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Accidents, 1907

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Lifeboat Fatality

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 2

Two of the crew of the lifeboat, Isle of Wight, were drowned through the lifeboat capsizing…

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A Peculiar Accident

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 4

Farly on Monday afternoon, when the supply stores, in Rundle-street, Adelaide, were filled with a holiday crowd, the whole of the shelving on…

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Another Terrible Collision

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 2

Owing to a collision between two passenger trains in Texas (U.S.) 35 persons were killed, 31 injured, and the bodies of 29 Mexican labourers…

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A Boy Drowned

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 4

A very sad fatality occurred at Ganmain yesterday, when a young lad named Price, eight years of age, son the Mr. Walter Price of Ganmain was…

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Another Railway Collision. Telegraphists' Fatal Omission

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 2

Two passenger trains collided yesterday on the Chicago-Pacific railway, near Altavista, Texas, with the result that 35 persons were killed and 21 more or…

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His Life for a Friend. a Young Man Drowned

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 3

A young man named Harry Summer, about 20 yegrs of age, met his death under pathetic circumstances at Bruthen (Vic.) on Sunday. With a…

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Flood of Whisky. Ten People Injured and One Killed. Carts Caught in a Deluge

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 3

The Loch Katrine Distillery, on the south side of Glasgow, was the scene of an extraordinary incident on the morning of November 20. A "wash…

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Distressing Accident Man's Hand Crushed. Junee

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 2

A very sad and distressing accident befell Mr. W. W. Harris yesterday morning while working on his farm at Junee Reefs. He was engaged in…

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Accident at Mahonga

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 2

Mr. G. R. Jackson, of Mahonga, is reported to have met with a painful accident on Saturday last. He left home on horseback to assist in…

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Shocking Accident

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 3

ON Thursday evening last Mr. Charles Rivers (who came into town with cream from his dairy on Bombowlee Creek) was returning home in his…

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Accident in the Harvest Field

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 2

A distressing accident befel Mr. W. W. Harris on Friday morning, while working on his farm at Junee Reefs. He was engaged in stripping wheat when…

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Accident to a Young Man

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 2

A young man named William Morton laborer, was brought into Wagga on Sunday suffering from injuries to his bead. Morton, who is 21 years of…

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Sad Drowning. New Zealand, [?]

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1907 · page 2

William Watts was drowned near Havelock while endeavouring to rescue his son, who was also drowned…

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Father and Son Drowned

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1907 · page 2

William Watts was drowned near Havelock, New Zealand, while endeavoring to rescue his son, who was also drowned…

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Drowned in Sydney Harbor

The Worker · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 11

On Sunday afternoon, Charles Theodore Clifford, aged 18, of Chatswood, was one of a boating party of ten, who landed at Middle Harbor and amused themselves on…

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The Accident of Birth

The Worker · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 1

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Railway Collision. at Darling Harbor. Serious Damage Done

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 2

A co[?]sion occurred between a coalladen train and some empty trucks at Darling harbor to-day. Several coal trucks were knocked off the line and…

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Trouble Aboard Ship. Third Officer Injured. Alleged Assault by Steward

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 2

At the Balmain police court to-day Jas. Pyman Millington was charged with maliciously inflicting grevious bodily harm upon James Isbesher on the…

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A Nasty Accident

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 2

A man named J. Wilson, employed on Pomingalarna, was the victim of a painful accident on Thursday. Whilst riding down a gully his horse stumbled and…

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Sawmill Fatality

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 2

While working in a sawmill at Cabramatia to-day, a man named Ernest Freeman was strock in the face with a piece of wood and fatally…

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