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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1909

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Tram Collision

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 31 August 1909 · page 2

Another tram collision occurred this morning. A car bound from the city to Balmain dashed irito a car on its way to the city and standing near…

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Sad Drowning Case. Rescuer's Life Lost. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 31 August 1909 · page 2

While four children named Clissold were sitting on the banks of the Nepean River, Gertie, aged 6, fell in Veronica, aged 13, tried to rescue her…

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Another Case. Two Lads Drowned. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 31 August 1909 · page 2

Two lads, Carl Ritter and Albey Water, aged 9 and 7 respectively, fell into the Barron River, near Collarendabri, yesterday and were drowned…

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Shocking Fatality. Crushed by Waggon Wheels. Narandera

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 2 September 1909 · page 2

A shocking accident occurred in East street yesterday afternoon, the victim being Clarence Begg. While driving a lorry for Lincoln and Co.'s brewery…

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A Serious Accident

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 3 September 1909 · page 3

A serious accident happened at the McMyler hoist, Carrington, Newcastle, this morning. The hoist was being got ready for the purpose of loading a…

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Fatal Lorry Accident. Mr. C. Begg Killed

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 3 September 1909 · page 5

Shortly More 5 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon great excitement was caused by two horses attached to one of Lincola and Co's lorries bolting Iuriously…

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Mining Fatality. a Man Smothered. Broken Hill

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 2

A married mand named Nourse was killed this morning on the Proprietary Mine. He was shovelling tailings on [?] of the stuff fell…

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Shocking Accident. a Child Killed. Coolamon

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 2

A shocking fatality occurred to-day. Harold Baird, aged five years, was riding on a chaff plant when he fell and was killed instantly. The wheels…

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Peculiar Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 7 September 1909 · page 2

Mr. Walter Lloyd, of Tungamah, (Vic.), whose sons have land at Gobbagumbalin and whom he was visiting, met with a serious accident in a…

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A Peculiar Fatality

The Worker · Thursday 9 September 1909 · page 19

The mystery surrounding the death at the Hotel Arcadia, Sydney, of Henry Robert Cox, of Woy Woy, N.S.W., has been cleared up by the statement of M. Dyktor…

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Accidents in the Air

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 10 September 1909 · page 2

A New York aeronaut was dashed, to pieces through the parachute in which he was making the descent failing to open…

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A Dreadful Accident

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 10 September 1909 · page 6

On Friday afternoon last town residents were painfully shocked when the news reached them of the death, under tragic circumstances, of one of Mr…

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General Telegrams. Mining Fatality. Broken Hill

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 11 September 1909 · page 2

Owen Cleary was found dead this morning underneath a mass of tai[?]gs [?] one of the bins of the Proprietary [?] evidently been [?]thered…

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Shocking Rifle Accident. Boy Shoots His Father. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 14 September 1909 · page 2

A terrible accident occurred at Pallamallawa, near Moree, yesterday. A young man named Martin was cleaning a pea-rifle when the weapon…

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The Apprenticeship Question. Compensation for Injured Workers. Trades Conference Requests. Profits of Insurance Business.—Premier Murray Considers it a Legitimate Field for State Enterprise

The Worker · Thursday 16 September 1909 · page 9

The recommendations of the Trades Union Conference in regard to the apprenticeship question and compensation to injured workers, were brought under the…

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Fatal Burning Accident. Lighting a Fire with Kerosene. Urana

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 16 September 1909 · page 4

A death occurred at the hospital this morning, the result of a burning accident a fortnight ago. The victim was a young married woman, Mrs. E…

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A Fatal Accident

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 17 September 1909 · page 2

A cabman named McLoan vas accidentally shot dead at Brighton, Adelaide, by Edward Dennis, the well-known manager of Bungarce station…

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General Telegrams. SYDNEY, Friday. Distressing Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 18 September 1909 · page 2

Gertrude Tutton, aged 8, of Goulburn, was trying to untie a knotted boot lace with a pair of scissors, when they suddenly slipped upwards and…

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Trans Fatality

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 21 September 1909 · page 2

Mattie Peddie, aged 4, who was run over by a tram at Leichhardt yesterday, died this morning…

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Peculiar Fatality Drunken Man Suffocated. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 21 September 1909 · page 2

At an inquest at Armidale on the body of Charles Hutchinson, draftsman, employed in the local lands office, the coroner returned a verdict…

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