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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1905

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Accident at Junee

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 4 May 1905 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. R. Higman, of Berry Jerry, were driving into Junee on Saturday night, and when crossing the line the horse shied and became unmanageable…

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Sad Shooting Fatality. at Gundagai. Purely Accidental. Arthur True the Victim

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 5 May 1905 · page 4

GUNDAGAI was startled on Friday afternoon last by the circulation of a report that Arthur True, aged 17 years, the eldest son of Mr. Ambrose…

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Victoria. Drowning Fatality. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 6 May 1905 · page 2

A body found in the Yarr[?] has been identified as that of Mrs. George Hippard, the wife of the head porter at Seymour railway station. She came…

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Killed at Play. Boy's Shocking Death. a Companion Seriously Injured. Bendigo

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 6 May 1905 · page 2

Specimen Hill was the scene of a tragic accident this afternoon. Two boys, aged 10. were the victims. One Benjamin Philip Bawden, the son of…

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Sad Steeplechasing Fatality M. Mooney the Victim

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 9 May 1905 · page 3

The career of the popular and successful cross-country rider, Michael Mooney, came to a tragic termination on Saturday. His last ri[?] was on…

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Football Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 9 May 1905 · page 2

An accident happened during a football match on the Association cricket ground to a buy named Percy Pendrick, aged about 15 years. The…

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Buggy Accident at the Rock

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 9 May 1905 · page 2

On Friday night Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, Police Magistrate, Mr. P. R. Higgins and Mr. W. G. Henderson, solicitor, of Albury, had an unpleasant…

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Accident to the P.m

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 9 May 1905 · page 2

On Friday evening Mr. T. H. Wilki[?]son, P. M., had an exciting experience in the vicinity of The Rock. He had been at Lockhart all the week,…

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Accident at Football Match

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 9 May 1905 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon, at the football match between St. John's and The Lake, Percy Pendrick, one of the players, met with a severe accident. At an…

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Steeplechasing Fatality. M. Mooney Killed

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 10 May 1905 · page 3

The career of the popular and successful cross-country rider, Michael Mooney, came to a tragic termination on Saturday. His last ride was on Colenso in the Steeplechase…

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News by Wire. a Terrible Accident. Sydney

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 10 May 1905 · page 2

Joseph Drown, chief clerk in the Railway Traffic Inspector's office at Penrich, stumbled over an electric wire last night and caught hold of…

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Another Alpine Fatality

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 11 May 1905 · page 3

Two Austrian professors and another climber have been killed by an avalanche in the Styrian Alps…

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A Cadet Killed. Accident at Rigle Pracive. Ararat

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 11 May 1905 · page 4

A painful accident occurred at the rifle butts this morning. A number of Stale school cadets had been at target practice on the rifle range, and when…

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Accident to Mr. T. Archer

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 11 May 1905 · page 2

A somewhat serious accident happenced to Mr. Thomas Archer, the well-Known dealer, last week. Mr. Archer was riding a horse on the…

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Fatal Accident

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser · Tuesday 16 May 1905 · page 8

Two boys, with other children, were returning home from the Specimen Hill State School, not far from where there are a large number of…

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Drowned

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 17 May 1905 · page 2

Thirty-two Japanese and Chinese were drowned by the sinking of the steamer Sobnalense off Port Arthur through striking a mine…

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Dreadful Accident. Two Men Blown to Pieces. Broken Hill

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 17 May 1905 · page 4

Two miners, James Ferguson 'and Thos Pollock, were blown to pieces at South Mine this morning through boring into an old hole in which some explosive…

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Frightful Accident

Coolamon Echo · Friday 19 May 1905 · page 2

An accident attended with serious results happened to Master Foster aged 14 years, at the residence of his parents, near Springwood, on…

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Terrible Accident Boys Hand in a Chaffcutter. Cut Clean Off. Coolamon

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 20 May 1905 · page 2

On Wednesday evening last about dusk Leo Foster, aged 14. son of Mrs. G. Foster at North Berry Jerry met with a serious accident. It appears the…

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Received at 1 A.M. Accident to the German Empress. London, May 22

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 23 May 1905 · page 2

A report is to hand stating that the German Empress fell downstairs, injuring her forehead, but the wound is not considered dangerous…

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