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Accidents, 1902

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Railway Fatality

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 30 July 1902 · page 2

A young man Darned William Farham was run over by a train at Hamilton on Sunday night, and died in Newcastle hospital this morning…

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Shooting Accidents

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 31 July 1902 · page 2

On Monday night at Adelong Crossing, in the Gundagai district, Trooper A. Hoskins was examining a 32-calibre revolver, when it accidentally exploded. The bullet passed…

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Accidents with Firearms

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 31 July 1902 · page 2

Last evening a painful accident happened at Adelong Crossing to Trooper Hoskins, who recently returned from South Africa. He was cleaning his…

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An Unusual Accident

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 31 July 1902 · page 2

An accident of a very unusual and painful character occurred on Tuesday afternoon where a number of men were employed on the construction of the…

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Serious Accident on the Railway. a Shunter' Injured

The Junee Democrat · Friday 1 August 1902 · page 2

About twelve "o'clock to-day an accident occurred in the railway yard at Junee by which an assistant [?] named Charis Ogg received…

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Shocking Burning Fatality

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 2 August 1902 · page 12

A shocking accident, unhappily attended with fatal results, occurred on Sunday morning last. Mrs. Elizabeth Roberts, a well known resident of…

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Terrible Colliery Accident. WOLLONGONG

The Temora Star · Saturday 2 August 1902 · page 2

News has just been received that a terrible explosion has occurred in the Mount Kembla Colliery. A telephone message received asked that all doctors…

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A Peculiar Accident. Five Sailors Injured

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 August 1902 · page 2

A serious accident occurred in Sutherland Dock, Cockatoo Island, Whilst the warship Tauranga was being painted to-day. Several of the crew of the…

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Railway Accident

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 5 August 1902 · page 3

A railway disaster in the north-west of India is reported. A train was derailed. Sixteen persons were killed and twenty nine injured…

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This Latest News. Victims in the Hospital. Accident to a Sightseer. Sydney, Monday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 August 1902 · page 2

It is now stated that Wie death roil of the Mt. Kembla disaster is 95. There are only tour bodies left iu the pit…

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A Fatal Accident

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 August 1902 · page 2

A sudden fatality occurred at Mort's Dock this afternoon. A lad named Ar­chie Cramp was working at a hydraulic riveting machine, when he was struck by…

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Fatal Accidents

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 6 August 1902 · page 2

News from Queanbeyan on Saturday states [?] a man named George Philips, of U[?]arra, was shot dead that day at U[?]iarra at a [?] drive Phillips was…

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

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 7 August 1902 · page 2

At the inquest concerning the death of Frederick Wollard, who was killed through the discharge of a sporting rifle which he was cleaning, the evidence failed…

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The Accident Belief Act

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 8 August 1902 · page 3

This Act was assented to on 5th November, 1900, and commenced on 1st January, 1901. The fund is applicable to mines employing in the…

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The Kembla Disaster. Theories of the Accident

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 8 August 1902 · page 3

THIS sad story is told by a "Star " correspondent:—" A miner said to me, 'There's friends or relatives picking out other bodies, and claiming…

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Fatal Accidents

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 August 1902 · page 7

John Mearns, aged 24, a carpenter on the steamship Buteshire, fell down the hatch way of the lower hold, and sustained injuries to which he succumbed. Thomas…

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Sensational Accident. Several Indians Injured

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 12 August 1902 · page 2

A sensational incident occurred yester­day. Just after the Coronation proces­sion had passed, the playing of the Naval Band started a horse attached to a private…

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Accident at North Wagga

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 14 August 1902 · page 2

Whilst engaged in sinking a well at North Wagga, on Monday, a man named Wallace had a narrow escape from fatal injuries, He was at the bottom of the…

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Accident with a Horse

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 14 August 1902 · page 2

Patrick Guilfoyle, an elder brother of the late Constable Guilfoyle, was admitted to the hospital, this morning with a broken leg, the result of a horse having…

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Railway Fatality

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 19 August 1902 · page 2

Frank Briefly, a plasterer, residing at Hurstville, was mangled to death on the railway line this morning. Whilst endeavouring to board an early train…

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