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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1903

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Dangerous Riding Accident

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 2

William Cumpbell, aged 15, a son of Mr. Campbell, of the Albury-road, met with a serious accident on Saturday afternoon. He was riding Mr. Austin…

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Railway Accidents in America. a Series of Catastrophes

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 3

The mail brought by the R.M.S Sonoma, which arrived at Sydney on Saturday, shows that during the three weeks preceding the departure of the…

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New South Wales. (By Telegraph.] Sydney, Wednesday. a Railway Fatality

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 5 February 1903 · page 2

An open verdict was returned at the inquest on the decapitated body of the man found on the North Shore line. The body has not yet been identified…

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Driving Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 2

On Thursday afternoon Messrs. G. Yeldon and Arthur Ray were exercising a young horse attached to a sulky, in Beckwith-street, when the latter gentleman narrowly…

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A Gruesome Railway Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 6

In a book of railway ane[?]dotes, bearing date about twenty years ago there is an account on what is described as a most remarkable railway accident. It is stated to…

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Dangerous Driving Accident

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 10 February 1903 · page 2

An unusual and exciting experience befel the family of Mr. M'Farland, a resident of Eunonyhareenyha, whilst proceeding in a buggy to the Union…

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Telegraphic. New South Wales. Railway Collision. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 12 February 1903 · page 2

A collision occurred at [?] railway station last evening. An engine which had been shunted on to a loop line owing to the points being open ran on to…

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Railway Fatality at Bundure

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 13 February 1903 · page 3

On Monday night a fettler named Allen Stewart was retaining from Coonong to his borne at Bundure on tricycle. When three quarters of a mile from his home be…

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A Peculiar Accident

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 13 February 1903 · page 3

At St. Arnand (Vic.) a serious burning accident occurred on Saturday afternoon, the victims being a Mr and Mrs. Bredon, old residents of the…

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Collision in the Harbour

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 17 February 1903 · page 2

Tho steamer Wakatipu, from Launceston, and the steamer Enrimbla, bound for Melbourne, collided off Bradley's Head at midnight on…

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Telegraphic. New South Wales. Narrow Escapes From Drowning. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 17 February 1903 · page 2

A heavy swell on the coast yesterday was responsible for several narrow escapes from drowning on Bondi beach. A number of bathers were having a dip,…

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Collision in Sydney Harbor. a Sensational Occurrence. Steamer Beached

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 17 February 1903 · page 3

A sensational collision occurred in Sydney Harbor shortly after midnight on Saturday, between the steamers Eurimbla, of the Adelaide Steamship Co.,…

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A Dastardly Outrage. Explosive by Post. Man Fearfully Injured

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 17 February 1903 · page 2

Mr. F. W. Lownes went to the post office at Yalgoo (W.A.) on Friday and received a parcel. While he was opening the package a tremendous explosion took place…

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Pea Rifle Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 19 February 1903 · page 2

A rather serious pea rifle accident occurred on Monday evening, the victim being Miss Florence Purtell, eldest daughter of Mr. W. Purtell, of Wagga. It…

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Accident with a Pea Rifle

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 19 February 1903 · page 2

Another accident of a serious character —the result of the careless use of firearms—has to be recorded. On Monday, at the Rock, some men were busily…

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Fatality at Broken Hill

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 20 February 1903 · page 2

John Rowe was killed to-day, whilst three of his companions were badly injured, through a fall away of mul-look at the South mine, Broken Hill…

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Collision Between Locomotives. Eleven Killed, Thirty Injured

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 21 February 1903 · page 2

Owing to an electric car, containing the pupils of a high school, skidding on the frozen rails at Newark, New Jersey (U.S.A.), it stopped at some railway gates,…

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Disastrous Electric Car Accident. Great Loss of Life. London, Feb. 20

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 21 February 1903 · page 2

An electric car containing a large number of high school pupils at Newark, in the state of New Jersey, through the wheels skidding on the frozen rails, burst the gates…

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Double Fatality

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 24 February 1903 · page 3

Whilst Thomas Bryce and Charles Burford, both aged 27, were fishing off the rocks at Little Coogee yesterday, they were carried away by a huge…

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Telegraphic. New South Wales. Drowsing Fatality at Coogee Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 24 February 1903 · page 2

Little Coogee was the scene of a tragic incident this morning. Two young men, Charles Frederick Burford, 27, single, and Thomas Brice, 27, married, both…

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