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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1904

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A Driving Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 2 July 1904 · page 2

Dr. Thane had rather a narrow escape from a serious accident whilst being driven to Wantabadgery on Monday night in response to a professional call. When about…

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A Peculiar Accident

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 July 1904 · page 5

Mr. Anthony Brunskill, Mr. Matthew potter, and Mr. Deland, a visitor to the district, were the victi[?]s of a peculiar accident whilst driving in a sulky along…

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Shocking Railway Fatality. a Young Man Killed. (From Our Correspondent.) Junee

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 5 July 1904 · page 2

One of the local railway shunters made a shocking discovery shortly after 7 o'clock on Saturday morning last, when he found the dead body of a man lying, across the…

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Fatality at Junee

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 7 July 1904 · page 2

Harold Fike, a young man, was found dead in the railway shunting yards at Junee on Saturday night, having evidently been run over by a train. A…

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A Serious Accident. Two Men Fall Down a Ships Hold

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 7 July 1904 · page 2

A serious accident happened this morning on the ship Alisa Craig. Two men were engaged fixing a platform across the vessel's hold when a plank…

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Shocking Railway Fatality. a Young Man Killed. Junee

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 8 July 1904 · page 3

One of the local railway shunters made a shocking discovery shortly after 7 o'clock on Saturday morning last, when he found the dead body of…

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A Serious Collision. Tram and Lorry Driver Injured

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 July 1904 · page 2

A serious collision occurred this morning at Pyrmont between a tram car and a lorry. The latter was cut in halves. The driver, Michael Davey, of the lorry and…

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Painful Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 9 July 1904 · page 2

An accident occurred yesterday morning to young Ivor Gormly, an employee in the Wagga Post and Telegraph office, which, though it might have been attended with…

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New South Wales. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Wednesday. Supposed Drowning Fatality

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 14 July 1904 · page 2

It is feared that a fisherman named Brooks met his death by drowning in a lagoon at Corowa, his boat being found upside down with the contents floating about…

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Serious Horse Accident in Wagga. a Stallion Makes a Somersault. Rider Seriously Injured

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 14 July 1904 · page 2

On Tuesday afternoon some excitement was created amongst those who happened to be in the vicinity of the Hampden Bridge about five o'clock. Mr. J…

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Serious Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 14 July 1904 · page 2

Mr. J. J. Sullivan, of Wagga, recently of Eurongilly, met with a serious accident on Tuesday at 5 p.m. He was riding the well known race horse Redoomer in…

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Late Wires. Sydney, Thursday. Blasting Fatality

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 15 July 1904 · page 2

Peter Volts' was killed instantancously and Charles Ewart was seriously injured, by a blasting accident at Kensington sewerage works…

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Accidental Poisoning

Coolamon Echo · Friday 15 July 1904 · page 2

It is with very sincere regret that we record the death of the infant child of Mr and Mrs M Patterson. The little one, whose age was 1 year and 6…

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Collision at Sea. Four Persons Drowned

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 July 1904 · page 2

The steamer Taglioferre, bound from Melbourne to Newcastle, collided with the barquentine Western Star, bound from Cairns (Q.) with a cargo off sugar, off…

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Fatality

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 16 July 1904 · page 2

A schoolboy named Arthur Anderson, residing at Rookwood, when crossing the line near the St. Peter's railway station, was knocked down by…

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Collision at Sea

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 16 July 1904 · page 2

The steamer Tagliaferro, from Melbourne to Newcastle, collided with the barquentine Western Star, from Cairns, with a cargo of sugar, off…

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Disastrous Collision at Sea. Great Loss of Life. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 16 July 1904 · page 2

The steamer Tagliaferro, inward bound to Newcastle from Sydney, collided with the schooner Western Star bound from Cairns to Sydney with a large cargo of…

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A Disastrous Hurricane. Mother and Infant Killed. Marvellous Escape of a Child. a Man Severely Injured. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 19 July 1904 · page 2

An extraordinary hurricaneswept through the country near Avenel at an early hour on Saturday morning, causing loss of life and considerable damage to property…

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Accident to a Boy

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 19 July 1904 · page 2

Bert Stewart. a had who have at North Wagga, was playing about the works near Mr. J. J. M'Graths on Saturday when he fell against a bamboo…

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Accident at a Factory

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 20 July 1904 · page 3

A steam jacket in the cocoa mills of James M'Kenzie and Co, Hond Street, City, burst the other morning, and the flying fragments of motel seriously injured…

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