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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1903

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Accident to an Empress

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 30 April 1903 · page 4

While the German Empress was galloping through the Grunewald, a forest near Charlottenburg, on 27th March, says a Berlin telegram published in a San Francisco…

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District News. (From Our Correspondent.) Tumbarumba. Painful Accidents

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1903 · page 4

Rather a painful accident happened to Mr. George Blomley, of the Union Hotel, owing to the explosion of acetylene gas. At about 9.30 last evening the gas began to go…

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Tram Accident at Yass. MR. F. BRENNAN, M.A., KILLED. Yass

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 2 May 1903 · page 3

MR. Frank Brennan was accidently killed last night at the tram station. He was about to leave for Sydney, when he fell on the rails, and was run over by a tram…

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A Shocking Accident

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 May 1903 · page 2

An accident of a rather serious nature occurred at Cataract Dam at midday. Two men were working in the sawmill, when one, Harry Pickering, whilst…

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Drowned

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 5 May 1903 · page 2

Joseph James Owen, a [?] of the mail steamer Orotava, was drowned in Circular [?] this morning. He felt from a punt, but never afterwards rose…

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A Shocking Fatality

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 May 1903 · page 2

A young married man named Charles Yule met with a fatal accident at 3 o'clock of Friday morning, at Wilberforce's dredge, Tingha, through a slip of earth…

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Accident at Tarcutta

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 May 1903 · page 2

A young man named Frederick Brown was the victim of a painful, though not serious accident at Tareutta, where he resides yesterday. He was engaged…

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Accidents to Seamen

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 May 1903 · page 3

A seaman named Owen, aged 20, belonging to the steamer Oratava, fell into the water and was drowned this morning. It was only on Saturday night that…

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Sulky Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 7 May 1903 · page 2

An accident, which was happily unattended with serious consequences, occurred in Gurwood-street yesterday afternoon. A lad named Harvey Angel was in the act of…

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Jockey Seriously Injured. Racehorse Gameboy Destroyed

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 9 May 1903 · page 6

A serious accident occurred at the Goornong races (Vic.) on Wednesday afternoon, in the principal event., the Goornong Handicap. The field was in a bunch at the turn…

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Collision at Sea Twenty Lives Lost. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 May 1903 · page 2

A disastrous collision between two steamers has occurred off the coast of Delaware, United States. The Hamilton, 3128 tons, owned by the…

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Serious Accident. Chiltern

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 9 May 1903 · page 2

Mr. A. E. T. Bartley, brewer, of Chiltern, and Cootanmndra, was returning from Barnawartha on Sunday, accompanied by his young son, when a sudden jolt caused…

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Extraordinary Mining Accidents. a Miner Injured. Auckland

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 12 May 1903 · page 4

A sensational accident occurred at the Waihai Mine this morning. A Tasmanian miner named Parry, while ascending the shaft, lost his hold and fell, and was…

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Items of News. Accident to Mr. S. Swift

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 16 May 1903 · page 2

News was received in Wagga on Thursday of a very serious accident which b[?]fel Mr. Samuel Moffat Swift, on the railway line near Newcastle, that morning. Few…

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Gilmore. Accident

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 19 May 1903 · page 2

MR. A. Davis met with an accident on Sunday last which might have been attended with more serious consequences. It appears he, in company…

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The Vagaries of an Engine. a Fuelman Seriously Injured

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 20 May 1903 · page 2

At Junee, on Monday night, the railway engine, to which is attached a steam coal crane, crashed through the south fitting-shed door, smashing the latter to…

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Recent Gun Accident at Jugiong. Constable Blood-smythe Totally Blind

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 20 May 1903 · page 2

WORD was received at Jugiong on Saturday that all hopes of saving Constable Blood-Smythe's eyesight had vanished, and the poor fellow is now…

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Me. Balfour Speaks. in Favour of Universal Freetrade. No Accidental Protection Wanted. Fiscal Union with the Colonies

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 20 May 1903 · page 2

Mr. Balfour, the British Primo Minister, in replying to a great deputation which protested against the corn tax, denied that the tax was ever…

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Railway Accident

The Junee Democrat · Wednesday 20 May 1903 · page 2

About nine o'clock on Friday night a very peculiar accident, which might have been attended with mure serious consequences, occurred at the local…

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A Doctor Injured. Gundagai

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 21 May 1903 · page 2

Whilst returning from Mr. E. J. Keane's residence on Saturday, Dr. Gabriel and Mr. D. Bruce, C.P.S., met with an accident through the capsizing of the sulky…

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