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Accidents, 1904

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Severe Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 2

A severe accident happened to a son of Mr. Tom. Mulholland, of Oura, on Thursday afternoon last. The lad, who is about 15 years of age, was riding across tho Hampden…

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Telegraphic News. General Cables. Latest News. London, April 27. Disatrous Mining Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 28 April 1904 · page 2

News from the Cape states that by the breaking of a rope in Robinson's deep minr, 43 natives fell a depth of 2000 feet, and were instantly killed…

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Accidents

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 29 April 1904 · page 2

Mr. J. I. Prowse, of Nacki, had a nasty fall from his horse on Monday last, on the Tumut road, but we are pleased to learn he escaped with nothing serious…

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Sad Boating Fatality. Two Men Drowned. Splendid Endurance of a Third Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 30 April 1904 · page 2

A boating fatality, involving the loss of two lives occurred off Bondi this afternoon. The victims are John King and Samuel John Carey. A third man, Henry Griffiths,…

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A Railway Fatality. Newcastle

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 30 April 1904 · page 3

About 8 o'clock to-night when the passenger train from Maitland had pulled up at the Hamilton station, a platform porter named Arthur Richardson, aged 17,…

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A Remarkable Occurrence. Fatality at a Foundry. Newcastle

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 30 April 1904 · page 3

Bazil Squires, an engine-driver, aged 20, employed at Messrs. Goninan and Company's engineering works at Wickham, met his death to-day under remarkable…

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Colliery Catastrophe. Fifty Miners Killed: Ten Injured. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 30 April 1904 · page 2

A terrible catastrophe is reported from Tokima, in A[?], in the south of Spain. A subsidence of earth occurred in a large mine there, in which a great…

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Latest News. Japanese Transport Sunk. Part of Troops and Crew Drowned. London, Thursday Afternoon

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 30 April 1904 · page 2

Admiral Jeszen has cabled that on the night of Tuesday, 26th [?], two [?] armed Japanese, transport of 1000 tons, laden…

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Run Down by the Express. Serious Accident at Wodonga

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 30 April 1904 · page 5

A rather sensational incident occurred in connection with the run of the express from Albury to Wodonga on Thursday morning. When the train was approaching…

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Accident to a Girl

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 30 April 1904 · page 2

An accident befell a little girl at Borambola on Thursday. One of Mr. Charlie Bolton's daughters at Borambola Station was riding on horseback, when…

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Items of News. a Serious Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 3 May 1904 · page 2

An accident having rather serious results, occurred in Wagga late on Saturday night last. Mr. H. Eastcott, in charge of one of his brother's basses, was returning from…

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Accident to a Council Em-ploye

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 3 May 1904 · page 2

whist in the performance of his duties on Monday morning, Mr. John Cassell one of the members of the Municipal Council's [?]lary staff, fell from…

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Accident to a Cabman

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 3 May 1904 · page 2

A cabman named Mr. Harry East cot[?]met with an unfortunate accident on Saturday evening. When he was attending to the evening train his horse…

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Shocking Railway Accident. a Boy Cut to Pieces. Goulburn

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 3 May 1904 · page 2

A sho[?]ing accident occurred to-day on the railway line near Crookwell [?]. william O'Reilly [?]ten-year-old son of Mrs. O'Reilly. was crossing…

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Railway Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 4 May 1904 · page 2

A train laden with passengers proceeding to the St. Louis Exhibition was derailed at Kimmswick, and fifty persons were killed and injured…

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Kishnu Maru Fatality. Japanese Destroy Identification

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 5 May 1904 · page 3

The soldiers on heard the Japanese transport Kishnu Maru, which was sunk by Admiral Jeazen at sea, burned all documents and removed their…

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Serious Railway Accident

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 5 May 1904 · page 2

A serious railway accident occurred at Darling Harbor this morning, when through two trains colliding a shunter named John M. Evans sustained two…

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Cable News. Peculiar Train Accident. Motor Carried on a Cowcatcher. London, Tuesday Afternoon

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 5 May 1904 · page 2

A peculiar railway accident is reported from Later[?]. Owing to the neglect of a gatekeeper in not opening the gates to allow a train to pass the…

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Nursery Notes. Nursery Accidents and How to Prevent Them

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 6 May 1904 · page 5

Says a London paper:— A very sad sight was to be seen the other day in the children's ward of a London hospital—a baby of a year and…

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Big Fire in New Zealand. an Auckland Warehouse Destroyed. Over£80,000 Damage. Several Firemen Injured. Auckland

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 7 May 1904 · page 2

The large warehouse occupied by T. and S. Morrin and Co., ironmongers, in Queen-street, was almost completely destroyed by a fire, which started before ll o'clock and…

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