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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1904

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A Sad Fatality

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 21 July 1904 · page 2

A school teacher named Adn Hinds, aged 34, a single woman, suffering from influenza, and an inmate of a private hospital at Woollabra, yesterday became…

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A Sensational Collision. Electric Tram and Road Roller. Several Passengers Injured. Auckland

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 21 July 1904 · page 4

A sensational collision between an electric tramcar and a steam road roller occurred in Symonds-street to day. A tramcar full of passengers was coming down hill at a…

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Accident to a Dock Laborer

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 21 July 1904 · page 2

George ALderson, whilst unloading meat from the trucks at Darling Harbor this morning. was caught under the chin by a meat hook. instead of a…

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Fatality

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 23 July 1904 · page 2

A verdict of accidental death was recorded in the case of George Alderson, who was caught, by the chin on a meat hook at the Darling Harbour…

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General Sir Ian Hamilton. Rescued From Drowning

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 23 July 1904 · page 6

General Sir Ian Hamilton, British attache in the East, was rescued from drowning by a Japanese officer. Mr. Bennet Burleigh wrote from Tokio, under date May 19, as…

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Collision with a Whale. a Stirring Experience. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 23 July 1904 · page 2

The passengers by the coastal steamer Kyoglo had a novel and somewhat sensational experience last night. The steamer was a few miles north-east of Smoky Cape,…

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Telegraphic News. New South Wales. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday. Mining Fatality

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 26 July 1904 · page 2

A miner named Dominicalle, aged 33 years was crushed to death by a fall of rock at Broken Hill, to-day. A SERIOUS CHARGE…

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Accident on a Steamer

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 28 July 1904 · page 3

An accident occurred on the American mail stoamer Warrimas. which arrived this morning. A passenger named John Brown accidentally stepped into tho hold,…

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Accident to Lord Hopetoun

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 28 July 1904 · page 2

Whilst playing polo at Edinburgh, the Marquis of Linlithgow (Lord Hopetown). formerly Governor General of Australia. was thrown from his horse and sustained…

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A Singer Missing. Supposed to Be Drowned

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 2 August 1904 · page 2

Mr. Dick Keiley, the well-known tenor of the chorus of the Royal Comic Opera Company. which left Sydney on Saturday for Brisbane, was reported upon…

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Accidents

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

On Tuesday morning last, Mr. Humphreys, on his way to the Grove School had to cross the Adelong Creek, which was running very…

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Terrible Electric Fatality. Workman Struck Dead

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 4 August 1904 · page 4

Harold W. Brice, a young man in the employment of the Melbourne City Council, was killed instantly at the Corporation Electric Lighting Works, in Spencer-street,…

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Pathetic Burning Fatality "Am I Going to Die, Sir?"

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 4 August 1904 · page 4

A little girl named Florence Smith, aged eleven, was shockingly burnt at her parent's residence, Montugue-place, South Melbourne, on Monday, and died shortly…

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A Fatality

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 5 August 1904 · page 2

John D. Hall, employed at Anthony Horden's bulk stores, Darling Harbour, fell from the top floor, a depth of 85 feet, and was smashed in a terrible…

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Drowning Fatality. URANA

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 9 August 1904 · page 3

A Chinese hawker, from Corova, named All Won, left his waggon and horse at Mis. Lanes on South Goonambil, on Fridy last, and disappeared himself. The police have…

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Buggy Fatality

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 9 August 1904 · page 2

While William Beattie was driving his wife and three children (one only eight weeks old) on the Killing worth road, in the Newcastle district, his…

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Terrible Railway Accident. Eighty Passengers Killed

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 11 August 1904 · page 2

Flood waters having loosened the foundations of a bridge on the Denver to Rio Grande railway line, near Pueblo. a locomotive and three cars fell through…

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Drowned

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 12 August 1904 · page 3

The dead body of Miss Sadie Dawson, the victim of the boating fatality off Blne's Point on Sunday week, was found floating near Cockatoo Island…

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Later News the Port Arthur Fleet. Hopes to Join Vladivostock Squadron. Shelling Port Arthur. Many Civilians Injured. Large Russian Reinforcements London, Aug. 11

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 13 August 1904 · page 2

The lates advices from Tokio leave it doubtful whether the Russian fleet escaped from Port Arthur. The captain of a Russian destroyer states…

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Accident to a Football Umpire

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 16 August 1904 · page 2

Mr. Fred, Fletcher, one of the Association umpires met with a somewhat pecculiar accident on Saturday during the progress of the match between Wagga and the Next…

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