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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

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Accident to a Boy

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 15 March 1906 · page 2

A lad named George M'leod, 15 years of age, who is employed at Mr. J. Dunn's produce store, fell out of a delivery cart on Tuesday afternoon…

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Serious Accident on the Railway. Driver Falls Off the Engine. Remains Unconscious

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 3

Whilst the Sydney to Melbourne excursion train was passing Jindalee yesterday morning at 12.30, Driver Bailey accidently fell off the engine, receiving…

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Terrible Railway Collision. Trains in a Buzzard. Forty Passengers Killed. Desperation of Victims. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 20 March 1906 · page 4

When Pueblo—a large manufacturing centre in Colarado—the California express, which was on its westward journey, was caught in a blizzard, and…

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Railway Collision. Trains in a Blizzard. Carriages on Fire. Forty Passengers Killed. Horrible Incidents. London, March 17

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 20 March 1906 · page 2

A railway collision, which resulted in great loss of life, has occurred in the State of Colarado. When near Pueblo—a large…

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Latest from the City. LONDON, Monday Morning. Awful Railway Collision

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 21 March 1906 · page 2

A west-bound Californian express collided with a local tram at P[?]eble, C[?]oraio, with terrible results. Forty persons were killed by the…

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Boating Accident. SYDNEY

The Temora Star · Wednesday 21 March 1906 · page 2

A fishing boat was last night cat in two by a Watson's Bay ferry boat. Those aboard were saved…

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Accidents. LONDON

The Temora Star · Wednesday 21 March 1906 · page 2

Through an earthquake at Kazi, Formosa, several hundred persons were killed. Extensive landslips and floods are…

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Boy Dreadfully Injured

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 22 March 1906 · page 2

At Horsham (Vic.) on Tuesday a boy named Leslie Nattrass, 16, was assisting an elder brother to cut chaff, [?] he accidentally fell across the machine,…

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A Peculiar Accident

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 22 March 1906 · page 2

Thomas Neilson, a fitter at Abermain Colliery, Kurri Kurri, was recently engaged in chipping steel, when a piece of metal entered his neck, and passed…

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[?] Fatality

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 3

Mr. H. G[?]well a resident of Sydney who was visiting some friends at Raymond Ter[?] drowned in the William River Yesterday…

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Sensational Milling Accident a Fall of 80 Feet. Climb of 1000 Feet. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 24 March 1906 · page 2

A sensational mining accident then, pened at Ben[?]town it is not likely [?]have results. This morning Frede[?] Young, shift boss, and Chas…

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Accident to Two Townsmen. Incident in Baylis-street

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 27 March 1906 · page 2

Two respected townsmen met with a regrettable accident early on Saturday afternoon. Mr. Chas. Hodson, builder etc., was driving up Baylis-street at…

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Marquis of Linlithgow Injured

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 2

Whilst hunting iu Cheshire on Friday, the Marquis of Linlithgow, first Governor-General of Australia. was the victim of a serious accident. His…

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A Peculiar Fatality. Fell Down the Court-house Steps

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 2

A DEATH under peculiar circumstances happened in G[?]dagai yesterday. An old age pensioner named James Phillips, aged 76, who lived at the residence…

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Marquis of Linlithgow. Serious Hunting Accident. Condition Critical

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 4

Australians will learn with sincere regret that a serious accident has befallen the marquis of Linlithgow. The marquis, who has always been an…

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Rescue From Drowning by a Sea

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 4 April 1906 · page 5

Some time ago there were two seals in the Zoological Gardens at Amsterdam which were so fond of their keeper that they would…

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Sheep Drowned

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 2

Twelve hundred sheep were drowned between Adeville and Windorah (Queensland) during the recent heavy rains…

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The Latest by Telegraph. Sydney, Thursday, 8 p.m. Drowned During a Storm

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 2

Daring a storm at Brisbane Water to-day, a visitor named Reuben Ellison was drowned through a boat capsizing. Subsequently two women and a child…

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Elevated Railways. a New York Accident. Burning Wreckage

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 4

The New York correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote on 13th January:— The precipitancy of a workman in…

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Hotel Collapses. 42 Killed: 71 Injured

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 5

A sensational accident is reported from Black Forest, in Germany. A number of people had gathered for a house-warming at a hotel, and whilst…

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