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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1904

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'Bus Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 7 May 1904 · page 2

An accident which might have been attended with serious results occurredduring the rush of traffic leaving the racecourse after the last race on Thursday. A large…

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Terrible Tram Accident. a Little Girl Killed. Her Companion's Narrow Escape. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 7 May 1904 · page 2

A terrible tram fatality occurred at Enmore, a suburb of Sydney, this afternoon. Two little girls, named Ivy Goddard, and Jessie Kirk, were on the Enmore road,…

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Peculiar Accident

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 7 May 1904 · page 2

A peculiar accident is reported from La Rochelle, the French fortified port on the Bay of Biscay. The ironclad Henry IV, was riding at anchor in port…

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Terrible Tramway Accident. Little Girl Mutilated

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 7 May 1904 · page 5

A little girl named Ivy Goddard, aged 7, was with a companion named Jessie Kirk, aged 6 crossing the tramline at Enmore-road. Newtown, to-day,…

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Train Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 11 May 1904 · page 2

Mr. Stewart, residing at Penshurst, travelling by train with his elbow on the window sill of the carriage, was struck on the limb by a carriage door…

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Accident at Yathella

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 12 May 1904 · page 2

An unpleasant and painful accident occurred to a son of Mr. George Brun-skill, Yathella, on Tuesday. Whilst standing near the drill the lad by some…

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Baloon Accident at Paris. Latest News. London, May 13

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 14 May 1904 · page 2

An accident of an extraordinary nature happened in connection with the proceedings of a baloon ascent at Paris. Through some cause not stated, the baloon descended…

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A Peculiar Accident. Explosion of Balloon Gas

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 May 1904 · page 5

As a balloon descended in the Place Bastille, Paris, yesterday, the crowd, in order to rescue tho aeronaut, split the cover of it. The lighted pipe of a smoker…

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A Football Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 17 May 1904 · page 2

All accident, resulting in a broken arm, occurred to a son of Mr. E. Henningham, of Wagga, on Saturday afternoon last. The boy, who is 14 years of age, was playing…

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Shocking Fatal Accident. to Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Dunne's Daughters. One Killed Outright. the Other in a Precarious Condition

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 17 May 1904 · page 2

ON Sunday the whole community was thrown into a gloom when the sad news reached town that a dreadful accident had befallen two of Mr. and Mrs…

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Accident to a Young Footballer

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 17 May 1904 · page 2

Whilst Master Alick Henningham, eldest son of Mr. E. Honningham, photographer, Wagga, was playing football on Saturday, he fell with his arm…

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Sad Fatal Accident

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser · Tuesday 17 May 1904 · page 2

We sincerely regret having to record a most melancholly fatal accident which occurred at Toomorroma, whereby Mr. Dennis Dunn's eldest daughter," aged…

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Card Players' Quarrel. Man Seriously Injured

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 19 May 1904 · page 4

A disturbance which occurred last Thursday night at the Criterion Hotel, Blayney, is likely to terminate seriously. During a game of cards, two men quarrelled, after…

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Items of News. Shocking Accident to a Girl

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 19 May 1904 · page 2

A shocking accident happened in Wagga yesterday afternoon, whereby a young girl named Lilly Church, 16 years of age and daughter of Mr. C. Church, a lorry driver,…

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Frightful Accident. a Wagga Girl in a Critical Condition

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 19 May 1904 · page 2

A shocking accident was reported in Town yesterday. The unfortunate victim was a girl named Miss Lilian Church, aged 16 years. She was riding…

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Peculiar Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 21 May 1904 · page 2
Also in Wagga Wagga Express

A peculiar accident happened to a bullock driver, employed at Oura Station, yesterday. The man, when driving his team near a tank which was being cloaned out, was in…

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The Recent Accident

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 21 May 1904 · page 2

Miss Lelia Church, aged 16 years, who was sadly mutilated in a house episode at Wagga on Wednesday, is reported to be progressing favorably, though not yet…

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Shocking Accident to a Girl

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 21 May 1904 · page 3

A shocking accident happened in Wagga yesterday afternoon (says Thursday's Wagga Advertiser) whereby a young girl, named Lilly Church…

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Terrible Catastrophe. Land Slip in New Zealand. Eight Killed. Four Injured

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 26 May 1904 · page 2

WELLINGTON. Wednesday. Consequent on heavy rain, a terrible landslip took place at Wallsend, near Greymouth, at 2 o'clock this morning…

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