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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1900

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A Fatal Tram Collision

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 19 July 1900 · page 3

The inquest on the death of Edward James Bid[?] who died from injuries the result of a train collision, was continued at the Coroner's Court to-day…

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Mine Machinery, Accident. Gundagai

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 19 July 1900 · page 3

A serious accident happened to-day to the machinery at the Prince of Wales mine, Gundagai. The Cotter pin broke, allowing the connecting [?] to become disconnected…

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Another Steamer Collision. Great Loss of Life. London, Monday Afternoon

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 24 July 1900 · page 2

During a fog Belfast Lough the steme[?] Dromedary and Alligator collided. The former vessel carried 600 Glasgow passengers, forty of whom were injured, and…

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Cable News. Later Cables. for the "Express." Collision in the Irish Channel. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 24 July 1900 · page 2

The Atlantic Cunard steamer "Compant[?]," daring a fog in the Irish Channel, struck the cargo steamer Emblem, cutting the latter ciesn in two…

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Shocking Fatal Accident

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Tuesday 24 July 1900 · page 2

THE residents of Adelong received a shock yesterday morning, when the shock reached town that a trouble accident had happened to "Bob…

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Jugiong. Sad Riding Fatality

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 25 July 1900 · page 2

A sad accident, which terminated fatally, occurred on Thursday evening, 19th instant, to a young man named Frederick Cross, a well-known settler…

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Fatal Accident

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 25 July 1900 · page 2

A FATAL accident happened at Adelaong on Monday last, by which a lad named Robert Kenny, aged 14, son of Mr. P. Kenny, of Adelong, lost his…

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Accident Fund Meeting

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 25 July 1900 · page 2

The annual general meeting of the Prince of Wales Mine Accident Fund was held in the Literary Institute, Reno on Sunday last. The principal…

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Accident

The Temora Star · Wednesday 25 July 1900 · page 2

ON Saturday morning while a lad named John Harmer was driving in company with another on the Merool road, the horse took fright and bolted,…

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Campania-embleton Collision. Relief of the Sufferers. London, Monday Afternoon

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 26 July 1900 · page 2

A relief found has been staffed in aid of the sufferers by the c[?] in the Irish Chamber between on the Ath[?] liner Cha[?] and the barque Em[?] which the latter was…

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District Intelligence. Adelong. the Late Fatality

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 27 July 1900 · page 2

Further particulars of the fatal accident to the lad Robert Kenny show that the deceased was either screwing off the brake and slipped, or else was…

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Terrible Accident Mb. John Garrett Crushed to Death at Junee

Coolamon Echo · Friday 27 July 1900 · page 4

Yesterday while drilling a hole in an engine at the Railway Sheds, at Junee, John Garratt was killed. He was between an engine and tender. Another…

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Accident to Our Roads Super

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Tuesday 31 July 1900 · page 4

IN the last issue of our contemporary, the "Tumut Times," is contained brief mention of an accident which occurred to Mr. Adam, our Roads…

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Fatality

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 1 August 1900 · page 2

Charlotte Lance, aged 58, fell from a moving tram at Newtown station yester­day, fracturing her skull, and causing her death before arrival at the hospital…

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Accident on the Lockhart Railway

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 2 August 1900 · page 2

An accident of a serious nature be[?] John R. Scott, well-known in Wagga, whilst working on The Rock to Lockhart railway yesterday. He was assisting in the…

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A Tram Accident. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 2 August 1900 · page 2

A man travelling by an electric tram this afternoon fell, app[?] in a it, and he who conveyed to the Sydney Hospital, where it was found that life was art[?] The body…

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New South Wales. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Friday. Accident at the Art gallery

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 4 August 1900 · page 2

A workman named Alexander Long foll from'a scaffold, at the Art Gallery to-duy, sustaining a severe scalp wound, injuries to the back, and internal injuries. He now…

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Local and General News. a Fatal Accident

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 August 1900 · page 2

The accident which be[?] John Richmond Scott whilst working on the Rock-Lockhart railway on Wednesday, terminated fatally at the Wagga Hospital yesterday. Scott, it…

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Reno Accident Fund

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 8 August 1900 · page 2

At the Reno Literary Institute on Sunday last, an extraordinary general meeting of the Prince of Wales Mine Accident Fund was held. There were…

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Store Fatality

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 10 August 1900 · page 2

At about eight o'clock this morning the storeman employed by Messrs. Dalton Bros., merchants, Pitt-street, discovered the dead body of William…

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