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Accidents, 1905

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Accidents

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 1 December 1905 · page 2

On Sunday afternoon last Mrs. G. Perkins was driving with two of her children in the sulky from her home to Adelong. In turing a sharp bend…

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Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 2 December 1905 · page 2

Mr. James Fernsy, engaged at Mr. W. Brown's engineering works, met with a painful accident yesterday, by having oneof his fingers cut off with…

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Railway Collision in Melbourne. No Person Seriously Injured

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 5 December 1905 · page 3

At half-past 7 o'clock on Friday eving a passenger train from Mornington to Melbourne, run into the rear of a special goods train, at what, is known…

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Terrible Blasting Fatality

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 December 1905 · page 2

All explosion oscurrea during [?]asting operations at Wyoming, United States, at a depth of 4000ft. 21 miners were killed, and 40 others entombed…

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Railway Accident

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 5 December 1905 · page 2

A portion of the boiler of the engine of the mail-train from Maitland blow out at Newcastle this morning. The driver and fireman were injured, the…

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Accident to a Boy

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 December 1905 · page 2

On Saturday morning Mr. J. Edmondson's little boy, Keith Edmondson, aged 10 years, was riding in front of a trolly which was being drawn to get…

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Accident at Duke's Bridge

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 December 1905 · page 2

On Saturday evening, about 7.30 p.m., Mr. E. Brentnor, groom at Gobbagumbatin, was riding over Duke's Bridge, on the Narandera-road, when…

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Accident to a Train. Driver and Fireman Scalded

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 December 1905 · page 2

An accident occurred to the passenger train which left West Maitland at 5.38 this afternoon. When nearing Thornton several rivets in the boiler plates…

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Two Children Drowned. SYDNEY

The Temora Star · Wednesday 6 December 1905 · page 2

Two children named Yates were drowned yesterday while bathing in the river at Grafton…

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Locomotive Accident. an Heroic Driver. Severely Scalded

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 7 December 1905 · page 4

An accident of a serious character occurred while a passenger train was travelling between Maitland and Newcastle on Monday morning. The train…

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Mining Accidents and Machine Drills. a Miner Speaks His Mind

The Worker · Thursday 7 December 1905 · page 8

The recent Broken Hill Proprietary fatality, resulting in the death of the two unfortunate men, William John Sheedy and John Clarke, was being discussed by a group…

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A Boy Injured

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 December 1905 · page 2

Whilst pursuing his duties at Mr. H. S. Headley's brewery, Johnstone-street, on Thursday, a youth named John Keegan had his head injured. A bottle burst,…

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Peculiar Accident to a Horse

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 December 1905 · page 2

On Thursday, a cart horse, belonging to Mr. John Gray, of the Newtown timber yard, was in a paddock near the brick kiln. Wagga, when by some…

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The Latest by Telegraph. Sydney, Monday, 8 p.m. Harbor Fatality

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 12 December 1905 · page 2

There were several capsizes in the harbor yesterday. In one case, Arthur Cecil Shrimpton, a well-known city business man, was drowned…

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A Mining Fatality

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 13 December 1905 · page 3

Edward Downes was killed by a fall of earth at the Proprietary mine, Broken Hill, yesterday. The body was dreadfully mutilated…

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Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 13 December 1905 · page 3

On Sunday afternoon Mr. P. Curley was driving out Mr. Grant, manager for Massey-Harris Co., and another officer of the company, and when…

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Serious Driving Accident

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 13 December 1905 · page 2

A nasty buggy accident occurred on Sunday afternoon. A party including Messrs P. Curley, has son Jim and three visitors from Sydney Messrs Grant…

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Driving Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 14 December 1905 · page 2

Messrs. Grant (general manager of the Massey-Harris Machinery Company in New South wales and Queensland), Forsyth (of Forsyth Brothers,…

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Ex-wagga Solicitor Drowned. Mr. G. B. Fitzhardinge. Echuca

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 December 1905 · page 5

Several borough council employes who were engaged cutting thistles on the bank of the Campaspe, at he rear of the old brewery, noticed a bicycle…

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Bungle at the Execution. Head Warder Seriously Injured. Perth

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 16 December 1905 · page 3

In the Fremantle Goal this morning Charles Hagan, a Norwegian: Pable Marquez, a Manila man; and Simon Espado, a Manila man, were hanged for…

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