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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

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Motor Causes Mountain Accident

The Worker · Thursday 21 April 1910 · page 27

A motor car, descending Nimitybelle mountain on Thursday, frightened a four-in-hand team driven by Mr. A. Keys, and caused a serious capsize and bolt. Mr…

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Dreadful Tram Accident Head Cut in Two. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 5

About 6 O'clock to-night Henry Burgess, aged 14, alighted on the wrong side from a tram at the Broadway, Glebe…

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Effects of an Accident. Drives Witness to Fits. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 5

A painful seen took place at the Coromal inquiry to-day concerning the death of the two painters who were killed last weeks through a…

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A Remarkable Collision Sulky and Four Cyclists. Four Men Injured

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 26 April 1910 · page 2

A collision occurred on the East Greta-road, Maitlaml, on Sunday afternoon between four Newcastle cyclists and a sulky containing three young men…

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Cycling Accident

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 26 April 1910 · page 2

Six Newcastle cyclists were coming down a bill near East Greta whon they met a suiky, the he me of which suddenly swerved across the road. A…

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Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 26 April 1910 · page 2

A horse attacked to a cart driven by a chinaman took fright in Liverpool-street this morning, and dashed off colliding with and damaging a…

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Shot That Missed Miner Terribly Injured. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 28 April 1910 · page 3

William Isles, a miner, middle aged, received terrible injuries at Stanford Merthyr Colliery to-day. Isles put in a shot which misted fire. Be went home,…

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Serious Blasting Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 28 April 1910 · page 2

William Eyles, a miner, received fearful injuries at the Standard Meryth mines to-day, owing to the premature explosion of blasting powder. He is…

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Serious Motor Accident. SYDNEY

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 30 April 1910 · page 2

A motor car and a cart collided to-day on the Parramatta-road. Herbert Foster, the driver of the cart, was buried beneath his vehicle, which…

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Boxing Fatality Featherweight Killed. Several Arrests Made. London, April 30

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 3 May 1910 · page 2

In a boxing match at San Francisco between Owen Moran and Tommy M'Carthy, the latter was knocked out in the sixteenth round…

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Tunnel Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 3 May 1910 · page 2

From New Zealand it is reported that a man named Beamer, who was buried, under a fall of earth in the Ohio tunnel, was rescued badly hurt…

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Collapse of Earth. Railway Tunnel Accident. Ten Men Entombed. Six Rescued: Fate of Four Doubftul. Auckland

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 3 May 1910 · page 3

The Otira railway tunnel, which, is being constructed to connect Christ-church and the westland towns in the South Island, was the scene of a…

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San Francisco Fatality

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 5 May 1910 · page 2

The tragic death of the pugilist McCarthy during a contest with Owen Moraa at San Francisco has revived the demand made periodically in…

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The Utira Tunnel Accident. Death of Rescued Man. Two Prisoners Cheerful. Wellington

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 5 May 1910 · page 2

Beemer, who was pinned down by timber in the collapas of a tunnel at Otira on Monday, and who was resuced in a precarious condition yesterday, died…

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The Boxing Fatality. Verdict of Accidental Death London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 7 May 1910 · page 2

The inquest concerning the death of Tom McCarthy, who was killed recently in a boxing contest with Owen Moran at San Francisco was concluded yesterday…

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Pugilistic Fatality. Verdict of Accidental Death. Vancouver, May 6

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 7 May 1910 · page 2

A verdict of accidental death was returned at the inquest on the body of the boxer M'Carthy, who died after a knock-out blow administered in a…

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A Nasty Accident

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 10 May 1910 · page 2

The many friends of Mr. Goorge Masters, better known as the "Football Poet," regret to hear that he met with a very nasty accident while training for football last week…

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Sydney Street Fatality. SYDNEY

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 12 May 1910 · page 2

A horse attached to a vert bolted in the city this afternoon and killed instantly a street sweeper named Frederick Lee…

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Aeronauts Seriously Injured VANCOUVER, May 11

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 12 May 1910 · page 3

Two men in an unconscious condition have been found in the wrecked, cur of a dirigible balloon which landed at Metcalf, Kentucky, to-day. Both are…

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Indians' Quarrel. Injured Man Taken to Hospital

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 12 May 1910 · page 2

An Indian named Fuzzil Deane, well-known in Wagga, was arrested by the police on Monday night last for a serious assault on a…

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