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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

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Strange Shooting Fatality

The Worker · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 19

The Adelaide City Coroner on Friday last committed for trial Henry Bachmann on the charge of murder of Edmund Day Davis, who was shot at the…

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Terrible Train Accident Two Drovers Run Down. One Mutilated; Other Injured. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 2

Two drovers named H. Jones and John Ellis, residing near Grenfell, who were in charge of some, stock, alighted from their train at Goulburn this…

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Railway Fatality. Drovers Knocked Down by Express. One Killed. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 2

A shocking fatality occurred at Goulburn this morning. Two drovers, in charge of some stock, alighted from their train and stood in a splice…

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Railway Accident

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 2

The evidence at the inquest concerning the Stoate's Nest railway fatality, when a carriage was derailed and seven people killed, last week, showed…

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Accident to a Mimer

The Worker · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 19

As ill luck would have it, Mr. W. Jury, a miner at the South German Reef mine, Maldon, met with a painful accident at the mine when he had practically decided…

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Run Over by Express. Shocking Railway Fatality. Goulburn

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 2

Another fatal railway accident occurred in the Goulburn railway yards this morning, the victim being Archibald Jones, 23, a son of the prosperous…

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Tram Collison. Four Persons Injured. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 2

A stationary, and moving tram col-lided at the corner of Hunter and Elizabeth streets this morning. A number of passengers who were in the act…

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Sulky Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 2

Mr. Fred Gale, foreman of the master bricklayers employed by Messrs. G. Harady and Co., of Wagga, was thrown out of a sulky yesterday…

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Accident

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 2

On Friday last Mr F Morton, of Bombowlee Creek, while attending to a horse's hoof with a sheath knife, met with a very unpleasant accident, for in the act of cutting…

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Nearly a Fatality

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 2

Oliffe King, aged 17 years, son of Mr, C. D. King, of Newtown, had a miraculous escape from a very serious if not fatal accident in Baylis-street…

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Smash at Central Upholsterer Seriously Injured. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 2

Early this morning a line of carriages which wore being sbuted to the formation of the Northern train, at the Central Railway Station, crashed into some…

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Other Railway Accidents

The Worker · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 27

In Tasmania a troop train with horses was travelling from Hobart to Ross Camp when it left the line at Andover. Eight horses were killed, and a number of men…

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Remarkable Accidents to Workmen

The Worker · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 27

The repairing of a root over a jeweller's shp at Newcastle has resulted in the death of one workman and serious injury to another under circumstances involving…

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N. S. W. Labor Conference. Deliberations Concluded Motion to Tax Land Values Without Exemption Defeated. Consumptive Miners and the Accident Relief Fund. State Control of Hospitals

The Worker · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 23

A first instalment of the report of the proceedings of the Conference of Political Labor Leagues, sitting in Sydney Trades Hall, appeared in last week's WORKER…

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Railway Fatality

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1910 · page 2

A fatal accident occurred at Homebush to-day, Austin Barker being run down by a railway engine and killed instantly. Two oilier men with bim…

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Marine Disasters Wreck in the Mediterranean 433 People Drowned. Only One Survivor. London, Feb. 13

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 2

The French steamer General Chanzy, 2257 tons, trading between Marseilles and Algiers, was wrecked on the west coast of Minorca…

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Surf Fatality. Eight Bathers Carried Out. Young Man Drowned. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 February 1910 · page 3

Eight Surf bathers were carried out almost simultaueously at Manly about 6 o'clock to night. Serer were rescued with difficulty, but…

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Coach Capsized. Accident to Tumba-rumba Mail Driver and Passengers Severely Injured. Startling Experienoes

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 February 1910 · page 3

A sensational accident, which was only prevented form having a fatal termination by the presence of mind of the driver befel the mail coach which runs…

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Coach Capsizes. Passenger to Wagga Injured

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 17 February 1910 · page 2

The Wagga to Tumburumba mail coach, with four passengers on board, capsized yesterday, one lady being injured…

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Accident Fund Regulations

The Worker · Thursday 17 February 1910 · page 9

Draft regulations have been framed by the officers of the Mines Department for the working of the Miners' Accident Relief Fund, which has been, provided for…

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