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Accidents, 1905

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Fatal Accident at Darling. Ton Point

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 11 March 1905 · page 2

A latal accident occurred on Tuesday at Darlington Point, whereby a man named Thomas Ryun was killed by falling from the bridge which is in course…

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Peculiar Accident

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 11 March 1905 · page 2

Mr. Geo. Mitchell, the well-known secretary of the Wagga Pastures' Protection Board, and the non-secretary of the Caledonian Society, met with a…

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Accident to a Little Girl

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 14 March 1905 · page 2

A somewhat serious accident happene[?] on Friday evening to a little girl named Lily Oakman, residing with her parents in Garwood Street. The child,…

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Local and General News. Accident to a Little Girl

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 14 March 1905 · page 2

An unfortunate accident befell a little girl named Miss Lily Oakman, aged 12 years, daughter of Mr. Oakman, Simmons street, on Friday. Towards…

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Terrible Accident

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 15 March 1905 · page 3

During the afternoon of Wednesday a messenger rode into town, hot haste, from Thuddungra to report a serious, it not fatal, accident having befallen Mounted-constable…

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Accident at Uranquinty

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 16 March 1905 · page 2

A somewhat serious accident happened at Uranquinty on Saturday last. A little boy, aged about seven years, the son of Mr. William Ford,…

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Accident to a Little Boy

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 16 March 1905 · page 2

Those who give attention to casualties as reported iii the Prose from day to day are frequently struck with the prevalence of a special class of accident happening…

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An Extraordinary Accident

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 16 March 1905 · page 2

A fatality brought about in an extraordinary manner befell a child named Malcolm Howatt, 19 months old, at ite home, East Brighton, on Saturday. The…

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Drowning of a Child. Comments by the Coroner. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 23 March 1905 · page 2

At the inquest on Theresa Mary Mignes, who was drowned by falling into the Yarra off the ferry steps at Richmond, a verdict of accidental…

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New South Wales. (By Telegraph.) Drowing Fatality. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 23 March 1905 · page 2

Michael Shorttel, mate of the schooner Shannon, was seen struggling in the water at an early hour this morning. An alarm being given by the…

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Stage Bridge Collapses Forty Members of a Chorus Injured

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1905 · page 5

On Sunday, January 8th, the New York correspondent of the "Daily Mall" wrote:-Scenes of wild excitement were caused…

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An Unfortunate Accident

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 2

An unfortunate accident occurred at Mr. C. J. Palmer's clearing sale at Forest Hill on Thursday. Along with Mr. Anthony Brunskill and others, Mr…

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Accident to Mrs. Shoemark

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 2

An unfortunate accident occurred to Mrs. A. Shoemark, of Coreinbob, yesterday. She was driving in a sulky yesterday afternoon, when owing to a collision with a stamp or something in…

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Cable News. Steamers in Collision. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 March 1905 · page 2

The steamer parisian, with one thousand passengers aboard collded with the steamer Albano, with a hundred pilssenger, off Halitax Thes [?]…

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Revolt in Russia. Latest News. Received at 1 A.M. Outrage Near Warsaw. Six Policemen Injured. Chief of Police Seriously Hurt. London, March 27

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1905 · page 2

Another revolutionary outbreak is reported from Poland. A Jew threw a bomb into the police station at Praga, a suburb of Warsaw, the capital,…

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Found Drowned

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 30 March 1905 · page 2

The body of John Hunter Smith, a resident, of North Sydney, was found in the water at Berry's Bay, not far from his residence, this morning. Deceased…

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Accident to a Boy

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 30 March 1905 · page 2

A little boy named Osborne, whoso parents reside in North Wagga, fell and broke his arm on Tuesday. He was taken to Dr. burgees, who gave him…

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Accidents to Workers. the Great Value of Zam-buk Proved

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 4

Busy workers in all departments of labor, in the mine, on the railway, in the mill, factory, or workshop, have all one great common need—a reliable…

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Received at 1 A.M. Socialist Demonstration at Warsaw. Fired on by the Police. a Police Commissary Waylaid and Terribly Injured. London, April 2

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1905 · page 2

A thousand socialists, mostly of the Jewish race, while marching in procession in Warsaw were [?] on by the police. Four of the processionists…

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Accident at Coreinbob

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1905 · page 2

A somewhat serious accident occurred at Coreinbob on Saturday evening. While coming into Wagga. Mrs. Abbott, an old and respected…

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