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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1901

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Victoria. a Serious Fall. a [?]An Terribly Injured. Melbourne, Friday night

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 2

David M'Culloch whilst wheeling a barrow to-day on a plank 60 ft. from cho ground at Camoron's Tobacco Factory which is in course of erection in…

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Painful Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 2

A young man named William Mooney met with a painful accident at his father's farm Uranquinty on Thursday last, when he got his right hand entangled in a chaff…

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Accident to Mr. Horsley

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 2

While jumping a backney at the station one day this week, Mr. R. F. S. Horsley, met with an injury to his right leg, which although not necessitating medical aid, has…

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Terrible Buggy Accident a Lady Killed. Two Others Injured

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 5 February 1901 · page 4

A shocking fatal accident occurred near Beechworth on Thursday evening. A party of ladies were descending Buckland Gap in a vehicle, the occupants being Mrs. Frances…

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Accident at the Farm

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 5 February 1901 · page 2

Mr. J. A. Bulkeley, experimentalist at the Wagga Experiment Farm, met with a severe accident on Saturday morning last Some hay stacks owned by Mr. Henwood,…

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Fatal Railway Accident. a Painful Coincidence

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 5 February 1901 · page 4

A DREADFUL fatal accident occurred at Wandong (Vic.) on Friday evening, when a young man named William Bradley, employed as a winch-driver by the Victorian…

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Accidents

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Tuesday 5 February 1901 · page 3

ON Saturday a series of accidents happened, two of which were attended with serious results. Mr. Heniecke, of Tumbarumba was driving towards…

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A Fearful Accident

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 February 1901 · page 2

Yesterday when going home from school to his furthers residence "S[?]ndridge" an Dixon's Tohacco Farm, the seven year oldson of Mr. Cressey the manager, climbed on…

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Severe Riding Accident

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 February 1901 · page 2

All accident of an exceeding pam[?] nature occurred on Saturday last to Mr. A.J. Balkeley, Experiment[?] of the Wagga Experimental Farm and as…

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Gun Accident at Berry Jerry

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 February 1901 · page 2

Alexander M'Donald, an employee on Berry Jerry Station was out rabbit shooting yesterday with a breech-load-ing gun. When firing a charge the…

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Accidents

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 8 February 1901 · page 3

On Thursday morning Mr. Jas. Blake, baker, of this town, met with a nasty accident. He had been to the showground to catch a horse, and bad…

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Railway Accident in America. Great Loss of Life. London. Feb. 8

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1901 · page 5

A WEST bound New York-Chicago limited train on the Lake Orie railway, one of the fastest trains in America, was derailed through a fish-plate breaking on a curve…

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A Mysterious Accident

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1901 · page 3

It is an excellent thing for a journalist to have an acquaintance with the names of the parts of a press. The subjoined…

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Fatal Accident at Ivanhoe. Magisterial Inquiry

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1901 · page 13

Mr. F. B. Treatt, P.M., held an inquiry at Ivanhoe on the 1st inst., into the circumstances attending the death of Harold Mark Smith, who…

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Shooting Accidents

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1901 · page 10

Almost every day one reads in the papers of accidents caused by the careless use of firearms, in many cases through unexperienced or…

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Terrible Fatality at a Fire

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 12 February 1901 · page 2

A fire occurred this morning at Daniel Slade's produce store and residence Paramatta road, Leichhardt. During the conflagration Edward John Roberts, assistant…

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New South Wales. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday. FIREMAN's ACCIDENT

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1901 · page 2

During the fire on the promised of Daniel Slade, of Leichhurdt, early this morning, the whole flooring and joisting collapsed, pinning Fireman Edward John Roberts to…

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A Boy Drowned

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 13 February 1901 · page 2

A schoolboy named Arthur Dunningham, aged 12, who resided afc St. Ives, was drowned yesterday whilst bathing with companions in a waterhole near…

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District News. (From Our Correspondents.) Tumbarumba. Sad Drowning Fatality

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 14 February 1901 · page 2

ON Friday last a very sad death occured at Burra Station, when an old and much respected resident in the person of Mrs. Jno. Cashman, was found drowned in a…

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Fatal Gun Accident. a Young Man Killed. Sydney, Wednesday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 14 February 1901 · page 3

A shocking gun accident occurred at Joppa, near Goulburn, last evening, where by Arthur Moses Hunt, aged 20, a sou of Mr. Jas. Hunt, a dairyman, met…

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