A Nasty Accident
"What might have been a serious accident " is a phrase worn thread-bare through common usage. Yet it is the only way to refer to a mishap at the…
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360 stories in Riverina's papers · page 16 of 18
Ferry Boat Capsized. Six People Drowned. Story by a Survivor
The pretty little village of Sand[?]e, on the banks of the rivers Kent and Bela, at the top of Morecambe Bay, was on Saturday afternoon,…
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A young man named James Goodwin met with a shocking accident at Messrs. Morris and Son's, Rutherglen, on Wednesday afternoon of last week…
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An accident attended with fatal results happened close to Coolamon last Friday night Mr Alexander Bandcman, a native of Germany, was…
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The body of the boy John Grainger, aged nearly twelve years, who was drowned a fortnight ago last Saturday, while he and two other boys…
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On Saturday evening, Master Keith Fletcher, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Fletcher, of Gobbagumbalin, was taking a couple of horses to a paddock…
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On Sunday afternoon, whilst Senior Constable Young was continuing the search which the police have diligently pursued for 15 days in an endeavour to…
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MR. Ern Potter, South Gundagai, was the victim of a very painful burning accident on Monday afternoon. He was making preparations to lay…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegraphic. New South Wales. a Peculiar Fatality. Brothers-in-law Quarrel. Sydney
A butcher named Alfred Henry Pointing appeared at the Water Police Court to-day on a charge of having caused the death of Thomas Theodore Veen, a…
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The pretty little village of Sand-side, on the banks of the rivers Kent and Bela, at the top of Morecambe Bay, was on Saturday afternoon,…
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A man named Thomas Hopkins, employed at Shaffcesbury, was thrown violently from his bicycle, and sustained a sprained ankle. He was conveyed to…
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Mr. Duncan McCorquodale, a wellknown miller of Susser-street, was thrown out of his buggy owing to a runaway horse drawing a sulky crushing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Latest by Telegraph. Sydney, Monday, 8 p.m. Tram Fatality
Henry Bertram Calvert, a chemist, was knocked down by a tram in George-street on Saturday night and killed…
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General regret was expressed in Wagga yesterday evening when it became known that Mr. John Thomas Williamson, who for nearly 30 years…
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Mr. G. Lesberg, our local blacksmith, has met with a painful Accident. Whilst trying to catch a horse, he had his arm round the animal's neck, and the horse…
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An express and a local train came into collision near Lincoln, Massachusetts, and fifteen passengers were killed, and thirty wounded…
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An express train near Lincoln, Massachusetts, collided with a local train. There were 15 killed, and 30 injured. The wreckage of the train caught fire,…
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Disastrous bush fires have occurred in the Dubbo district. A very large area of country has been swept by the flames, and the farmers have in many…
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Disastrous bush fires occurred in the Dubbo district. A very large area of country has boon swept by the flames, and the fairness have in many instances…
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During a thunderstorm at Curlew is a man named Mantle, who was looking for a horse, was struck by lightning and killed. The lightning…
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