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Accidents, 1906

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Boating Fatality

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 2 January 1906 · page 2

A boat capsized at Moreton Bay on Saturday with a party of excursionists. Elsie Atthow and Willie Fielding were drowned, whilst the whilst were…

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Jerilderie Burning Fatality

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 2 January 1906 · page 2

Evidence taken at an inquest held on the body of Mrs. Laity, who was burnt to death on Wednesday at Booroonbanilly, Jerilderie, proved that the…

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Terrible Drowning Fatality. Father and Two Daughters Sad End to a Picnic. People Action by William Bell

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 2 January 1906 · page 2

ONE of the sadden caws of drowning it has ever been our lot to record occurred yesterday, within sight of various picnic parties, and at a moment…

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Sensational Accident. a Coach Overturned Three Persons Slightly Injured

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 2 January 1906 · page 3

A sensational couch accident occurred on Friday morning on the Pitt-water-road, about two miles from Rock Lily. A vehicle containing 16…

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Murray Boating Fatality. Three Bodies Recovered

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 2 January 1906 · page 4

The body of John Manu, one of the victims of the boating fatality on the River Murray on Wednesday, has been recovered. Dragging operations were…

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Fatality near Alfredtown. a Swag Man's Death. Two Men Arrested

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 2 January 1906 · page 2

Information reached Wagga on Saturday morning that an assault case presetting very serious aspects had occurred on the previous afternoon in…

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Acetylene Gas Explosion, Two Persons Injured. Ararat

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 2 January 1906 · page 3

Late on Saturday night, Mr. and Mrs. A. Ferguson, were in their shop, when the alarm attached to the acetylene gas installation gave the signal…

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Surf Bathers Carried .Out to Sea. a Youth Drowned. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 2 January 1906 · page 2

A sensation was created at Bondi yesterday afternoon, when three surf bathers were carried out to sea, a youth named Cecil Charles Brooks,…

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Telegraphic News. General Cables. R.M.S. Omrah Injured. London, Dec. 30

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 2 January 1906 · page 2

An accident has happened to the Orient-Pacific Company's Royal mail steamer Omarh at the beginning of the voyage to Australia. The Omrah…

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Sad Drowning Fatality. SYDNEY

The Temora Star · Wednesday 3 January 1906 · page 3

Two girls were drowned in the Murrumbidges near Gundagai, last evening, and their father lost his life in attempting to rescue them…

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A Sad New Year. Terrible Drowning Accident a Father and Two Children Drowned in the River

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 3 January 1906 · page 2

NEW Year's Day in Gundagai closed in a manner that shocked the community and brought a big grief to at least one household. There have been many…

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Accidents

The Temora Star · Wednesday 3 January 1906 · page 3

We regret having to record that Mr. W. J. Cart right, of Boundary Villa, met with an accident of a some that serious nature on Friday last. It…

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Terrible Drowning Fatality, Father and Two Daughters

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 2

One of the saddest cases of drowning it has ever been our lot to record occurred on monday (the Gundagai " Times " says) within sight of…

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Futile Attempt to Escape. Many Rebels Drowned

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 2

At Moscow, on Saturday night, many rebels attempted to escape from the butchering operations of the troops by crossing the frozen river Moskwa, which…

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Another Accident at Dukes Bridge

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 2

A man named William Cotter was riding home over Duke's Bridge at five o'clock on Tuesday evening, when his horse slipped at the bend of the bridge…

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Terrible Drowning Fatality

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 4

One of the saddest cases of drowning it has ever been our lot to record occurred on Monday last, within sight of various picnic parties, and at a…

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Sad Drowning Fatality. Three Lives Lost

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 2

A SAD drowning fatality occurred in the Murrumbidgee river near Gundagai on Monday, Mr. Henry E. Jamieson (a fettler on the Gundagai…

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The Drowning Accident. the Three Bodies Recovered. Half for the Family

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 2

EARLY on Tuesday morning the body of the third victim, Rachael Jamieson, aged 10—of the terrible drowning fatality off the beach opposite William Bell's…

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Sad Drowning Fatality

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 4

At Gundagai on Monday a very sad drowning soi-disant occurred. The family of Mr Vomition, a railway fetter. were spending be day at the riverside…

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Drowning Fatality. Monday's Catastrophe

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 2

THE funerals of the three victims of Monday's drowning accident took place on Tuesday, the remains being inferred in the Methodist cemetery,…

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