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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1902

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Prince of Wales Mine Accident Fund

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 28 January 1902 · page 3

THE half-yearly general meeting of the Prince of Wales Mine Accident Fond was held in the Literary Institute no Monday, 20th January. The president,…

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A Painful Accident

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 January 1902 · page 2

A lad named George Spriggs, 11 years of age, who resides with his parents in Fox-street, met with a painful accident yesterday afternoon by tripping over a…

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Accident on the Railway

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 January 1902 · page 2

News reached Junee on Saturday night than an accident occurred to a goods train at 7 o'clock that evening between Molong and Grong Grong, and that the…

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Fatal Buggy Accident. Nathalia

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 30 January 1902 · page 4

This morning a fatal accident happened to Mr. William Cox, a well-known local racehorse owner. He and Mr. M. Mannion started from here yesterday for the…

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Accident to a Boy

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 30 January 1902 · page 2

A son of Mr. T. Comans, drover, of Wagga, met with a most painful accident about six weeks ago while chasing a magpie. In his pursuit of the bird he was climbing…

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The Grong Grong Railway Accident. Miraculous Escape of Driver and Fireman

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 30 January 1902 · page 4

Further particulars of the railway accident near Grong Grong, on the South-western-line, on Saturday afternoon show that it was most serious. The train was made up…

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Telegraphic. New South Wales. Accidents at Temora. Temora

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 30 January 1902 · page 2

A serious accident occurred yesterday to u man named Goorge Windsor. He was engaged in sinking an underground tank at Kenny's Grand Hotel, when the…

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Railway Smash at Grong Grong. a Goods Train Derailed. Driver and Fireman Injured

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1902 · page 3

Considerable excitement was caused in Narandera last Saturday evening when it became known that a special freight train, which left here at about…

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Sad Drowning Fatality. Two Children Lose Their Lives. Found in Each Other's Arms. Molong

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 2

A sad drowning fatality occurred at Dilga yesterday evening. Eileen, aged 5 years, and Michael, aged 3 years, both children of Mr. Thos. Patterson, were…

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Sad Driving Fatality

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 2

Mr. A. J. Smith, a well-known resident of Albury and one of the principals of the Rive[?]ina Grammar School, was thrown out of a buggy and killed on Wednesday. Mr…

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A Driving Fatality. Weal-known Albury Resident Killed

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 3

On Wednesday morning Mr. A. J. Smith, one of the principals of the Riverina High School, Albury, accompanied by his wife, brother, and five…

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Fire at Coolamon. Town Threatened with Destruction. Demolition Narrowly Averted Saved by Heroic Deeds. One Man Injured. Coolamon

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 5

At three o'clock this morning the alarm of fire was toned by tl the church [?]. Thera was, it seemed, an instant awakening of the town, for in a few…

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Fatal Accident at Talmalmo

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 2

Information was conveyed to the police at Albury on Thursday night of an accident by which Mr. J. R. Stewarty a resident of Talmalmo, Upper Murray, lost his life. It…

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Cable News. a Ballooning Fatality

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 4 February 1902 · page 3

Captain Sign field and Dr. Leincke, members of the Gorman military forces, ascended in a balloon at Berlin, and were carried by a violent storm to…

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A Railway Fatality. an Audit Inspector Killed. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 4 February 1902 · page 2

Mr. Geo. Sackville Ridley, inspector in the Auditor General's Department, was r[?]n over by an e[?]gine and several carriages near Ar[?]cliffa at 5 o'clock this morning. The…

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General Cables. Fatality in Japan. Soldiers Frozen to Death. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 4 February 1902 · page 2

Whilst 210 Japanese infantrymen were practising marching in the snow in Northern Niphon they lost their way. Though the men burnt their haversacks…

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Victoria. [By Telegraph]. Melbourne, Wednesday. Shocking Mining Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 2

A shocking mining accident occurred at Benidigo this morning. Two men were working timber sets at 990ft. level of Hustler's Reef, at No. 1 Mine, Ironbark,…

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fatal Cycling Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 4

A fatal bicycle accident occurred at Ballarat on Saturday evening, the victim being a youth named David Worthington, aged eighteen, employed at the…

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Burning Fatality

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1902 · page 8

A shocking burning fatality occurred in the Drysdale district on Friday morning. About a mile from Drysdale, on the road to Clifton…

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South Australia. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Friday. Fearful Burning Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1902 · page 2

While Margaret Patterson, aged 26, was dissolving beeswax and turpentine over a stove to-day the tin burnt out and the turpentine and wax flared up. She endeavored…

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