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Accidents, 1909

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Merchants' Quarrel. Sussex Street Man Seriously Injured. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 11 February 1909 · page 3

Shortly before 7 p.m. to-night a constable saw two men in altercation. He observed one strike the other, who fell with his head on the kerb of the…

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A Serious Fall. Timber Lumper's Accident. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 11 February 1909 · page 2

At 9.30 p.m. this evening a man named Andrew Gornie, aged 28 years, while helping to shift some timber, slipped and fell a distance of 20ft…

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Driving Accident at Henty Man Killed

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 11 February 1909 · page 3

A man named James Joseph Riley aged 48, single, while driving near Henty his horse bolted and Riley was thrown out of his sulky. His spine was badly…

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The Encounter Collision

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 12 February 1909 · page 2

At the inquest on fifteen of the crew of the Encounter who were drowned as a result of a collision, the coroner found that the drowning was…

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Terrible Fatal Accident. Daughter of Mr. L. P. Forsyth Killed

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 12 February 1909 · page 2

The townspeople were horrified on receipt on the news on Thursday morning that a very serious accident had occurred at the…

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Dreadful Railway Accident School Children Mangled at Crossing. Wallendbeen

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 13 February 1909 · page 1

A fatal accident occurred here to-day at the railway crossing on Stockinbingal-road. A goods train ran into a sulky containing three children. One…

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Woman Drowned

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 3

Clara Freeman, aged 24, has been drowned at Freshwater…

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Surf Dangers, Man Drowned at Freshwater Over 30 Rescues at Manly

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 4

The ocean beaches about Manly on Sunday were very dangerous for surf bathers, owing to a strong north easterly blowing straight inshore and…

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Double Drowning Fatality. a Fatal Swimming Lesson. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 18 February 1909 · page 2

A terrible doable drowning fatality occurred at Cobar to-day. William Harris, was teaching his sister-in-law to swim in a mine tank, when she got…

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Sad Drowning Fatality. a Teacher Dragged Down. Two Lives Lost. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 18 February 1909 · page 2

A terrible drowning fatality occurred at Cobar last night in a mine tank. A young man named William Harris was teaching his sister-in-law, Mrs…

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A Serious Collision

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 18 February 1909 · page 2

An accident of a very serious nature befell a young Wagga resident named Walter Bishop when returning from the Highland gathering yesterday afternoon…

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Surf Bathing Fatality[?] Gallant Attempt at Rescue. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 18 February 1909 · page 2

A young man named Joseph Hawkins was drowned while surf bathing on the Bellambi beach last night. He got beyond his depth and was swept…

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Items of News. Young Man Seriously Injured

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 18 February 1909 · page 2

Whilst returning from the sports yesterday evening a young man named Walter Bishop, met with a serious accident. He was riding a bicycle and…

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Accidentally Shot

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 18 February 1909 · page 2

A boy named Harold Hurst, son of Mr. Robert Hurst, of North Wagga, was accidentally shot by his elder brother at North Wagga yesterday…

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Drowned Daughter. Mother's Pathetic Story

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 4

On a charge of murdering her infant daughter, Alice Kathleen, by drowning her in a garden cesspool, at Girton, on November 19, the young married…

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Injured Whilst Carting

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 2

A very painful accident, resulting; in a badly fractured limb, occurred to a carter named W. MacDonald, aged 42 years, at Uranquinty, on Thursday…

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Victims of Accidents

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 2

The young man Bishop, of Yerong Creek, who was seriously injured through colliding with a vehicle whilst riding his bicycle from the Caledonian…

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Vehicular Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 2

A dangerous accident occurred to Mr. Jeremiah O'Regan, of the firm of O'Regan Bros., grocers, Newtown, on Thursday. He was driving a horse…

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Drowned in a Drain. Second Fatality at Balmain. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 February 1909 · page 3

Eileen Adeline Myrtle Darlington, aged 5 years, was drowned by being washed into an unguarded drain-pipe at Balmain last night. The girl was…

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Terrible Fatality

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 23 February 1909 · page 2

A borning tree fell across a vehicle at Pyengans (Tasmania), killing Miss Cro[?] and a child, Jessie Nesbitt, and severely injuring four others…

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