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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1900

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The Wreck of the Ariosto. Twenty-one Sailors Drowned

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 January 1900 · page 4

THE American mails received on Monday by the R.M.S. Mariposa state that the British ship Ariosto (Captain Baines), bound from Calveston to Hamburg, was wrecked…

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Germanton. an Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 January 1900 · page 2

Mr John Purtell, brother of Mr. William Purtell of Wagga, has been unfortunate in breaking one of his legs. He was walking after some cows and gave his body a twist…

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Drowned

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1900 · page 3

At Swan Hill, on the river Murray, J. G. MeCardy and his two sons were accidentally drowned yesterday…

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Railway Fatality

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1900 · page 3

A Chinaman was out in two on the railway line this morning in the vicinity of Pennant Hilts…

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Italians Drowned

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1900 · page 2

Six Italians, consisting of four men, and one girl aged 13, aud her brother aged 11, were all drowned last Sunday while boating near Wolhalla. All the…

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Fatal Accident

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

A labourer named Mortimer was killed this morning at this Federal Wharf, Sussex-street by being crushed between the machinery…

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Drowning of a Young Lady

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 February 1900 · page 7

A young lady named Alma Metcalfe, 18 years of age, a resident of Coogee, was accidentally drowned whilst bathing this morning with another lady friend…

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Sydney News. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Friday. Dathing Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 3 February 1900 · page 2

Alma Lucy Metcalfe,.aged 19, when bathing with a companion at Coogee this morning, got beyond her depth, and being unable to swim, sank, and was drowned. The body…

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Lightning Fatality. a Man and a Boy Killed. [By Telegraph.] Goulburn

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 6 February 1900 · page 2

A TERRIBLE fatality, caused by lightning, occurred at Marulan about 5 o'clock yesterday evening during a heavy storm. A swagman called at the house of Mr…

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Cable News. Later Cables. "Express" Special Service. Through Reuter's Agency. Collision at Sea. London, Monday Afternoon

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 8 February 1900 · page 2

The steamer Heathfield has arrived at San Francisco after a collision with the ship Anoyra…

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Shocking Mining Accidents. Two Men Killed. [By Telegraph.] Broken Hill

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 8 February 1900 · page 2

A YOUNG man named Charles Blake, or Malthouse, met with instantaneous death at the Block 10 this morning. Blake and a man named Nott were working in the…

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Telegraphic. New South Wales. Fatal Accidents. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 8 February 1900 · page 2

A young man named Alfred Payne, who was employed at the Railway Hotel, West Narrabri, while driving was knocked off the cart by a branch of a…

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Painful Accident

Coolamon Echo · Friday 9 February 1900 · page 3

On Monday evening a painful accident occurred to the youngest son of Mr. A. Morly, the local station master. It appears that the youngster was playing in…

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Railway Fatality. Sydney, Friday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 10 February 1900 · page 2

A fatal accident occurred last night at M'Millen's railway gates, near Wellington, on the Western line. Mr. M'Millen and his daughter, aged 20, were both…

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Extraordinary Assault Case. an Old Man Seriously Injured

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 10 February 1900 · page 2

Particulars of an unusually brutal assault case come from Bourke. The victim is William O'Connor, aged 70, who lies in the hospital there in a critical…

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Another Mining Accident. a Man Killed [By Telegraph.] West Wyalong

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 10 February 1900 · page 2

A TERRIBLE accident occurred at the Golden Fleeco claim, by which a tributor named Fred. Gaggin lost his life. It appears that deceased with a mate named Charles…

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Railway Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 10 February 1900 · page 2

An accident occurred last night at McMillan Is railway gates near Wellington. Mr. McMillan and his daughter were both knocked down by a special…

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Mail Coach Accident

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 10 February 1900 · page 2

A mail coach was overturned in going down a steep hill near Bathurst this morning. The driver, named Maloney, was severely cut about the body, and a…

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Harbor Fatality

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 13 February 1900 · page 2

The bodies of the two victims drowned in the harbor boating fatality yesterday have not yet been recovered…

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The Maryville Railway Fatality

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 13 February 1900 · page 2

At the inquest yesterday on the bodies of Angus M'Millan and Catherine of Millan, his daughter, who were killed on the railway at Maryville on Thursday…

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