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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1904

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Accident to Rev. Mr. Jennings

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 16 June 1904 · page 2

A Hay wire of Tuesday says that the Rev. Mr. Jennings, Presbyterian minister, was driving a pair of horses across the bridge when they bolted into the town. In…

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Railway Fatality

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 17 June 1904 · page 3

A train dashed into a granite embankment at Ya[?] West Australia). One passenger, was killed and two were seriously injured. The…

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General News. Sensational Railway Accident

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 17 June 1904 · page 3

A dairy-woman named Mungovan was run over and killed by a train at Auburn, Victoria, yesterday; and immediately afterwards the…

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Railway Accident in West Australia

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 17 June 1904 · page 3

A train clashed into a granite embankment at Yailsop, W.A., yesterday; one passenger being killed ami two seriously injured. The driver…

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Appalling Disaster. Picnic Steamer Afire. an Awful Panic. Passengers Drowned and Burned. Deaths Estimated at 600. Deeps of Heroic Self-sacrifice. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 June 1904 · page 2

One of the most appalling disasters of recent years occurred on the General Slocum, a three-decked steamer, whilst conveying 1000 children, and 900 adults,…

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Accident to Rev. R. Jenings

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 June 1904 · page 2

The Rev. R. Jennings Presbyterian clergyman at Hay, who was formerly stationed for some years at Wagga, and his daughter were the victims of a nasty…

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Burning Fatality

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 21 June 1904 · page 2

Three children name Miller were badly burned at Botany through the bed catching fire. All were rescued by a passer-by. One subsequently…

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Slaughter on the Transports. Shrapnel at 150 Yards. Drowning Men Shelled

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 21 June 1904 · page 3

Reports from Taken state that the Russian [?] Ras[?] and Bu[?] the [?] Maya in a [?] fog off [?] on…

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Dreadful Accident in Our Street

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 22 June 1904 · page 2

DON'T be alarmed, Mr. Editor, there was no dreadful accident in our street. The using of that heading is merely a device of mine to attract attention to…

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Accident to a Boy

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 23 June 1904 · page 2

James Weisbach, a boy about 15 years of age, was received into the Wagga Hospital yesterday morning suffering from injuries to his head. It appears…

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Collapse of a Building. Two Men Killed. Two Others Seriously Injured

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1904 · page 6

A shocking accident occurred at Kensington Melbourne on Wednesday when the wall of a burnt-out factory collapsed and killed two men, seriously injuring two others…

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Collapse of a Wall. Two Men Killed. Two Others Seriously Injured

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 June 1904 · page 2

A shocking accident occurred at Kensington, Melbourne. on Wednesday, when the five-storey wall of a burnt-cut factory collapsed and killed two men,…

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Sensations in a Railway Accident

The Temora Star · Saturday 25 June 1904 · page 5

Describing the accident to a party of tourists while ascending the Schneebleg, in Austria, when a rope-railway waggon ran off the fine and fell, with its occupants, about 60ft.,…

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Late Wires. Advices From the Metropolis Sydney ,Monday,MINING FATALITY

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 28 June 1904 · page 2

Two miners were blown to pieces by explesion in the Hercales mine, Zechan (Tos.)…

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Later News. Port Arthur Naval Disaster. Dejection and Dismay at St. Petersburg. a Russian Admiral and 750 Men Drowned. a Russian Squadron Routed. Thousands of Russian Horses Dying. London, June 25

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 28 June 1904 · page 2

The naval disaster outside Port Arthur has produced profound dejection and dismay in St. Petersburg. The, "Giornale D'Itala" has received a…

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Randwick Tram Accident. Pointsman Arraigned for Murder. Found Not Guilty

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 June 1904 · page 2

At the Criminal Court to-day Dennis McGinley, a pointsman in the Trainway Department, was charged with feloiously slaying William Snelling, a…

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Another Skirmish. Russian Cavalry Routed. Disaster at Port Arthur. Admiral and 750 Men Drowned. Dismay at St. Petersburg. London

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 29 June 1904 · page 2

The Japanese army from Ta-ku-shah on Thursday surprised and routed a squadron of Russian cavalry on the Tashi-chiao-road. The Russians left…

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The Ferry Boat Accident

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 1 July 1904 · page 2

The jury returned a verdict of man slaughter on the recent ferry boat disaster in New York. Eleven directors of the company, the captain and…

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Dreadful Accidents. Thirty-three Men Drowned. Londdon, June. 28

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 2 July 1904 · page 4

A terrible accident occurred yesterday at Kingston, Jamaica. A hundred men were engaged removing sand from a large conduit pipe, which was used for supplying the…

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Shooting Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 2 July 1904 · page 2

A young girl, about 12 years of age, met with a painful accident on Wednesday afternoon near the Albury waterworks on the river. It appears (the "Border Mail" says)…

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