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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1907

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Train and Motor. a Shocking Fatality. London, April 3

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 4 April 1907 · page 2

A shooting fatality is reported from Avignon, in France. A train collided with a motor car at a level crossing, with the result that two of the…

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Accident to Mr. Geo Mitchell

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 4 April 1907 · page 2

We regret to state that Mr. Geo. Nitchell the Secretary of the Pastures Board and Wagga Caledonian Society, met with a serious accident on…

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Mine Fatality

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 2

There was a terrible fatality at the Waroona mine, Kalgoorlie, yesterday. A cage was being raised, when it tilted against the skids and threw…

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America's Accidents. a Preacher's Statement

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 5

A correspondent of the Washington "Evening Star" wrote from New York on 5th January:— "Fifty-seven thousand five hundred…

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A Boating Disaster. [?] Five Drowned. Auckland

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 6 April 1907 · page 2

A tragic story is told by J. Pilkington, the sole survivor of a pleasure party of five, who left Auckland on Monday morning in a small boat. The…

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Items of News. Accident to Mr. G. Mitchell

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 6 April 1907 · page 2

Mr. George Mitchell, secretary for the Wagga Pastures Protection Board, met with a painful accident last Saturday. He was riding his motor bicycle near…

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"Live Wire" Fatality

The Worker · Thursday 11 April 1907 · page 15

Charles Johnston, an employee of Sydney City Council at the Lang Park electric-lighting station, was electrocuted at that place on Monday afternoon. He was engaged…

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Two Ocean Fishers Drowned

The Worker · Thursday 11 April 1907 · page 15

During the heavy thunderstorm which struck Sydney on Sunday afternoon two men were drowned from a 22-footer boat in which a party of nine had gone fishing…

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A Mining Fatality

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 12 April 1907 · page 2

Patrick Devitt, ex-alderman, and one of the most prominent unionists at Broken Hill, was killed at Block 10 thus morning by a fall of earth…

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Shocking Railway Accident

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 13 April 1907 · page 2

A transcontinental train at Chaplean, Ontario, has been precipitated into an embankment. The carriages caught on fire. Nine adults and six children,…

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Serious Accident Ride in the Dark. Dragged by the Stirrup

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 13 April 1907 · page 2

About seven o'clock on Wednesday eremite Wilfred Baker, aged 12, employed by Mr. Albert Angel, Lake Albert, was sent on a message to Mr. Louis…

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Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 13 April 1907 · page 2

Mrs. Coombes, aged 60 years, was gored by a bull in Surry Hills last night and seriously injured…

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Fearful Railway Accident Fifteen People Killed. London, April 12

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1907 · page 6

A shocking railway accident, involving the deaths of fifteen people, happened at a town in Ontario, America, to-day. Through a broken rail, the…

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Fatal Riding Accident. GERMANTON

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1907 · page 6

A young man named Frederick Hanham, aged 21 years, was thrown from a horse on Hillside Station yesterday, sustaining injuries to his head, from…

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Accident at a Sawmill

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 16 April 1907 · page 2

A young man named Alex. Rudd, employed at Mr. Gray's timber yard, met with a rather serious accident on Saturday last. The young fellow was…

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Train Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 17 April 1907 · page 2

Joseph Townsend, residing at Wahroonga, when attempting to board a train from Hornsby last night, fell between the platform and a car, and…

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Tragic Accident. a Youth Shoots His Mother. Adelaide

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 18 April 1907 · page 4

Harold Ashenden, aged 18, who was at a private hospital in the had a holiday on Monday, and to Aldgate to visit his parents,…

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Burning Fatality at Ganmain

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 2

A sad burning accident which resulted in the death of the 20 month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Perschilla took place at…

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Lady D. Guthbert's Death Her Husband's Evidence. Verdict-pure Accident. General Sympathy

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 3

Brilliant sunshine poured on Beaufront Castle, Hexham, yesterday, lst February, but within all was gloom and sadness for the tragedy of Lady…

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Motor Collision

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 20 April 1907 · page 2

A motor car, containing Dr. Kane and his wife, came into collision with the hand rails of a culvert near Berry, and Mrs. Kane was thrown into the…

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