V.A.T.C Steeplechase Meeting. Concluding Day—Confederate Wins the National.—Only Five Finish.—A Jockey Badly Injured
The Worker · Thursday 19 August 1909 · page 17
The Caulfield Steeplechase Meeting was brought to a conclusion last Saturday when the morning broke showery, but it cleared up before the meeting commenced…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Rosehill Races Two Nasty Accidents.—Son of the Marsh Beaten.—Flavel Wins the Handicap
The Worker · Thursday 19 August 1909 · page 17
There was only an ordinary attendance at Rosehill last Saturday, but a good afternoon's sport was furnished. Very little fault could be found with the track…
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Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 20 August 1909 · page 3
Shortly after 8 o'clock this morning during a dense fog, the ferry steamers Kulgoa and Kaikai, running on the Milson's Point service, collided…
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The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 20 August 1909 · page 2
The ferry steamer Kulgoa and Kaikai collided off Circular Quay this morning. The former sustained considerable injury, but the latter escaped…
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Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 20 August 1909 · page 3
At Tamworth a youth named Raymond West, aged 17, stepped over a rifle to lace his boot with the muzzle against bis abdomen, when the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rain Still Falling. Sensational Railway Accident. Bridge Swept Away. Train Runs Into Creek. Miraculous Escapes. Melbourne
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 21 August 1909 · page 2
Rain is still pouring in Melbourne, and heavy floods are expected unless an abatement takes place. Country reports give details of extensive…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →School Boys' "Joke." Shocking Results. Six Girls Drowned. London, Aug. 23
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 24 August 1909 · page 2
During a school girls' riverside excursion below the weir at Offenbach-on-Main, Germany, some school boys mischievously opened the sluice Six…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Home and Foreign. LONDON, Monday. Motor Accidents
The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 24 August 1909 · page 3
At the motor race meeting at Indianapolis, a car smashed into a fence, killing the driver and mechanician…
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The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 24 August 1909 · page 3
The steamer Emerald cut down the motor boat La Sonnete in the Brisbane River on Saturday night. The occupants of the latter, numbering seven…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Molor Car Accidents
Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 24 August 1909 · page 2
Thirty eight persons were killed by motor car accidents in the United States on Thursday, making 250 killed for the week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Driving Accident
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 24 August 1909 · page 2
A rather serious driving accident occurred on Sunday on the road near the brickworks. Mr. and Mrs. J. Cunningham (Kelly, Cunningham and Co.)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Sinks Eighty Persons Drowned Whilst Asleep. Mostly Women and Children. a Terrible Panic. London, Aug. 25
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 26 August 1909 · page 2
The Argentine steamer Colombia, with a number of excursionists from Buenos Ayres on board, who intended being present at the national fetes at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Items of News. Accident to Mr. G. P. Wilson
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 26 August 1909 · page 2
It will be learned with general regret that a rather serious accident happened to Mr. G. P. Wilson, the popular owner of Big Springs Estate…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Sad Fatality
Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 3
The body of James Moore, a cab driver, was found on the railway line at Oakleigh this morning horribly mutilated…
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The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 2
The steamer Colombia, entering Monts Video harbor, collided with the Schliesiem. The former steamer sank almost immediately. A terrible panic…
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Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 4
A singular accident befell Mr. Bale, who is employed building cottage in Ganmain for Messrs. Ashwood Bros., Ltd. It appears…
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The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 31 August 1909 · page 2
While Vera Dessold, aged 13, was walking with a younger sister and brother along the bank of the Nepean at Camden, the youngest girl fell into…
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The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 31 August 1909 · page 2
Two lads named Carl Ritter and Albey Water fell into the Barwon River at Collarendebri and was drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Collision
The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 31 August 1909 · page 2
A collision occurred in the harbor this morning between the ferry steamer, Kummulla, and the launch, Vivid…
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The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 31 August 1909 · page 2
A tram and a van collided in George-street this morning, the im pact being so severe that Charles Woods, driver of the van, was…
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