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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1901

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Fatal Accident

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 17 May 1901 · page 2

NEWS readied here yesterday that a young man named T. Withers, a earner, of Tumut, had met with an accident attended with fatal…

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Tragedy at Maitland. Two Boys Shot Dead. Accident and Suicide. East Maitland

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 17 May 1901 · page 2

The usual quietude of East Maitland was rudely disturbed on Tuesday afternoon by the occurence of a singular tragedy. Three youthful brothers…

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Railway Accident at Rydal. SYDNEY

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 17 May 1901 · page 3

A collision [?]rred between two goods trains about a mile from Rydal last night. Both locomotives and eight trucks were demolished in the [?] A coal train and…

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Serious Railway Collision. Coal and Stock Trains Meet. Hundreds of Sheep Killed. Drivers and Fireman Injured. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 May 1901 · page 2

A very serious railway smash occurred on the western line last night between Rydal and Tarana. It appears that a train fully loaded with coal, from Lithgow, and going…

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Sensational Fatality. Testing a Monier Bridge. the Structure Collapses. a Contractor Killed. Bendigo

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 18 May 1901 · page 2

A SHOCKING accident occurred at King's bridge, spanning the Bendigo creek, near the gas works, this afternoon, when Mr. A. E. Boldt, a well known contractor…

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Railway Accident. Smash on the Western Line. Wallerawang

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 18 May 1901 · page 4

A very serious railway accident occurred last night between Rydal and Tarana. It appears that a train, fully loaded with coal from Lithgow, and going west, was…

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Sensational Accident. a Shocking Death. Several Extraordinary Escapes

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 18 May 1901 · page 3

A sensational accident happened at Bendigo on Tuesday evening during the testing of a bridge erected on the Monier principle over the waterway at the lower…

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Another Railway Accident

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 18 May 1901 · page 19

A railway accident occurred near Wyong, 63 miles from Sydney, on the northern line, at 6.45 p.m. yesterday. The results are again serious. It…

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George-street Tram Accident

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 May 1901 · page 2

The young man, Robert Richardson, who was knocked down by a tram in George-street on Friday last, has not yet recovered consciousness…

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Late Telegrams. Railway Accident Sydney

The Temora Star · Saturday 18 May 1901 · page 2

A RAILWAY collision, between a good and sheep tram, occurred on the Western line, near Rydal station, on Wednesday night. It appears that…

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New South Wales. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday. Terrible Shooting Fatality

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 21 May 1901 · page 2

A terrible shooting accident occurred on Saturday at a place called River Lett, 4 miles from Lithgow. It appears that threes brothers named Morris, ranging in age from…

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Caught on a Revolving Shaft. Boy Terribly Injured

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 21 May 1901 · page 4

A boy named Bertie Pope, aged sixteen years, met with a very serious accident at Mr. H. V. M'Kay's Sunshine Harvester Works, Yuille-street, Ballarat, on Friday,…

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The Rydal Railway Accident. Dismissal of Officials. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 21 May 1901 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners have received the report of the board appointed to inquire into the cause of the Rydal railway accident, whereby two goods trains came into collision…

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Racecourse Accident

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 21 May 1901 · page 3

Four competitors came to grief in Fattersall's Stakes at Randwick. The jockeys were uninjured. The horse Called Back was destroyed…

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Reno News. Accidents

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 21 May 1901 · page 2

A MINER named Patrick Walsh, married, and living at South Gundagai, and one of the contractors sinking the winze below the 500ft, level, had his leg brokes above…

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Railway Accidents in N. S. Wales. Public Alarm Felt

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 21 May 1901 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners have received the report of the board appointed to make inquiries regarding the railway accident at Rydal (says the Sydney correspondent of the…

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Terrible Gun Accident. Boy's Head Blown Off. Sydney, Monday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 21 May 1901 · page 2

A terrible shooting accident occurred late on Saturday evening in Hartley Valley, near Lithgow. A boy named Morris, with two other brothers, was…

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Railway Accidents in New South Wales. Public Alarm Felt. Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 22 May 1901 · page 2

THE Railway Commissioners have received the report of the board appointed to make inquiries regarding the railway accident at Rydal. The substance of the report…

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The Ultimo Fatality

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 23 May 1901 · page 2

The Attorney-General has declined to prosecute Arthur Clapham and Squire Webb, tram drivers, who were committed for trial on a charge of manelaughter from the…

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Latest News. Captures for the Month. an Engineer Injured. London, Tuesday Afternoon

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 23 May 1901 · page 2

Three thousand horses, twenty thousand sheep, and two thousand cattle have been captured this mouth, in the eastern districts of the Orange River Colony…

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