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Accidents, 1902

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Terrible Disaster. 22 People Killed and 150 INJURED

The Junee Democrat · Tuesday 8 April 1902 · page 2

A Cable from London dated April 6 says : -- A terrible disaster occurred during the International association football match between England and…

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Terrible Football Disaster. Three Killed, 150 Injured. London, April 6

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 8 April 1902 · page 2

A terrible disaster occurred during the International association football match between England and Scotland at Ubrox Park, Glasgow, on Saturday. The crowd…

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Fatal Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 8 April 1902 · page 2

Mr. Andrew M[?]lntve, an old and much respectcd resident of Harefield, died (the " Democrat "says) on Monday last in the Junee Cottage Hospital, from the effects…

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Accident at Narandera

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 April 1902 · page 2

On Saturday Alfred Harris, whilst employed on the new court-house building at Narandera, had his skull tractured through the sca[?]oding giving…

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A Miner Terribly Injured

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 April 1902 · page 2

A young man named Thomas Macnamara was admitted to the Albury Hospital on Tuesday night in an unconscious condition, the result of an accident…

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How an Accident Affected Speech

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 12 April 1902 · page 5

A case of unusual interest has been under treatment in St. Vincent's Hospital, Boston. Dr. T. H. Cuitin states, in the British Medical…

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Victoria. Drowned in the Bay. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 15 April 1902 · page 2

A dingy, containing five men, capsized a couple of hundred yards off St. Kilda Pier yesterday evening. One man, Robert Edington, a slaughter-house…

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Serious Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 15 April 1902 · page 2

An old man Darned Thomas Teesum was admitted to the Wagga Hospital on Saturday evening suffering from painful injuries to one of his legs, caused by being…

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Accidents

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 15 April 1902 · page 2

A boy named Leussier, who resides with his parents in Crampton-lane, Wagga, had a remarkable escape from serious injury on Saturday evening. The…

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Fatal Railway Accident. 13 New Zealanders Killed. London, April 14

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 17 April 1902 · page 2

A disastrous railway accident has occurred at Machavic, 18 miles from Klerksdorp and 12 miles from Potchefstroom, on the south-western line in the Transvaal…

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Accident to a Footballer

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 April 1902 · page 2

Lewis M'Murdo, a well-known Footballer, residing at north Sydney, has his right leg amputated just below the knee. Last Saturday he met with…

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General Cables. Serious Naval Accident. London. Tuesday Afternoon

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 April 1902 · page 2

A serious naval accident is reported. The crew of the 1st class battleship Mars. 14,900 tons, of the Channel Squadron, were at gunnery practice, when one of…

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Disaster to New Zealanders. Thirteen Killed in a Railway Accident

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 April 1902 · page 2

A serious disaster has occurred to a body of the Eighth New Zealand Contingent. Through a railway accident at…

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Courabyra. Coach Accident

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 18 April 1902 · page 1

ON Saturday last the Tumbarumba coach was capsized between here and Tumbarumba, at the foot of Broadburst' Hill, Back Creek. Luckily…

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The Railway Accident. How It Happened. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 2

Details which have been received concerning the railway accident which occurred at Machavie, 18 miles from Klerksdorp, on the south western line…

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Terrible Burning Fatality. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 22 April 1902 · page 2

A terrible fatality has occurred at Hackney, a suburb of London. A Parofine lamp exploded in a shop occupied by a woman and her six children, setting fire…

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Singular Fatality. Killed by a Chip of Metal. Penrith

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 22 April 1902 · page 4

An extraordinary accident occurred yesterday in the forest, near the Wellington mills. A man named Huge Joseph Moore was driving a wedge into…

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Extraordinary Railway Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 22 April 1902 · page 4

An extraordinary railway accident, which occurred on 5th March, has, a Perth (W.A.) wire says just come to light. A cool storage van attached to a passenger train…

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The Railway Accident. London, April 22

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 24 April 1902 · page 2

Private David I. Whitehead of the 8th New Zealand Contingent, has succumbed to the injuries he received in the railway collision at Machavie, in the…

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The Miners' Accident Relief Act. Provision for Small Mines

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 25 April 1902 · page 2

The provisions of the Miners' Accident Relief Act are applicable to all mines employing fifteen or more persons, and in such cases…

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