaged in "Burning Off"

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 17 February 1899 · page 1

DWELLERS in town have little idea of the risks c[?]countered daily in country occupiestions. Mr. Frank Johnston relates bis story:—…

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Saved by an Accident

Coolamon Echo · Friday 17 February 1899 · page 6

THE Judge had dined, and was enjoying an after dinner cigar before turning to a pile of papers on the table at his elbow. Yet even as he watched the [?] fire…

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A Harbor Collision. Death of a Joung Man. Sydney, Monday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 21 February 1899 · page 3

A young man, David Davidson, who was injured in a collision between two sailing boats in the harbor yesterday, succumbed to his injuries to-day…

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A Nasty Accident

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 21 February 1899 · page 2

Mr. Dore, who is bookkeeper at Pullitop and Buckagingah stations, met with a very nasty accident at te first-named on Sunday morning. Mr. Dore was mounting a young…

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