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Accidents, 1900

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Telegraphic News. General Cables. London, July 1. the Slough Railway Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 3 July 1900 · page 2

At the inquest on the victims of the railway collision at the Slough Railway Station on June 16th, the jury acquitted the driver of the Plymouth Express from…

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Accident to the Oregon

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 3 July 1900 · page 2

The United States battle-ship Oregon, Captain G. F. F. Wilde, which was recently ordered from Hong Kong to Taku, has met with a serious accident in the Gulf…

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A Peculiar Accident

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 3 July 1900 · page 3

This afternoon a boy named Joseph Singleton, aged 9, tiring with his parents at Burns-street met with a painful accident. An u[?] cart was standing on a…

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Tram Accident

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 3 July 1900 · page 3

Christian Hardly, aged 52, residing at Goulburn met with a serious accident in Gibbs-street on Saturday. She got in front of a Pyrmont tram, and…

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Fatal Accident

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 4 July 1900 · page 2

A SAD accident happened at Ironbong, near Bothungra, last week, when Mr W. F. Freeborn, a well-known resident of the district, lost…

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Accident

Coolamon Echo · Friday 6 July 1900 · page 3

An accident occurred to a Currawarna resident—Mrs. G. Martin—while on her way from Wagga on Monday evening. It appears that she was crossing the fiat at…

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A Mining Accident

The Temora Star · Saturday 7 July 1900 · page 2

ORANGE, Monday. -- The District Court was held to-day before Judge Docker. Albert Walker, miner, sued the Alladin's Lamp Gold-mining…

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A Butcher Nearly Drowned

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 10 July 1900 · page 2

About 11.30 on Sunday morning Messrs. Brown and Callaghan, butchers, of Baylisstree, attempted to ride across to North Wagga in order to discover what had…

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The Flood. Greatest Heighht 32Ft 9In. Less Serious Than Expected. Damage to Town Streets. Narrow Escape From Drowning

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 10 July 1900 · page 2

"IT'S bad enough, but it might have been a great deal worse," was the general comment on Saturday morning, when it was possible to gauge to some extent the damage wrought…

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Shooting Accident

Coolamon Echo · Friday 13 July 1900 · page 4

On Monday Mr. Colia O’Connor, employed on the Dullah portion of the Ganmain Bun, met with an accident. It appears that he was out shooting when the…

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Fatality

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 2

A young man, named John Ayres, at Yarra Glen had just finished cutting a log, when another log rolled over, causing him to lose his balance, and in falling…

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Gored by a Bull. a Lady Badly Injured. Yea

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 7

While driving some cows to the milking yard, about 4 o'clock on Monday afternoon. Mrs. R. M'k[?] was gored by a bull that was running with the herd. The animal…

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Telegraphic Victoria. a Remarkable Fatality. a Woodman Killed by His Own Axe. Yarra Glen

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 7

A fatal accident happened yesterday to a young man named John Ayres, a splitter, well known in this district. he had just out a log through when one end rolled over…

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Fatal Tram Accidents

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 7

Two total electric tram accidents occurred this morning. Margaret Farrell, 70 years of age, while attempting to cross the road at George-street, West was run over. Her…

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Railway Accident

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 17 July 1900 · page 2

A man named Charles Nesbitt was Alighting from a train at Newtown station on Saturday night last, when the train, which was in motion, scattered the…

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Tram Accident

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 17 July 1900 · page 3

Mr. P. J. Ryan, a traveller, who was boarding & George-street tram near Park-street this afternoon, slipped and fell between the cars. One of the…

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Fatal Shooting Accident. Camperdown

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 17 July 1900 · page 3

Yesterday news was received of a fatal shooting accident at Dairy Farm, Gnotuk Estate, a few miles from Camperdown. A son aged 5, of Mr. Edward M'Carthy,…

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Two More Tram Accidents

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 17 July 1900 · page 3

Two more tramway accidents took place yesterday. A young man named William Jordan was riding his bicycle down Oxford-street when he collided with a motor, and…

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Telegraphic. New South Wales. a Peculiar Accident. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 17 July 1900 · page 3

A peculiar accident, involving injuries to three persons, occurred at the Newtown railway station to-night. A man named Charles Nesbitt got out of the train before…

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Peculiar Fatality

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 18 July 1900 · page 2

Mr. Collins, a school teacher at Raleigh, has died of lockjaw caused by a prick in his thumb received from a rooster's spur…

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