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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1905

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Burning Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 28 June 1905 · page 2

Mrs. D. Keleher was given a terrible shock on Saturday morning. She started out to attend to some of her duties away from the house when her little…

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Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 1 July 1905 · page 2

A son, 14 years old, of Mr. T. Price, Wallendbeen, was brought to town by train yesterday, and taken in the ambulance to the hospital, suffering from…

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Racecourse Fatality

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 4 July 1905 · page 2

The racehorses Lady Wilton and Luleon collided in the Fourteen Two Handicap at Rosebery Park this afternoon. The jockeys Adams…

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Burning Fatality

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 4 July 1905 · page 2

Jessie Riley, aged 9, was burned to death at Greta on Sunday…

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Racing Fatality

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 4 July 1905 · page 2

In the second race at the Roseberry Park races to-day the horses Lady Wilton and Luleon collided. Adams, the rider of Lady Wilton, received severe…

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Remarkable Fatality Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 4 July 1905 · page 2

A boy named John William Price Green was killed, in the presence of his father, mother, and two brothers, at Kundabank, near Taree, yesterday. His…

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New South Wales. (By Telegraph.) SYDNEY, Monday. Shocking Burning Fatality

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 4 July 1905 · page 2

Jessie Riley, aged nine years, was burnt to death at Greta yesterday. She was preparing dinner, when her clothes caught fire. She rushed…

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Telegraphic. New South Wales. Kangaroo Hunter Injured. Narandera

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 4 July 1905 · page 2

Joseph Gillman, aged 17 years, was kangaroo-shooting 20 miles from town on Friday evening, in company with W. Beecher. They were skinning a…

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Telegraphic. New South Wales. Rosebery Racing Fatality. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 6 July 1905 · page 2

At am inquest to-day on the jockey Adams, who was killed at Rosebery Park races last Monday, a verdict of accidental death [?] returned. The…

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Fatality at Coolamon. Wagga Lad's Death. Accidentally Shot by a Companion. Coolamon

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 8 July 1905 · page 2

A sad fatality occurred about a mile from the town yesterday, when Angus Stewart, aged 17, son of Mr. Hector Stewart, of North Wagga, was killed by…

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Shocking Fatality near Coolamon. a Youth the Victim

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 8 July 1905 · page 2

Our Coolamon correspondent writes: A sad fatality occurred near Coolamon on Thursday morning, whereby a youth named Angus Stewart was shot…

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Painful Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 8 July 1905 · page 2

Mr. J. H. Seymour, auctioneer, of Coolamon, met with a very painful accident last Wednesday evening (writes our Coolamon correspondent). Mr…

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Serious Gunshot Accident

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 14 July 1905 · page 2

WE are indebted to the Narandera Argus, of the 7th instant, for the following particulars of the gunshot accident to a lad named Joseph…

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Colliery Explosions. Great Fatality in Wales. Seventy Bodies Discovered. London, July 12

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 15 July 1905 · page 6

A terribly fatal explosion of fire-damp occurred yesterday in No. 2 pit of the United National Collieries at Wattstown, in Gl[?]ganshire. Both…

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A New Zealand Sensation. Court House Dynamited. a Man Blown to Atoms. Magistrate and Miners' Warden Injured. (By Telegraph.) WELLINGTON

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 15 July 1905 · page 2

While a case was proceeding at the Court-house, Murchison. near Nelson, New Zealand, to-day, the defendant a man named Terell. dynamited the…

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Serious Gun Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 15 July 1905 · page 2

On Tuesday afternoon (says the Albury "Daily News") a young man named Hugh Kennedy, about eighteen years of age, met with a serious gun…

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Explosion at an Eatertainment. Several Persons Injured. a West Maitland Sensation

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 19 July 1905 · page 2

During the progress of a variety and cinematograph entertainment. in the West Midland Town Hall, by Mr W. J. Quinn, of Singleton, the gar meter of…

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Driving Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 19 July 1905 · page 2

On Sunday a very painful accident occurred to Miss Ada Champion, of this town. It appears that a number of pleasure seekers left town in the…

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Indian Boating Fatality

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 20 July 1905 · page 2

A terry boat capsized in a lake near Srinagar Cashmere, India, and 40 Kashmiris were drowned. Arrangements were said to have been…

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Attack by a Lunatic. Sensational Experience. Lady Severely Injured

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 20 July 1905 · page 4

Last week (says the "Sydney Morning Herald") Mrs. A. L. Carter, wife of Dr. Carter, of l75 Macquarie-street, and who resides at Rye, Hyde-road,…

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