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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

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A Pathetic Tragedy, Woman and Two Children Drowned. Children Rescued, But Not Revived

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 5

A pitiful tragedy was enacted at Footscray (Melb.) on Wednesday afternoon. A young woman and her two children-a boy of about 6 years of…

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Burning Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 2

On Saturday Miss Keady, a resident of Rennock, was clearing a kitchen "fountain" with benzine. By some means it caught tire, and enveloped the…

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Railway Collision. Fifteen Persons Killed. Carriages on Fire. London, June 27

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 30 June 1908 · page 2

A collision occurred on the railway from Bombay to Baroda between an express passenger train and a goods train…

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India. Passenger and Goods Train Collide. Carriages Take Fire. Fifteen Persons Killed and 270 Injured. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 30 June 1908 · page 2

A railway disaster has occurred on the Bombay-Baroda railway line. An express train, carrying a large number of passengers came into…

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Serious Accident. Explosion of Brilliant Shine

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 30 June 1908 · page 2

A very serious accident happened to Miss Caoy, a late arrival from Goulburn, living with her mother, some sixteen miles from Coolamon. It…

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Playing With Fire. Boy Seriously Injured. Recovery Hopeless. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 2 July 1908 · page 2

A lad named Cox. living at Dangar, a village near Narrabri,was playing with fire this morning, when he received such severe injuries that no…

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Shocking Railway Accident, an Alderman Killed. Body Frightfully Mangled. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 2 July 1908 · page 2

Alderman Patrick Dundon, of Rook wood Borough Council, met his death in a shocking manner this morning. He rushed on to the platform just as…

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Painful Accident

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 2 July 1908 · page 2

Mr. P. A. O'Shannessy, a farmer, residing at Coursing Park, Downside, met with a painful accident on Monday. He was using a drill, and was standing on a…

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Terrible Train Accident an Alderman Killed. Body Fearfully Mutilated. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 2 July 1908 · page 3

Alderman Patrick Joseph Drindon, of Rookwood, was run over and killed by a train at the Rookwood railway station this morning. He intended…

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Shocking Accident. Boy's Terrible Death. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 2 July 1908 · page 3

An accident of a most shocking character happened yesterday afternoon at Balldale to the eldest son of Mr. Mungo Wilson, a well-known farmer…

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A Chapter of Accidents

The Worker · Thursday 2 July 1908 · page 13

A dense mountain mist was the primary cause of a peculiar series of accidents to a funeral party returning to Orange from Cargo, N.S.W. The party consisted of a…

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Shocking Railway Fatality. Woman Run Down by Express. Body Fearfully Mangled. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 7 July 1908 · page 2

The managed remains of a woman were found this morning near Newtown Railway Station. The body and features were beyond recognition; the…

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Shooting Fatality

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 8 July 1908 · page 2

Charles Kirkwood, a farmer at Dongin, has been accidentally shot dead by his son while hunting kangaroos…

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Drowned in the Harbour

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 8 July 1908 · page 2

Victor Holmes, a seaman on the ketch Wave, fell into the harbour, off the central wharf, Miller's Point, last night and was drowned…

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Submarine Accident. Escape of Gasoline. Six Men Unconscious. Condition of One Critical. London, July 15

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 16 July 1908 · page 2

Seven submarines were proceeding to portland and Dover,when off Folkestone, the parent ship, Aeolus, which was accompanying the squadron…

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Devils in Collision. Aeroplane and Taxicab. Extraordinary Scene

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 17 July 1908 · page 3

There was an exciting scene here (writes a correspondent of “Lloyd’s Weakly” on 2nd May) to-day when M. Delagrange, in making a fine flight in…

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Girl Accidentally Shot. TEMORA

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 18 July 1908 · page 3

Miss Ida Ann Coleman, daughter of Mr. Jonn Coleman, the well known grazier, of Bogenderra, Morangorell, 20 miles from Temora, met with a…

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Sad Shooting Accident. a Young Girl Killed. Temora

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 18 July 1908 · page 8

Miss Ida Ann Coleman, daughter of Mr. John Coleman, the well-known grazier, of Bogenderra, Morangarell, 20 miles from Temora, met with a…

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Shocking Fatality Woman Cut in Halves. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 21 July 1908 · page 2

The body of the woman who was cut in halves at Middle Park railway station last night has been identified as that of Mary Moore, the wife of a…

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Acetylene Gas Explosion Man's Sight Injured. Broken Hill

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 21 July 1908 · page 2

A young man named G. Ryan received shocking injuries to his face last night through an explosion of acetylene gas. Ryan was sent by the…

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