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Accidents, 1909

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Accident

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 19 November 1909 · page 2

A party of Tumut people were being driven in a 'bus to Adelong on Monday night and when ascending the Adelong Gap the axle cap…

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The Deadly Pea Rifle. Fatality at Wantabadgery

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 23 November 1909 · page 2

Our Junee correspondent writes:—A deplorable accident happened at the wash Pool at the Wantabadgery Estate, on Sunday evening. It appears…

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General. Accident to a Horse

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 23 November 1909 · page 2

On Friday night Mr. H. W. Hoad had the misfortune to have one of his pair of fine black horses Kicked by another while running in…

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Boating Party Drowned. Four Lives Lost. Wellington

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 November 1909 · page 2

A party of five persons who went out rowing in a punt on the river Rokaia, Canterbury, New. Zealand, yesterday, were swept out to sea by…

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Fatal Motor Accident. Charge of Manslaughter

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 November 1909 · page 2

Charles Martin, a young man, was on trial on a charge of manslaughter in Melbourne. Martin was the chauffeur of a motor car which was…

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Victoria. Accident Insurance. Trades Union Scheme

The Worker · Thursday 25 November 1909 · page 9

Consideration has for some time been given by a special committee of the Trades Hall Council with the executive committee to the question of having a…

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Terrible Accident to a Miner

The Worker · Thursday 25 November 1909 · page 19

A. Alsen, who was working at Tully and Hatten's copper mine, on Doradilla holding, met with a terrible accident on Thursday morning through an explosion…

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Drowned Boy Mystery

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 26 November 1909 · page 4

MOTHER CHARGED WITH MURDER A strange story, the outcome of which was that a woman named Louisa Tiffin was charged with the willful murder of her…

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Escape of Trains. Terrible Collision A[?]rted. Courageous Engine Drivers. Yass

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 27 November 1909 · page 8

A terrible railway accident, the consequences of which would be appalling to think of, was narrowly averted early yesterday morning at…

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Walla Burning Fatality

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 30 November 1909 · page 2

The body of the young woman, Mrs. Weeks, who was burnt to death under such sad circumstances on Thursday last, was interred in the Church of…

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Tramway Fatality. a Peculiar Case. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 30 November 1909 · page 2

William Riordan, eight aud a half, was attempting to jump from a moving tram yesterday. He missed his footing and was thrown on to his…

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Tram Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 30 November 1909 · page 2

Sydney Tucker and three other men were standing on the footboard of a crowded tram in King-street last night, when at the intersection of St…

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Train Collision Averted

The Worker · Thursday 2 December 1909 · page 19

A train collision which would have caused a heavy loss of life and limb was narrowly averted at Goondah, near Yass, the junction of the main southern line with the…

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Remarkable Tram Accident

The Worker · Thursday 2 December 1909 · page 19

A tram accident, ascribed to overcrowding due to the reduced service caused by the lack of coal, happened on Monday about 6 p.m. at the top of King-street…

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Accident

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

Yesterday afternoon while driving along Bombowlee, Mr. W. McDonald, carter for Mr. G. F. Grill, had the good fortune to escape from a serious…

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The [?] Accident

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 3

The Rotthalsattel route to the top of the Jungfrau, on which there has just been an [?] is very difficult on! [?] It was first taken in 1[?]…

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Serious Accident

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 2

Mr. Joseph Dowell, a married man who some short time back purchased from Mr. W. Bridle, of Bombowlee, the property, there opposite to his,…

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Fatal Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 2

James Bull, one of the old family of Brawlin, met his death in a haystacking accident that occurred at Mr. Beveridge's Dollar Vale station He…

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Stepped from Moving Train "I'm Done." Injured Man's Pessimism. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 2

A man from Sydney, by name Marriatt, a passenger by the Melbourne express, opened the carriage door in his sleep, when near Cootamundra and…

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Accidental Poisoning. Manslaughter Charge Fails

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 9 December 1909 · page 2

Stanislaus Dyktor appeared at the Central Criminal Court on a charge of manslaughter arising out of a fatal case of poisoning at the Arcadia…

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