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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

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Old Houses Collapse. Thirty People Buried. Several Killed: Others Injured. London, April 6

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 7 April 1908 · page 2

Two old houses adjoining Berner'e Hotel in Oxford-street, collapsed early to-day, burying 30 people, mostly foreign servants employed at Berner's…

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Serious Accident at Randwick

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 8 April 1908 · page 2

While schooling over the hurdles at Randwick this morning the gelding Kotyoki fell and was killed. His rider, Arthur Ryan, a recent, arrival…

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Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 8 April 1908 · page 2

An accident, which might easily have been accompanied by more serious consequences, occurred at about noon on Sunday last. It appears that Mr. John…

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Tram and Sulky Collision. Driver Severely Injured. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 9 April 1908 · page 2

A collision occurred this morning between a tram and a sulky in Oxford-street. edward Tierney, the driver of the vehicle was hurled on to…

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Street Collision

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 9 April 1908 · page 2

As the result of a street collision in Fitzmaurice-street on Saturday night a valuable mare owned by Mr. G. Tilden, died yesterday. It appears along that…

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Run Down By a Motor. Sydney Strike Fatality. Driver Charged with Manslaughter. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 9 April 1908 · page 2

John Woolfe, who was knocked down by motor car on Monday, died this morning without having regainel consciousness. A charge of having…

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Accident Results Fatally

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 9 April 1908 · page 2

The young man M. Glennon who was brought to the Wagga hospital the other day in a serious condition as the result of an accident at…

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Accident

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 10 April 1908 · page 5

Mrs. Holloway, on returning home on Wednesday night, met with a nasty accident. When about 2½ miles from town the…

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Railway Collision

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 11 April 1908 · page 2

A collision occurred near Sydenham railway station between a special parliamentary train and some trucks, the latter having been inadvertently left…

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Extraordinary Fatality. Fall on a Parcel. Woman Killed Instantly. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 11 April 1908 · page 2

A singular tragedy occurred at May's Hill, near Parramatta, last night. It appears that Annie Selmes, 17, a domestic, was returning to her…

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Startling Railway Collision Parliamentary Special, Train. Crashes Into Van and Trucks. Damage Slight. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 11 April 1908 · page 2

A sensational railway collision occurred at an early hour this morning. A Parliamentary special train left the central station for Hurstville at 12.18…

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Narrow Escapes From Drowning

The Worker · Thursday 16 April 1908 · page 5

The peril of leaving children to wander unattended on the sea shore was exemplified at Cunninghame, Victoria, last week. A Mr. Tait, with his family, was…

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The Terror of the Injured

The Worker · Thursday 16 April 1908 · page 3

In one of his delightful novels of Southern life, George W. Cable acutely observes that any class which continuously injures another is continuously in terror of the…

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Disastrous Floods in China. Two Thousand Persons Drowned. London, April 13

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 16 April 1908 · page 2

A catastrophe, attended with terribly heavy loss of life, has occurred in China. A continuance of heavy rains caused floods in the Han-Kiang River…

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Peculiar Scalding Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 16 April 1908 · page 2

A peculiar scalding accident occurred at the gasworks yesterday morning. An employe named J. M. Snelling was engaged in cleaning the ashes…

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Casualties aud Accidents. Slaughterman Stabbed

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 16 April 1908 · page 2

A man named William Thomas. a slaughterman employed at King's slaughter yards, was engaged in cutting down a beast an Tuesday when…

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General Telegrams. Accident Results Fatally. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 16 April 1908 · page 2

Connie Riley, who fell while boarding a train at the Central Railway Station on Sunday, died to-day. COST OF THE STRIKE…

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Smoker's Peculiar Accident

The Worker · Thursday 16 April 1908 · page 5

In time of peace prepare for war. Mr. Qilinlan, of Wilby, V., was having a peaceful smoke the other eveniiig when an explosion took place in the bowl of his pipe, and…

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Accident to Parliamentary Train

The Worker · Thursday 16 April 1908 · page 5

The Parliamentary special train which left Sydney at 12.46 on Saturday morning last for the Illawarra ran into a few goods trucks which had been inadvertently…

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Remarkable Accident. Young Woman's Sad Death

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 17 April 1908 · page 3

A shocking fatality occurred at a late hour en Thursday night of last week at May's-hill, Parramatta, to a girl named Annie Selmes, 18 years of…

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