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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1903

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Ten Killed—20 Injured. Damage Estimated at £200,000

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 2

So far 10 fatal accidents have been report, and about 20 more or Less serious accidents resulting from the gale. Seven people were killed through the collapse of…

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A New York Sensation. Divorce, Murder, and Fatal Accident. London, Wednesday Afternoon

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 3

Mr. Edwin Burdick, a wealthy manufacturer at Buffalo, New York State, recently instituted proceedings for a divorce from his wife, and named a Mr…

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Fatal Shooting Accident. Frank Kuhn Killed. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 5

A shooting accident, resulting in the death of Frank Kuhn, the well-known jockey took place at Kensington this evening. Kuhn was recently presented…

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Fatal Accident

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 2

On Wednesday afternoon word reached town, first by wire, asking that a doctor and ambulance meet the newspaper train. Later we lesint that the…

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Frank Kuhn Accidently Shot

The Junee Democrat · Wednesday 18 March 1903 · page 2

A .shooting accident, resulting in the death of Frank Kuhn the well-known Jockey, took place at Kensington on Thursday evening. Kuhn was…

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Steamer in a Tornado. Vessel Capsized and 17 Persons Drowned

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 19 March 1903 · page 4
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American papers just to hand oontain news of a disaster to the passenger steamer Olive, which plies between Franklin, V.A., and Edenton, N.C. On the night of the 16th…

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Collision at Gibraltar

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 21 March 1903 · page 2

The R.M.S. Orotava, 5875 tons, and the ship Nearby. 1448 tons, collided at Gibraltar. An examinations of the Crotava showed that the damage to her was…

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A Terrible Derailment. Six Facilities— 140 Persons Injured. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 21 March 1903 · page 2

A train, while approaching Guelph Ontario, yesterday, become derailed and descended an embankment of 15ft into a creek…

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Shocking Mining Accident. Two Men Injured—one Killed

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 24 March 1903 · page 2

A miner named Charles Chappel died in the Albury hospital on Saturday morning, having been admitted on Friday night. He was terribly injured whilst…

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South Australia. Drowned in Wine. a Cellarman's Fate. Adelaide

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 24 March 1903 · page 2

A man named W. L. Eugene. a laborer, was found on Sunday in a wine cellar at Tanundra, drowned. He was head downwards in a rank containing…

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Junee Railway Picnic a Chapter of Accidents

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 24 March 1903 · page 2

The Annual railway pic-nic at Junee yesterday was attended by a chapter of aeerdents of a serious nature. Mr. Fitzpatrick on of Mr. T. Fitzpatrick,…

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Accidents

The Junee Democrat · Wednesday 25 March 1903 · page 2

At the railway picnic on Monday"a slight gloom was thrown over the assemblage in consequence of an accident to Miss Biack, of Illabo. It…

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Sad Bathing Fatality. a Boy Drowned

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 26 March 1903 · page 2

A pathetic case of drowning occurred in the Murrumbidgee River at Wagga on Tuesday afternoon, whereby a bright, intelligent lad named Lindsay Patrick Clive…

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Fatality at Wagga. Boy Drowned Whilst Bathing

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 26 March 1903 · page 2

The District Deputy Coroner (Mr. P. Hann, J.P.) conducted a mag[?]terial enquiry at the Court House, Wagga, yesterday morning into the circumstances…

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A Singular Fatality Killed by a Falling Branch

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 26 March 1903 · page 4

A sad fatal accident happened on Monday at Beech Forest, Colac (Vic.), when a single man named Daniel Kinnivan, 35 years of age, a splitter, was…

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Terrible Fatality Three Ladies Drowned. Attempts to Rescue Each Other. Lockhart

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 31 March 1903 · page 2

A terrible drowning fatality occurred in the Murrumbidgee between here and Narandera on Saturday afternoon. Three young ladies—two of them being…

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A Tragic Bathing Accident. Drowning of Three Young Ladies. Two Sisters Drown Together. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Lockhart

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 31 March 1903 · page 2

A lamentable bathing accident occurred on Saturday evening in the Murrumbidgee River, at a point about 20 miles distant from here. The deplorable event resulted…

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New Zealand. [By Telegraph.] Auckland, Monday. Boating Fatality

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 31 March 1903 · page 2

A boat containing five occupants capsized off Wangaree, New Zealand Heads. Three of the occupants were drowned and the other two were rescued…

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Dr. Dill Macky at Temora. Several Persons Injured. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 31 March 1903 · page 3

Dr. Dill Macky continued his campaign at Temora on Friday night, and experienced another bombardment, in which several persons were injured. No hall being…

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