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Accidents, 1910

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Otira Tunnel Accident

The Worker · Thursday 12 May 1910 · page 19

Details of the accident at the Otira tunnel on the Midland Railway construction works, New Zealand, on May 6, tell of conspicuous bravery exhibited by one…

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Serious Accident

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 13 May 1910 · page 2
Also in The Tumut and Adelong Times

A very serious accident happened at Shepardstown yesterday about noon. Mrs Burke, and her daughter (Mrs Burgess) and two children and her…

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Scalding Accident

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 13 May 1910 · page 3

A valve on the steamer Queen Bee, moored at Mort's Dock, blew out this morning, seriously scalding George Wells, a fireman, who was…

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Serious Accident Near Adelong. Adelong

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 13 May 1910 · page 2

News was received in Adelong this afternoon of an accident of a serious nature which occurred near Shepardds…

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Child Accidentally Hanged. an Extraordinary Fatality. Corowa

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 May 1910 · page 5

While playing with a rope suspended from a tree at Corowa, a child belonging to Senior-Sergeant Walsh accidentally entwined it round his neck. When…

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Drowned While Saving Lives. Vancouver, May 13

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 14 May 1910 · page 3

Of the six men drowned, five were shipmen who lost their lives in aiding the passengers who escaped…

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Little Boy Hanged. Peculiar Fatality at Corowa. Corowa

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 14 May 1910 · page 2

A strange fatal accident befell the eighteen months old son of Sergeant Walsh, of Corowa. Whilst playing in the yard the child went across to…

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Boiler Explodes. Dredge and Punts Injured. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 May 1910 · page 5

The boiler on dredge Portable, at Swansea, Lake Macquarie, exploded to-day. Extensive damage was done. The…

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Boating Disaster. Six Girls and Two Boys Drowned. Vancouver, May 13

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 14 May 1910 · page 3

At Huntington, in the State of New York, six girls and two boys were drowned while boating on an old paper mill dam. The boat sprung a…

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Over an Embankment. End of a Bolt. Several People Injured. Adelong

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 May 1910 · page 5

A serious driving accident occurred at Sheperdstown to-day. Mrs. Burke and her daughter, and Mrs. Burgess and her two children were driving when the…

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The Boxing Fatality. Verdict of Accidental Death. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 17 May 1910 · page 2

A verdict of accidental death was returned at the inquest on the body of Edward Cleburne, who died on the result of injuries received during a…

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The Boxing Fatality. Verdict of Accidental Death. Coroner on Precautions. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 17 May 1910 · page 2

The inquest on Edward Sloane Clehourne, who died from injuries received during an amateur boxing tournament last Tuesday, was…

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Many Accidents at Aviation Meeting. London, May 16

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 17 May 1910 · page 2

At an aviation meeting at Berlin, M. Thielan's bi-plane fell thirty feel and the machines of Thoron and Bleriot crashed into the trees. Jeannins and…

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Dangers of Flight. Four Accidents at Berlin. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 17 May 1910 · page 2

A series of sensational incidents happened at the Berlin Aviation meeting on Saturday. Thelaus in a bi-plane fell thirty…

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River Fatality

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 20 May 1910 · page 2

A steamer sank in the river Dnieper, and 47 workmen who were abeard were drowned…

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"Rough & Tumble." on the Flat Policeman Injured

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 21 May 1910 · page 2

At Gundagai police court on Wednesday morning, Persin Singh, a well-known Hindoo, was brought up on two charges—using unprintable…

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Singular Shooting Fatality. SYDNEY

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 24 May 1910 · page 2

The seventeen-year-old daughter of P. Logan, of Tenterfield Road, in the Casino district, was accidentally shot yesterday. Her brother had been out…

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Gunboat Sunk. 100 Men Drowned

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 24 May 1910 · page 2

It is reported from Greytown that the cruiser Venus was sent last Tuesday to quell the disturbance at Bluefields, and she sunk the gunboat…

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Scaffold Collapse. Sensation in Fitzmaurice Street. Four Men Injured

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 24 May 1910 · page 3

Yesterday morning there was a collapse of scaf[?]lding at the new premisses now in course of erection for Messrs. D. Copland and Co., in…

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