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Accidents, 1906

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Accident to a Boy

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 2

A boy named Chas. Conway, whos father is a fruit vendor, was knocks down by a dog on Saturday and brok his thigh. He was admitted to the hospital by Dr. Leahy…

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Extraordinary Accident Painter's Predicament Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 4

An accident of a sensational character occurred at Pyrmont-bridge yesterday morning. A gang of men was at work painting the iron work of the swing…

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Panic in a Church. Many Killed and Injured. London, Monday evening

The Temora Star · Wednesday 24 January 1906 · page 2

While a colored Baptist congregation was attending Divine service in their Church at Philadelphia, U.S.A., yesterday, some one raised the cry of…

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Fires in Victoria. Terrible Losses. People Burnt and Drowned Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 January 1906 · page 4

Bush fires have during the past few days been raging in all directions, north, south, east, and west, and the losses of houses, buildings, crops, stock, fences,…

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Sad Death of Children. Saved From Fire to Be Drowned. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 January 1906 · page 4

An awfully sad occurrence is reported from the Daylestord district to-day. Two bright children were found drowned in a waterhole, where they had…

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Sensational Collapse. at a Railway Bridge. Three Wagga Men Injured

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 January 1906 · page 2

About a quarter to four on Tuesday afternoon a serious accident occurred at the Gumea S[?]ert Railway Bridge at Albury, when three Wagga men were…

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Cable News. Panic in a Church. Many Killed and Injured. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 January 1906 · page 2

A cry of fire caused a panic among a colored Baptist congregation in Philadelphia, during which a staircase collapsed. Eighteen persons were killed,…

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Naval Disaster. Terrific Explosion. Brazilian Ironclad Destroyed. 200 Persons Perish. Four Admirals Drowned. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 January 1906 · page 2

A catastrophe has occurred on the coast of Brazil, involving appalling loss of life and the destruction of a large warship. Advices which have come to…

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A Naval Disaster. Terrible Explosion. Brazilian Ironclad Destroyed. 300 Persons Perish. Four Admirals Drowned. London, Jan, 22

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 January 1906 · page 2

A catastrophe was occurred on the coast of Brazil, involving appalling loss of life and the destruction of a large warship. Advices which have…

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Vehicle Turns a Somersault. Fall Over a Cliff. an Extraordinary Accident

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 January 1906 · page 4

A sensational accident happened at Paddington on Monday morning when a large furniture van (known as a pantechnicon) and two horses turned a…

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Accident to a Boy

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 January 1906 · page 2

A lad named Mark Redhead, son of Mr. J. H. Redhead, of Tarcutta-street fell from an apricot tree on Tuesday morning and broke his arm near the…

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Accident at Henty

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 2

On Thursday evening a man named Mr. Mathew B odie, who is stated to be a veterinary surgeon, residing at Henty, was admitted into the Wagga…

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The Railway Accident

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 2

By communication with Albury before going to press we were informed that the three Wagga men. Messrs. Longhurst, Udall and Murray, who were severely injured through the…

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Accident at Henty

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 2
Also in Wagga Wagga Advertiser

Mr. Bodey, Vet. Surgeon, met with a serious accident at Henty on Wednesday. He was in the act of climbing into a waggon when be slipped, and the wheel…

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Accident at Albury

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 2

While engaged effecting repairs to the railway bridge at Guinea-street, ALbury, on Tuesday last, three railway employes, named John…

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Sad Accident. SYDNEY

The Temora Star · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 5

Two girls ought shelter, during a thunderstorm yesterday in a storm channel at North Sydney. They were swept along the channel, and one of…

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Sydney Harbour Collision. Husband and Wife Drowned a Gallant Rescue. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 30 January 1906 · page 2

A sensational collision, attended with loss of life, as a result of which four children were made orphans, took place in Sydney harbour this afternoon,…

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The Latest by Telegraph. Sydney, Monday, 8 p.m. Steamer Collision

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1906 · page 2

The steamer Manly collided with the oil launch Agnes in the harbor yesterday afternoon and cut her in two. F. T. Hemminge, a laundry proprietor, of…

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Excursion Train Derailed. on the Victorian Line Eight People Seriously in Injured

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 30 January 1906 · page 4

A railway accident occurred at 1.25 on sunday afternoon to an excursion train in the narrow gauge line from Ferntiee Gully to Gembrook. The…

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